Questions

1. Are you fond of travelling?

2. Why do people travel?

3. Why do people take a camera with them? What do they usually photograph?

4. What do we see and learn while travelling?

5. Do you agree that travelling broadens our minds?

6. How do different people spend their holidays?

7. What means of travel do you know? What are their advantages and disadvantages?

8. What places have you visited?

9. Have you ever taken a holiday cruise ([kru:z] круиз) along the Black Sea coast or down the Volga?

10. Some people prefer to travel on their own and hate travelling in a group. What about you?

11. What countries would you like to visit?

12. Do you like to explore new places?

13. If someone invited you to spend a week on a desert island, would you agree?

14. Do you believe that one day people will be able to travel hi space?

15. Would you like to go to Mars or some other planet?

HOBBIES AND PASTIMES

WHAT IS A HOBBY?

In the 16th century a favourite toy for children of all ages was the hobbyhorse. In appearance a hobbyhorse could be as simple as a stick, or it could have a decorated wooden framework with an imitation horse's head attached.

Whether simple or elaborate, children used them for the games of the time involving war and knighthood, much as children in the early part of the 20& century played cowboys and Indians. In time the popularity of the hobbyhorse declined, but the pleasure of doing something outside the routine activities of daily life had brought a new word into the language, the word hobby, which is a shortened form of hobbyhorse.

Hobbies today include a vast range of activities. The definition that best covers all these activities is probably constructive leisure-time activities. It excludes games and leaves out purely spectator activities like watching television.

It also excludes schooling and work done to make a living. A hobby, like playing with a hobbyhorse, is an activity apart from the ordinary routines of life. It should encourage the use of creativity and imagination and bring the reward of learning. Some hobbies bring monetary rewards as well.

(from Compton 's Encyclopaedia)

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