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I.
Read the text and do the tasks.
Leisure of British Young People
Young people in Great Britain have plenty of free
time in the evenings and at the weekends to fill with hobbies of all kinds.
There is no doubt that the most popular leisure activity of all is watching TV.
In fact the average Briton watches about 25 hours of television every week.
They have a choice of four national networks (BBC1, BBC2,1 TV and channel 4)
plus a dozen or so satellite and cable stations. The second most popular
leisure activity is visiting or entertaining friends. Listening to music and
reading follow in the third and fourth position. Going for a meal or to the
cinema is widely spread among the British youth as well. Next comes voluntary
work. A surprising 25% of British adults are involved in voluntary work of some
kind. There are more than 250,000 voluntary organisations in the UK.
Many voluntary groups try to raise money for local charities connected with
schools or churches while others concentrate on international problems such as
famine in Africa. Perhaps the most traditional
leisure activity is sport, which is divided into participation and spectator
sport. The most popular spectator sport is football. Then we should mention
rugby, cricket and athletics. When it comes to participation sport, nobody will
be surprised to find that walking is number one in this way. Swimming is
second. Young men are also fond of snooker, darts, cycling and squash. Young
women prefer to keep fit. At 15 years old and above young people try to find
«Saturday jobs», working as assistants in shops, cafes or restaurants to have
pocket money. They save this money for bicycles, motorbikes, and spend it for
discos and dances.
1.
What these numbers refer to, write out of the text.
250,000_________ 25_________ 4________ 25%________ 15__________
2. Match the opposites.
1.
plenty of time a) working days
2.
weekends b) lack of time
3. to doubt c) to be indifferent to
4. to save money
d) to be sure
5. to be fond of e) to spend money