Досуг и увлечения (хобби) современного подростка: чтение, кино, театр, музей, спорт, музыка

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Choose the correct word. Mike is a curious boy, he always _________________ lots of different hobbies.

Choose the correct word. A large area which contains lots of different shops is called a _________________.

Choose the correct word. To become a volleyball player, you need to ______________ our local volleyball club.

Type the right form of the verb in brackets. Listen! This girl ____________(sing) a wonderful song!

Type the right form of the verb in brackets. Nancy can’t go for a walk because he ____________(study) for her exams these days.

Type the right form of the verb in brackets. The train ________________ (leave) at 8.30 p.m.

Type the right form of the verb in brackets. This soup ____________(smell) delicious. Let’s try it!

Read the text and match the correct answer. UFO Hunter ! The interviewer: A strange shape is moving across the sky. Is it a bird? Is it an aeroplane? Or is it a UFO? Nick Porter is fascinated by the possibility of life on other planets, so in his free time he tries to find out what these strange objects are. We asked him some questions about his unusual hobby. So, Nick why are you so interested in UFOs? Nick: Well, thousands of people see strange objects in the sky all over the world. Most of these are planets, meteors, or military planes – but what about the rest? I’m a very curious person, so I want to find an explanation. The interviewer: And what exactly does your hobby involve? Nick: Well, I started a UFO club and we mostly investigate sightings. We interview witnesses and analyse videos and photos. Sometimes we go out to a UFO ‘hotspot’, too. In fact, we are going out tonight. We usually go high up on a rooftop or a hillside. If we see something strange, we record as much information as we can! We use camcorders, cameras, telescopes and other devices. Then we analyse the information on our laptops. The interviewer: Maybe some of our readers are thinking about taking up UFO hunting now! What advice do you have for them? Nick: Well, anyone can become a UFO hunter. You just need to be enthusiastic and patient. You also need to join a local UFO club. This way, you find out where the UFO hotspots are, and you have witnesses if you spot something. The interviewer: So, what, are you waiting for? UFO hunting is a lot of fun, and you never know – you might just turn science fiction into science fact!

Read the text and match teenagers' hobbies and their descriptions. American Teens with Drive! Akiane Kramarik is a girl from a small town in Idaho whose favourite hobby is painting. Akiane is very creative and learned how to use pastels when she was six. She pays a lot of attention to detail and her paintings are very realistic. She finished 40 paintings that sold for as much as 25,000$. Chase Austin competed in his first race at the age of eight in a go-kart pieced together by his father. The 16-year-old certainly loves speed and already has a career which many people could be jealous of. This young man from Kansas is not afraid of hard work and that’s why he has won so many awards. In December 2001, Raynece Leader-Thimpson, who was a student at Edison Middle School, had to do a science project. Her mother helped her design a game which makes learning maths simple as well as fun! Raynece got an ‘A’ grade for her project so her teacher gave it to some younger students to try out. Soon after that people started to ask for their own copy of the game. So they set up a company called, ‘Math Works, LLC!’ Esteban Cortezar is a young man whose love for fashion began when he was a child in Colombia. He began designing when he was ten. He used to take old clothes apart and then staple pieces back together again. Today Esteban is in charge of a growing fashion empire. He recently travelled to New York, where he showed his latest collection during fashion week. He is determined to succeed and it looks like he is going the right way about it!