Ex.1. Choose the right answer

1) Gardening is a well-known favourite all year round due to:

a) the large area of the country;

b) a mild climate;

c) the fact that the British are a very hard - working nation;

d) the Constitution.

2) Most British people have special walking boots as:

a) they find them extremely confortable;

b) they are in today;

c) the British countryside is muddy;

d) they match well with special walking outfits.

3) Cycling can be dangerous because:

a) The British like speedy cycling;

b) there are always too many cyclists on roads;

c) the British don’t wear special cycling helmets;

d) there are no or very few cycling paths.

4) Extreme ironing is a serious sport where:

a) people should iron as many things as possible;

b) people iron in extreme conditions;

c) people iron as quickly as possible;

d) people lift heavy iron objects.

5) What is a city break?

a) a small trip;

b) a sightseeing bus tour;

c) a holiday spent in the city a person lives and works;

d) a long journey.

Ex.2. Answer the following questions

1) How do you understand the phrase “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”?

2) What is the most popular leisure activity in Britain? Why?

3) What is “organized walking”?

4) Besides extreme ironing, have you heard of any other examples of the British eccentricity?

5) What is your favourite pastime?

Ex.3. Make a list of top 10 leisure activities for people in Russia. Go from the least to the most popular.

Ex. 4. Role play. Make up dialogues based on the situations below

1) You are a journalist interviewing a famous mountain climber. Think of the questions you might ask and the answers you might get.

2) You are chatting with your friend about the way you both spend free time. You are a clubber and your friend is a coach potato. Each of you gives your own reasons.

3) You are an exchange student in England. You discuss with your English friend possible differences between the British and Russian leisure.

Ex.5. Read and translate the statements below. Find the Russian equivalents to the sayings and proverbs.

1) Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body (Joseph Addison).

2) We are what we read (Mark Miller).

3) The busiest people have the most leisure time (Saying).

4) Leisure is time for doing something useful (Benjamin Franklin).

5) One man’s meat is another man’s poison (Proverb).

Comment using the suggested patterns

I, for one, cannot agree with this, because…

As far as I am concerned,….

That is an interesting/ debatable idea, but I can’t share that viewpoint.

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