Exercises

1. Guess the meaning of the following words.

Costume, design, interest, profession, computer, popular, collector, sculpture, collection.

2. Remember the Following Words. Use them in the sentences of your own.

Carpentry	столярное дело
Fishing	рыбная ловля
Gardening	садоводство
Hiking	туризм, путешествие пешком
Model making	изготовление моделей
Needlework	шитье; вышивание, рукоделие
Numismatics	нумизматика
Painting	рисование
Amateur	любитель
Amateur actor (actress)	участник любительских спектаклей
Amateur angler	рыболов-любитель
Amateur photographer	фотограф-любитель
Autograph	автограф
Badge	значок
Butterfly	бабочка
Coin	монета
Herbarium	гербарий
Label	этикетка
Reproduction	репродукция
Postcard	открытка
Album	альбом
Catalogue	каталог
Set	серия (марок)
Stamp	марки
Dancing society	кружок танцев
Debating society	дискуссионный клуб
Dramatic society	драматический кружок
English-speaking club	кружок английской разговорной речи
Radio club	радиокружок
Sports club	спортклуб
Camera	фотоаппарат
Device	аппарат, прибор
Film	пленка, фотопленка
Finishing-line	леска
Finishing-rod	удочка

3. Fill in prepositions where necessary.

1. Many boys are interested … computers.

2. Our collection is housed … the most famous museum of the city.

3. Doing things includes everything … gardening … traveling.

4. My collection started … a small way … 2 or 3 coins.

5. Some people prefer going … museums and art galleries.

6. Let’s divide our stamp collection … 4 parts?

4. Paraphrase the sentences, using the words: to be keen on, according to, a painter, hobby, discover, to differ, to appear, to be close to, spare, exciting.

1. As our teacher says, we should take care of animals.

2. She is fond of collecting coins.

3. The book was so interesting that I read it in two days.

4. They are brothers but they don’t look alike at all.

5. My father reads a lot of newspapers. He is interested in political news.

6. The metro station is quite near our university.

7. In her free time she likes to make dresses for her daughter.

8. Columbus wanted to find a new way to India but instead of it he opened a new continent.

9. He came up suddenly, when nobody expected him.

10. Russia is famous for its great writers and artists.

5. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a hobby?

2. Does your life become more interesting if you have a hobby? Why?

3. What kind of hobbies do you know?

4. What is your hobby?

5. Why do new hobbies appear?

6. Do you think your hobby helped you to choose your future profession.

6. Read and translate the dialogue. Dramatize it.

- What is your hobby, Peter?

- I collect books published in the 18^th century.

- How very interesting! Have you got many in your collections?

- There are almost eight hundred of them.

- Quite a number, I should say. I wonder whether you manage to read them all.

- In a way yes, but reading is not essential. It’s the process of collecting that matters.

- I see. As for me, I like sports and games, my parents prefer gardening and my grandfather enjoys carpentry, just making shelves, boxes, stools and so on.

• Tastes differ.

7. Read and say: what is the most popular hobby with the Englishmen.

HOBBIES IN ENGLAND

Almost every Englishman with any spare time has a hobby, and it is almost impossible to guess from his profession or appearance his personal interests. It may be stamp collecting or carpentry, or digging up Roman pottery, or simply digging up his own potatoes. Gardening and cultivation of flowers, especially roses, is the most common hobby of all among Englishman.