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Most people in Britain work a five-day week, from Monday to Friday; schools, colleges and universities are also closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Therefore from Friday evening till Monday morning people are usually free.
Everyone looks forward to the weekend and when Friday comes along, as people leave work they say to each other, "Have a nice weekend". Then on Monday morning they ask, "Did you have a nice weekend?" or "What did you do at the weekend?"
Students, young people and single people in general like to go away for the weekend. They may go home, go to stay with relatives or friends in different parts of the country, or stay in a hotel or boarding house in the country or at the sea. It is of course more difficult for married couples with children to go away for the weekend. They do so sometimes, but as they usually have a house, they more often have people to stay.
Those who stay at home at the weekend try both to relax and to catch up with all the jobs they are too busy to do during the week. For women who go out to work these include housework, sewing, washing, shopping and sometimes gardening; for men - repairs and other odd jobs in the house, cleaning the car, mowing the lawn, and gardening.
Saturday morning is a very busy time for shopping, as this is the only day when people who are at work can shop for any length of time.
On Saturday afternoon the most important sporting events of the week take place - football, rugby (in the summer, cricket) and tennis, horse-racing, oar and motor-cycle racing and other sports. Some men go and watch; others wait and watch the sports programmes or television.
Saturday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the pictures or the theatre, in fact for " going out " generally. For many people it is the climax of the weekend. There is plenty of time to get ready and no one has to worry about getting up early for work the next day.
Having gone to bed late the night before, many people hare a lie-in on Sunday morning. When they finally get up they have a leisurely breakfast. Some have breakfast in bed, although this depends on your having someone willing to get it and bring it up. However, some breakfast-in-bed enthusiasts will even get up, get breakfast themselves and taka it back to bed. While having breakfast people start reading The Sunday papers. It is quite usual for a family to have two or three Sunday papers and some enthusiasts have more.
If the weather is fine, people may decide to go out for the day. Often, however, having got up late in any case, they wait till after dinner. Sunday dinner is traditionally the most important family meal of the week. After dinner most people sit talking, reading the paper, watching television or just dozing until tea time. In the summer they sit in the garden and more energetic people go out for a walk or to see friends. Tea time is at 5--5.30. Quite often friends are invited to Sunday tea. Some people spend Sunday evening quietly at home, others go to see friends, go to a concert or film. The realization that the weekend is nearly over casts a slight melancholy on the evening.
II. Continue the sentences according to the story:
1. Most people in Britain work…….
2. People are usually free…….
3. When Friday comes……
4. It will be more difficult for you to go out for the week-end if……
5. In case you stay at home at the weekend……
6. On Saturday morning……
7. As for Saturday afternoon……
8. Saturday evening is the favorite time for……
9. A lie-in is…….
10. If the weather is fine……
11. After dinner most people…….
12. On Sunday evening……
III. Read the dialogue beneath and see (a) if it’s all rest and no work on week-ends for the British; (b) what is special about inviting and receiving guests on week-ends. See if the text has any new information.
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