My day off

Most people in our country work five days a week but students and pupils work six days. They have only one day off. It is Sunday.

I like this day very much. You needn't hurry anywhere and you may go wherever you like after your week's work. On this day I wake up later than usual. But sometimes I don't get up till nine or ten o'clock.

As soon as I get up I air the room, make my bed and do morning exercises. Then I have breakfast, clear away the dishes and wash up. Two more hours for getting ready with my homework and I am free.

I meet my friends and we discuss our plans together. We may go to the cinema or theatre, to the cafe or park.

In fine weather we also like to be out of town. We find a nice place somewhere in the forest or on the bank of the river. We lie in the sun, play different games and swim. In winter my friends and I often go to the skating-rink. Skating is my favorite kind of sport, but I like to ski too.

When the weather is bad my friends come to my place. We listen to music or go to the cinema. We like action films and films about the life of the youth abroad.

In the evening all the members of our family get together. We have our supper, make plans for tomorrow, watch TV or read books. Reading is my hobby. Sometimes we receive guests at our place or go for a walk. I enjoy my days off very much.

1. Which day of the week do you like best and why?

2. What time do you get up on Sunday?

3. What do you do in the morning?

4. How do you usually spend your days off?

5. How did you spend your last Sunday?

6. Do you often go to the country on your days off?

7. What are the best places around Tyumen?

8. Do you go in for sports on Sunday?

9. Do you often go to see your friends?

10. How often do you spend the week-end with your parents?

11. With whom do you like to spend your days off better: with your friends or with your parents?

12. Do you sometimes go to the theatre on Sundays?

13. Which do you like best, the cinema or the theatre?

14. Do you like music?

15. What is your hobby?

16. How do you usually spend the evenings on your days off?

17. Do you sometimes receive guests on Sunday?

18. How do you plan to spend your next Sunday?

Ex.16 Make sentences using the underlined words and phrases:

1. Sunday is my day off.

2. On my days off I get up later than usual.

3. We make plans for the week-end.

4. My friends often come to my place.

5. I like to spend time out of town.

6. Reading is my hobby.

Ex.17 Read the text and answer the questions after it. What is the boy's hobby? What is his brother's? sister's? father's hobby?

My hobby is collecting stamps. At first, I collected the stamps of all countries, but there are too many, so now I collect only Greek and Indian ones, because I have friends in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. When you look at the stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the history of their country.

My small brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. When an engine goes through the station, he writes down its name and number. He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with him one day but it wasn't interesting, I thought.

My big sister's hobby is sewing. She makes most of her clothes and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.

My father has a hobby, too. It is gardening. Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon and sometimes on other summer evenings, too, he digs, or cuts the thick grass, or plants flowers.

1. Do you collect stamps? Do you think it's an interesting hobby?

2. Are you fond of gardening?

3. What is your hobby? Do you spend much time on your hobbies?

4. What hobbies do the members of your family have? Do you think it's good when all the members of the family have the same hobby?

5. What hobbies do your friends have?

6. What is the most unusual hobby you know?

7. What do you think is the most popular hobby nowadays?

Ex.18

A. Read the opinions of 5 young people about sport. Choose from the list A-F what each one says about it. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use:

Speaker 1. What reason can I give for sport? I play in our school football team. It is a good way to meet people and to make new friends.

Speaker 2. In my opinion sport takes a lot of energy. It causes a lot of injuries. Sport makes you unhappy when you lose. And after all, it turns you off studying.

Speaker 3. Sport helps me to relax and to keep fit after a hard working day. It helps to work off my extra energy. To have a healthy mind you must have a healthy body.

Speaker 4. Sport builds character. It teaches you to be disciplined and organised in daily activities. It teaches you handle losing and winning. Sport makes men out of boys.

Speaker 5. I prefer to watch sports competition rather than take part in sports. To be healthy it is not necessary to become a professional sportsman. I go in for sports just for pleasure, when I have free time.

1. It teaches you about life.
2. It helps you to meet people.
3. It is not necessary to become a professional sportsman.
4. It makes people into rivals.
5. It makes you unhappy and causes a lot of injuries.
6. It helps you to relax.

Speaker 1	Speaker 2	Speaker 3	Speaker 4	Speaker 5

B. Whom do you agree with? What is sport for you – hobby, work or something else?

Ex.19

Imagine that you are: a) a world famous sportsman b) a coach c) a teacher of Physical education at school

Tell us about: a) your working day b) your day off c) your hobby

Unit V