IV. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
The British spend their free time in different ways. People generally use it to relax, but many people also do voluntary work, especially for charities.
A lot of free time is spent in the home, where the most popular leisure activity is watching television, the average viewing time being 25 hours per week. Reading is also a favourite way of spending leisure time. The British spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. In the summer gardening is popular, and in winter it is often replaced by ‘do-it-yourself’, when people spend time improving or repairing their homes.
Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people join friends for a drink in a pub, or have dinner in a restaurant.
The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport, normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports includefootball, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing. Popular forms of exercise are swimming, tennis, ice skating or roller-skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking.
Families often have a ‘day out’ at the weekend, especially in summer, with a visit to a local event such as a festival, fair or show. Young people especially go to clubs and discos, while people of all ages go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concerts.
A. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. Many British people use their free time to help people in need.
2. In the summer, the British prefer indoor activities.
3. All free time activities are individual activities.
4. Most British people watch or do sports at the weekend.
5. Sometimes people go with their friends to a pub or restaurant.
6. British young people don’t like going to the movies.
B. Answer the questions.
1. What’s the most popular free time activity in the UK?

2. How many hours a week do the British watch TV?

3. In winter, what do the British often do in their spare time?

4. Which sports do many British people enjoy watching?

Question

IV.	Read the text carefully, then do the tasks.
	The British spend their free time in different ways. People generally use it to relax, but many people also do voluntary work, especially for charities.
	A lot of free time is spent in the home, where the most popular leisure activity is watching television, the average viewing time being 25 hours per week. Reading is also a favourite way of spending leisure time. The British spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. In the summer gardening is popular, and in winter it is often replaced by ‘do-it-yourself’, when people spend time improving or repairing their homes.
	Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people join friends for a drink in a pub, or have dinner in a restaurant.
	The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport, normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports includefootball, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing. Popular forms of exercise are swimming, tennis, ice skating or roller-skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking.
	Families often have a ‘day out’ at the weekend, especially in summer, with a visit to a local event such as a festival, fair or show. Young people especially go to clubs and discos, while people of all ages go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concerts.
A.	Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1.	Many British people use their free time to help people in need.
2.	In the summer, the British prefer indoor activities.
3.	All free time activities are individual activities.
4.	Most British people watch or do sports at the weekend.
5.	Sometimes people go with their friends to a pub or restaurant.
6.	British young people don’t like going to the movies.
B.	Answer the questions.
1.	What’s the most popular free time activity in the UK?
		
2.	How many hours a week do the British watch TV?
		
3.	In winter, what do the British often do in their spare time?
		
4.	Which sports do many British people enjoy watching?

Accepted Answer

A. True or False Statements

1, True

Quote: "People generally use it to relax, but many people also do voluntary work, especially for charities." (Mọi người thường dùng nó để thư giãn, nhưng nhiều người cũng làm công việc tình nguyện, đặc biệt là cho các tổ chức từ thiện.)

2, False

Quote: "In the summer gardening is popular..." (Vào mùa hè, làm vườn là hoạt động phổ biến...)

3, False

Quote: "Some leisure activities are mostly or entirely social. Inviting friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one." (Một số hoạt động giải trí chủ yếu hoặc hoàn toàn mang tính xã hội. Mời bạn bè đến nhà uống nước hoặc dùng bữa là hoạt động phổ biến nhất.)

4, True

Quote: "The extra time available at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport, normally take place only then. Traditional spectator sports includefootball, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing."(Khoảng thời gian thêm vào cuối tuần có nghĩa là một số hoạt động giải trí, nhiều trong số đó liên quan đến thể thao, thường chỉ diễn ra vào thời điểm đó. Các môn thể thao truyền thống để xem bao gồm bóng đá, cricket, đua ngựa, đua xe ô tô và đua xe mô tô.)

5, True

Quote: "Sometimes people join friends for a drink in a pub, or have dinner in a restaurant." (Đôi khi mọi người tụ tập bạn bè để uống nước ở quán rượu, hoặc ăn tối ở nhà hàng.)

6, False

Quote: "while people of all ages go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concerts." (trong khi mọi người ở mọi lứa tuổi đều đi xem kịch, xem phim, triển lãm nghệ thuật và các buổi hòa nhạc.)

B. Answer the Questions

1, The most popular activity is watching television.

Quote: "...the most popular leisure activity is watching television, the average viewing time being 25 hours per week." (...hoạt động giải trí phổ biến nhất là xem truyền hình, với thời gian xem trung bình là 25 giờ mỗi tuần.)

2, The British watch an average of 25 hours per week.

Quote: "...the average viewing time being 25 hours per week." (...thời gian xem trung bình là 25 giờ mỗi tuần.)

3, They often do ‘do-it-yourself’ (DIY) activities to improve or repair their homes.

Quote: "...in winter it is often replaced by ‘do-it-yourself’, when people spend time improving or repairing their homes." (...vào mùa đông, nó thường được thay thế bằng ‘tự làm’ (do-it-yourself), khi mọi người dành thời gian cải thiện hoặc sửa chữa nhà cửa của họ.)

4, They enjoy watching football, cricket, horse racing, motor racing, and motorcycle racing.

Quote: "Traditional spectator sports includefootball, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motorcycle racing." (Các môn thể thao truyền thống để xem bao gồm bóng đá, cricket, đua ngựa, đua xe ô tô và đua xe mô tô.)

IV. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks. The British spend their free time in different ways. People generally use it to relax, but many people also do voluntary work, especially for charities....