Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации УДК 20 ББК 81.2 Омский государственный университет Х 680 Рекомендовано к изданию редакционно-издательским советом ОмГУ Рецензенты: ст. преп. каф. англ. языка ОмГПУ Л.А. Бахмутская; ст. преп. каф. англ. языка ОмГУ О.В. Гоголь Х680 Hobbies. Leisure Time: Учебно-методическое пособие (для студентов гуманитарных специальностей, изучающих HOBBIES. LEISURE TIME английский язык) / Сост.: Е.А. Бекерова, Е.В. Зайцева, Учебно-методическое пособие О.Ю. Казарина. – Омск: Изд-во ОмГУ, 2004. – 123 с. (для студентов гуманитарных специальностей, ISBN 5-7779-0495-5 изучающих английский язык) Учебно-методическое пособие содержит тексты и зада- ния для чтения и аудирования, лексико-грамматические и коммуникативные задания, словарь лексики и охватывает все аспекты обучения устной речи – аудирование, монологи- ческую и диалогическую речь. Предлагаются упражнения, которые позволяют использовать как индивидуальную, так и разные формы интерактивной деятельности обучаемых (парную, групповую, фронтальную). Даны разнообразные задания для самостоятельной работы студентов. Пособие разработано с учетом принципа коммуникативной направ- ленности и соответствует современным требованиям препо- давания иностранных языков. Для студентов гуманитарных специальностей, изучаю- щих английский язык. Изд-во ОмГУ Омск 2004 ISBN 5-7779-0495-5 © Омский госуниверситет, 2004 Warming-ups TASK 2 TASK 1 Popular home-based leisure activities An average family day 43% – Do-it-yourself 1. Study the diagram: 46% – Gardening 1 – Sleep 60% – Reading books and newspapers 2 – Breakfast travel 73% – Listening to music 3 – Start work, start school 3 88% – Listening to the radio 4 – Lunch 95% – Visiting friends or relatives 5 – Finish school 99% – Watching TV 6 – Finish work 7 – Free time, homework 1. Study the chart properly. 8– Dinner 2. Describe a typical British Sunday. 9 – Watching TV 3. Does it differ a lot from the typical Russian Sunday? Is there a special Sunday atmosphere in our country? 2. Now answer these questions: 4. Tick the activities that people do in your family. Make a - How much do the people work? similar chart for your family. What is the most popular spare-time - How much time do they spend on eating meals? activity? - How much time do they spend on eating meals? - How much leisure time do they have? TASK 3 3. Make comparisons for your own family/country. Survey questions 1. Are you a member of a youth group? 4. Draw a similar diagram and complete it for your family. 2. Do you play video games? 3. How much time do you spend on playing computer? 4. Do you prefer outdoor or indoor pursuits? 5. How many hours do you spend on TV and Internet per day? 6. If you could take up a new pastime what would you do? 7. What are you favourite hobbies? 3 4 TASK 4 No time to see in broad daylight, Look at the proverbs below, guess their meaning Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty’s glance, 1. Art is long, life is short. And watch her feet, how they can dance. 2. Every man has his hobby-horse. 3. Tastes differ. A poor life this is if full of care, 4. The busiest man finds the most leisure. We have no time to stand and stare. 5. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. 6. There is a time for everything. 7. The one who is first to act achieves success. Vocabulary Explain the meaning of each proverb in English. Think of I. Hobbies Russian equivalents of these proverbs. Do you agree or disagree with the proverbs? Do you follow any Ex. 1. Answer these questions: of them? 1. Have you got a hobby? If so, what is it? 2. How long have you had this hobby? Why do you like it? 3. Is it an expensive hobby? TASK 5 4. How much time do you spend on your hobby? 5. Is it a common hobby in your country? Read the poem “Leisure” and answer the following questions: 6. Write down three other common hobbies in your country. 1. What is meant by the word “leisure”? What does leisure If possible, ask another person these questions. consist of? What activities does it include? How can you characterize it? 2. What is the main idea of the poem? Ex. 2. From the following list of pictures representing people’s 3. What is your idea of leisure time? What does it include? hobbies find out the proper ones to fulfill the table below. Before How would you characterize your leisure time? doing this connect the pictures and the things they denote: Things Things Outdoor Creative hobbies Leisure people play people collect activities by W.H. Davies What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. 