Justin Timberlake loves to golf. Atividade de Professora: Data: Série: o Inglês Bianca 9 Being a great singer, dancer and actor was not enough forJustin Timberlake. He now wants to be a great golfer! He is a self proclaimed golf Aluno (a): fanatic but he admits his skills suffer because of his heavy work schedule. “No princípio, criou Deus os Céus e a Terra”. (Gênesis 1:1) He installed a putting green in his Los Angeles mansion backyard so that he
Grade - Reading Activities could practice whenever he wanted to. He also belongs to the exclusive LA Sherwood Country Club. Timberlake even travels with his clubs, just in case Did You Know About These Celebrity Hobbies? he finds some free time for his hobby. He launched the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Golf Tournament, where he also Is there a hobby you have always wanted to try? Looking for some performed at the final end party. new and exciting hobbies? Here’s a list of interesting celebrity hobbies to choose from! It is hard to imagine how celebrities find the time to get bored Nicole Kidman likes playing Nintendo. with their daily lives and take up new hobbies. A hobby is an activity that is done for leisure and for pleasure such as gardening, cooking, painting, Nicole Kidman, an actress and mother of 4, enjoys playing Nintendo. writing and any other artistic and creative pursuits. Celebrity life often looks She enjoyed the game “More Brain Training” from Dr. Kawashima: How old full of pleasure and excitement even without hobbies. With their nonstop is your brain?” so much that she even agreed to be the game’s travelling, shopping sprees, filming and days at the most luxurious spas, it is spokesperson. She claims the game measures speed and accuracy in a wonder when they find the time to expand their collections and try new completing aptitude tests. She said that she liked the self-improvement sports. While the rest of us spend our free time watching television, collecting aspect of this video game. She was chosen as the spokesperson for stamps and reading, these celebrities are out on the slopes snowboarding Nintendo because of her personality and her ability to combine the world of and starting collections worth more than our homes. In any case, hobbies film with her family life. She thinks the game helps her mind! stay young and allow them to unwind and blow off some steam after a long day of making for someone who is known for her youthful looks, she can now say her mind television. is as young as her appearance! Extracted from:
He and Tom Cruise, get together to practice the old sport. The three 1. Read the text above and answer True (T) or False (F) according to it. musketeers now bond over the sport and Cruise even had a special fencing a) Celebrities lives are boring without their hobbies. room built in his mansion. Unlike soccer, there is not much running involved b) Hobbies help them relax after a long day filming. in fencing though it improves stamina, agility, strength, dexterity, hand and c) David Beckham likes going fencing alone. eye coordination, physical and mental agility and explosive leg power. d) Justin Timberlake is a great golfer. Beckham is such an admirer of the sport that he even gave a pep talk to e) Nicole Kidman doesn’t have kids to play video games with. Piers Gulliver, a child wheelchair fencer before a major school competition. 2. Read the text again and answer True (T) or False (F). Cameron Diaz loves snowboarding. a) Playing soccer and doing fencing are similar. The girl who always plays the stunning girl next door has a love for b) Cameron Diaz loves sports that she can move fast. sports with speed and adrenaline.Cameron Diazfinds the rush from c) Justin Timberlake has a place to play golf in his house. snowboarding relaxing and incomparable to anything else. Despite being d) According to Cameron Diaz, playing games helps the brain. injured on the slopes and having to get plastic surgery on her nose to repair e) Cameron looks very young. the damage caused by an injury, she refuses to stop. 1 2 3. Who has the most dangerous hobbies? a) Tom Cruise b) David Beckham c) Nicole Kidman d) Justin Timberlake e) Cameron Diaz
4. Read the text again and find out. Which sport helps you train your intelligence? a) Playing golf. b) Playing Nintendo. c) Going snowboarding. d) Doing fencing. e) All of them.
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