HOBBIES AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS
From the old English word hobby meaning horse, came
the modern word hobbyhorse. This is a dummy horse at-
tached to a performer who pretended to be riding a horse
in a play or a dance. Hobbyhorse has been shortened to
hobby to describe any favourite leisure time occupation. This
word has become rather common in modern usage.
Leisure time occupations, or hobbies, can be divided
into four groups: doing things, making things, collecting
things and learning things. Of these four groups, doing
things is perhaps the most popular. It includes a wide range
of activities, from gardening to sailing and from chess to
foreign travel. Some of these hobbies require very little
equipment while others require considerably more. There is
also a choice between mental and physical activities, indoor
and outdoor pursuits, etc.
Leisure time occupations can be more or less active.
A real hobby is usaully defined as something creative and
individual, sometimes even as something obsessive, unusual or
eccentric.
Вы когда-нибудь были в цирке?
Yes, I was in the circus about 2 years ago. I remember I really liked looking at the view.
Да, я была в цирке пару лет назад. Я помню, мне очень нравилось смотреть на представление
2. Have you watched circus performance on TV?
Вы смотрели цирковое представление на ТВ?
No, I didn`t look circus show on TV. It seems to me more interesting to watch it live, instead of to look through the screen.
Нет, я не смотрела цирковое представление на тв. Мне кажется интереснее наблюдать его вживую, а не смотреть через экран.
3. Do you enjoy clowns?
Вам нравится клоуны?
I don't like clowns. They seem to me terrible and not funny. Many children are afraid of them.
Мне не нравятся клоуны. Они кажутся мне страшными и совсем не смешными.
Многие дети их боятся.
4. Do you like watching trained animals?
Любите ли вы наблюдать за дрессированными животными?
I like to watch the trained animals. They are funny and amusing. Animals are very cute, and I enjoy watching them perform different tricks.
Мне нравится наблюдать за дрессированными животными. Они смешные и забавные. Животные очень милые, и мне доставляет удовольствие смотреть, как они выполняют разные трюки.
I was reading at 7 p.m. yesterday.
We were singing a song from 6 till 7p.m. yesterday.
He was playing tennis the whole day yesterday.
She was watching TV for 4 hours yesterday.
They were learing new words since 5 p.m. yesterday.
Was I reading at 7 o'clock yesterday?
Were we singing a song from 6 till 7 yesterday?
Was he playing tennis at that time yesterday?
Was she watching TV the whole evening yesterday?
Were they learing new words at 5 p.m. yesterday?
I wasn't reading at 7 o'clock yeaterday.
We weren't singing a song from 6 till 7 yesterday.
He was playing tennis at that time yesterday.
She wasn'y watching TV from 4 till 6 p.m. yesterday.
They weren't learing new words the whole evening yesterday.
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