5 6 6. I joined a club because I wanted to get better, and I now play Cards twice a week in the evenings. It has helped me a lot and I Board games have a much better memory for all the different moves and DIY- do it yourself strategies. Chess 7. I think this is a very common hobby for people like me, who Jogging have a house but don't have much money. That's why I Hunting started, but now I think I do a better job than many Camping professionals. Saxophone Hiking Ex. 4. Complete these sentences with a suitable verb. Rock climbing 1. How often do you jogging? Stamps 2. She………….. hiking because she wanted to get more Photography exercise. Unfortunately, she didn't like it and she it about six Sewing months later. Coins 3. She has always……….. her own clothes; it's much cheaper Antiques than buying them. Guitar 4. He old coins. 5. I ……………. quite a lot of rock climbing when I'm on Ex. 3. Here are some people talking about their hobbies. Can you holiday. guess what the hobby is in each case? 6. I learnt to the piano when I was at school. 1. I usually use colour, but sometimes you get a better effect 7. I wanted to improve my chess, so I a chess club. with black and white. It really depends on the subject. 8. I don't really anything in my spare time. 2. I really enjoy going round the shops and markets looking for a bargain. 3. I try to practise every day, but sometimes it's difficult because I don't like to disturb my neighbours too much. And one neighbour gets very angry if I play the same thing over and over again. 4. The great thing is you can do it when you like. I usually do it three or four times a week - either early in the morning, or after school, I only go for about 25 minutes but it really keeps me fit. 5. Obviously it saves me a lot of money; and in any case, I hate buying things in boutiques because so many things are badly made. 7 8 II. Sports Note: When you describe the playing area for Course football and the area around for the crowd (people Coach Ex.1 Give the names to the following ball games and equipment: who watch, also called ____4____), it is called a Umpire ____5_____. Spectators Players: Some games are played by individuals, Captain others are ___6____ games. In a team, one player is Referee the ____7_____, and there is a manager (e.g. in Linesmen football) or a _____8____ (e.g. in basketball). Line judges Officials: Football, rugby and hockey have a _____9_____ but tennis, cricket and baseball have an____10_____. In football the referee has a whistle to control the game and two _____11______, in tennis there are _____12_____ to decide if the ball is 'in' or 'out'. Ex. 2. Define the following sports and required equipment: Ex. 5. Look through the table carefully and tell about some extra football basketball soccer squash cricket volleyball sports and necessary equipment: rugby golf table tennis badminton Other sports Name Equipment Place athletics vest, shorts, running shoes or spikes track Ex. 3. Describe your actions while playing the ball games using the motor racing crash helmet track verbs below: swimming swimming costume (women); trunks pool (men) boxing vest, shorts, gloves, boots ring skiing sticks, ski suit, ski boots slopes (piste) to throw to pass to catch to hit to head to kick Ex. 6. True or false? If false, correct the sentence to make it true. 1. The people who watch a football match are the audience. 2. The official who gives the score in tennis is the umpire. Ex. 4. Complete the information about fans and places where sport 3. Athletes wear shorts. events take place: 4. You need a stick to play hockey. The playing area for football, rugby, hockey and Pitch 5. Boxers wear gloves. cricket is called a ____1____; for tennis, volleyball, Stadium 6. Tennis is played on a pitch. basketball, squash and badminton it is a Court 7. The referee in football has a whistle. ____2_____; for golf it is a _____3____. Team 8. Women wear trunks for swimming. 9 10 Ex. 7. Answer these questions. If possible, ask a friend the same questions. 5. Which of these is not a winter sport? a. tobogganing 1. Are there any games or sports that you watch but don't play? b. skating If so, what are they and where do you watch them? c. jogging 2. Are there any games or sports you play/do yourself? If so, d. skiing which? 3. Are there any that you are good at? 6.