Tell your partner which of the mentioned in EX.3 activities you like and which of them you dislike. Why? Use the prompts
| I’d love to, I’m interested in, I’d prefer, I enjoy, I am keen on, I hate, I am not fond of, I am bored by, I can’t stand. |
BECAUSE
| appreciate results, cope with, acquire new skills, make use of, enjoy energetic activities, joyful, fascinating, boring, pleasant. |
You’re going to read the text. Express your point of view on a variety of hobbies. What does the choice depend on? Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
| Taste, popular, collects, opportunity, leisure, activity, fascinating, includes, amateurs, exciting. |
A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If your have chosen a hobby up to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting. Numerous hobbies are: doing thing, making things, collecting things and learning things.
The most known of all hobbies is doing things. It consists of a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries. Computer games are becoming more and more popular hobby among young people. Almost everyone gathers something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, etc. Making things includes drawing, making sculptures, designing costumes. Some hobbyists write music.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the possibility of learning from it. Learning things can be the most interesting aspect of a hobby.
6. Express your points of view on:
1. The most suitable hobbies for children. 2. The most suitable hobbies for young people. 3. The most suitable hobbies for aged people. 4. The most suitable hobbies for everybody.
7. You want to know if your partner takes any hobbies: if ‘yes’- ask ‘why’. Make dialogues by analogy. Use the words in the box.
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Yes, I’ve chosen hiking.
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It’s difficult to answer. It seems healthy.
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Match the parts of the dialogues. Act out the dialogues.
| A | B |
| 1. Do you often go fishing? | a) Fishing. I enjoy it very much. |
| 2. Do you usually catch much? | b) Well, it depends. Last Sunday, for instance, I caught so much that it was enough for all of us and our cat |
| 3. What is your favourite pastime, I say? | c) Well, yes. I enjoy. |
| A | B |
| 1. No, I don’t mean that. What’s your favourite pastime? | a) Oh, very. Actually, I’m crazy about dancing. What about going to the disco? |
| 2. How do you usually spend your evenings, Susan? | b) Oh, a lot of things. There’s always a lot of work to do about the house, washing up, doing the rooms. |
| 3. I see, what about dancing? | c) Again – nothing special. Sometimes I read a little, watch TV. |
| 4. Yes, I’d like to. |
Try to interview as many people as possible about what they see as their pleasures in life.
II. Problem Solving
You will read a journal entry written by Roz – a young woman from the USA living in the Dominican Republic. As a team you will search for answers to some questions about how to resolve a cross-cultural misunderstanding.
Jogging Alone
When I first arrived in the Dominican Republic, I began to have a problem with my morning jogging routine. I used to jog every day when I was at home in the United States, so when I arrived in the Dominican Republic, I set myself a goal to continue jogging two miles every morning. I really liked the peaceful feeling of jogging alone as the sun came up. But this did not last for long. My neighbors simply couldn't understand why someone would want to run alone. Soon people began to appear at their doorways offering me a cup of coffee; others would invite me to stop in for a visit. Sometimes this would happen four or five times as I tried to continue jogging. They even began sending their children to run behind me so I wouldn't be lonely. I was faced with a dilemma. I really enjoyed my early morning runs. However, I soon realized that it's impolite in Dominican culture not toaccept a cup of coffee, or stop and chat, when you pass people who are sitting on their front steps. I didn't want to give up jogging. But, at the same time, I wanted to be polite and to show respect for the customs of my Dominican neighbors – and not to be viewed as odd or strange.