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1. a) Work in pairs. Think of five most popular ways of spending your free time in Belarus and complete the spidergram.

watching TV

FREE TIME

b) Read the results of a survey about top free time activities. How many were on your list?

We all look forward to some time off work and school, whether it means spending time with our family, seeing friends or doing those strange jobs around the home and garden. But one thing is for sure, we never seem to have enough free time!

Traditionally most of the free time has been the time for families in Belarus. Sunday used to be a very special day of the week in Belarus. It was the only day of the week when most of the people were at home or at church. Popular leisure activities on Sunday used to be going to church and doing jobs around the house. Nowadays Sunday has lost its religious meaning, but in many families it is believed that it’s important that families have time to be together.

Besides the parents are often at work having a five-day working week from Monday to Friday. As a result the weekend is the only free time when the whole family is busy with shopping for food and for clothes or doing the housework.

How do people spend their free time?

People today enjoy various indoor and outdoor activities. Here are the results of Eurostat survey. It has discovered that people in Belarus spend about 45 per cent of their free time watching TV. An average Belarusian watches TV for 25 hours a week. Almost all households have at least one TV set. In many homes satellite, cable and digital television is used. The most popular programmes are about cooking, health, gardening and wildlife. All these things are much cherished by Belarusian people. There’s a significant number of people who also spend time listening to the radio. Though some see the radio as an old-fashioned kind of leisure both mature and under-aged people prefer listening to their favourite radio stations.

The addiction to digital devices is constantly growing in Belarus as well. About 81 per cent of people own a smart phone or a mobile phone. 56 per cent of households in Belarus have a desktop computer and about 30 per cent have a portable or laptop computer.

About 24% of the free time of Belarusian people is spent on socialising. That is the second most popular activity in Belarus. People enjoy visiting and entertaining with friends and relatives. Going to the grandparents at the weekend has become quite a traditional thing on the weekend plan. Besides Belarusians are interested in cinemas and movie houses. More and more viewers prefer 3D and multiplex movies. About 3.5 million people have been to the cinema this year making it the most popular cultural activity in Belarus. Eating out has grown in popularity as Belarusian people are spending a part of their household money on food outside home. School children and teenagers are keen on McDonalds, KFC or pizza places. Adults would occasionally go to a café or a restaurant.

Another popular pastime since Soviet times is gardening. Many people in Belarus have a dacha, a country house where they go in order to run away from a noisy city. Belarusian people want their dachas to look nice that is why almost every town in Belarus has a DIY centre. These are like supermarkets for home and garden. Some dacha owners look after the flowers and mow the lawns, others grow vegetables and some just go there to enjoy a lovely barbecue evening.

More and more people practise active ways of spending the weekend. Various sports have become widely spread around the country. People of different ages take up cycling and swimming in summer and ice-skating in winter.

c) Read the article again. Are the sentences below true or false?

1. No matter what you do in your free time, it always flies very fast.

2. Adults are so tired after a working week that a lot of families do nothing at the weekend.

3. People like TV programmes about sports and health most of all.

4. Listening to the radio is still popular with Belarusians of different ages.

5. There are more people who like watching films in cinemas than people who like socialising at the weekend.

6. All Belarusian people go to their dachas in order to grow fruit and vegetables.

7. A lot of young people start going cycling and ice-skating.

1. a) Поработайте в парах. Придумайте пять популярных способов проведения свободного времени в Беларуси и заполните диаграмму-паутину.

1. b) Прочитайте результаты опроса о самых популярных занятиях в свободное время. Сколько из них было в вашем списке?

1. c) Прочитайте статью еще раз. Являются ли приведенные ниже предложения истинными или ложными?

Ответ:

1. a)

FREE TIME

→ watching TV

→ socialising

→ going to the cinema

→ gardening

→ eating out

1. c)

Перевод:

1. а)

СВОБОДНОЕ ВРЕМЯ

→ просмотр телевизора

→ общение

→ поход в кино

→ садоводство

→ еда вне дома

1. в)