Leisure Time. Hobbies, устная тема по английскому языку с переводом

Сочинение по английскому на тему Свободное время предназначается для учеников общеобразовательных школ. Оно может послужить 7-8 классам, изучающим тему хобби и свободного времени. В топике указано, что свободное время и отдых имеют очень важное значение для нас. Такое сочинение на тему Свободное время на английском языке можно использовать как образец для написания домашних заданий или классных работ.

Topic "Leisure time"

There is an English proverb:«All work and no play make Jack a dull boy». It means that every person needs some rest after working days. Leisure time is your free time from any necessary work, the time you spend on your own and with your relatives and friends. You do not think about any homework or housework. You can also spend this time for hobbies. Your hobby depends on your mood and taste. Moreover, you leave away day-to-day activities and begin to have fun.

Nowadays, people work a lot and rarely even want to dedicate some time for relaxing. Still when you have some, try to spend it to your advantage and do what you really like to do. There are many possible ways to plan your spare time and I would like to emphasize two of them.

One is to perform some physical actions such as to go in for sports, for example, play football, basketball, volleyball. Another one includes relaxing at home while doing a specific leisure time activities as knitting, doing handicrafts or gardening. All physical or manual work involves muscles work. It helps you to be fit and healthy.

Some prefer watching TV, going out with friends or just sleeping all day long; other adore to go to the mountains or to the seaside and enjoy the beauty of nature and keeping in touch with it. When you have free time, you may also read books, visit the museums, cinemas, parks or exhibitions. A lot of people like traveling and spend all their time discovering new countries and cultures. It enriches them, gives an opportunity for self-development.

Leisure time and hobbies are very important for human’s well-being. As for me, whatever way of relaxing you choose, it must help you find new forces and the desire for life. Hobbies are meant to bring a spiritual and mental satisfaction. They help people to enjoy life.

Топик "Свободное время"

Существует английская пословица: «Только работа и никаких развлечений делают Джека скучным парнем». Это значит, что каждому человеку нужен отдых после рабочих дней. Время отдыха - это свободное от любой необходимой работы время, время, которое вы можете потратить на свое усмотрение, со своими родными и друзьями. Вы не думаете о домашних обязанностях и заданиях. Вы так же можете потратить это время на хобби. Хобби зависят от вашего настроения и вкусов. Больше того - вы оставляете далеко от себя ежедневную рутину и начинаете наслаждаться.

В наше время люди очень много работают и часто даже не хотят посвятить время отдыху. Все же когда у вас оно есть - попытайтесь провести его с пользой для себя и сделать то, что вам действительно нравится. Существует много возможных способов, как организовать свободное время и я бы хотел выделить два из них.

Один - это осуществление некоторых физических действий, то есть занятие спортом - футболом, баскетболом, волейболом и т.д. Второй включает отдых дома, выполнение таких специфических для свободного времени занятий как - вязание, рукоделие, или садоводство. Физические занятия и ручная работа вовлекают работу мышц, что помогает быть стройным и здоровым.

Некоторые предпочитают смотреть телевизор, гулять с друзьями или спять целый день напролет; другие обожают ехать в горы или к морю, наслаждаться красотой природы и ощущать свою связь с ней. Когда у вас есть свободное время, вы можете почитать книги, посетить музеи, кинотеатры, парки или выставки. Многие люди любят путешествовать и все время посвящают на открытие новых стран и культур. Это обогащает их и дает возможность саморазвития.

Свободное время и хобби очень важны для хорошего самочувствия человека. Я считаю, что, какой бы способ времяпрепровождения вы не выбрали, оно должно помочь вам найти новые силы и желание жить. Хобби предназначены для того, чтобы принести духовное и умственное наслаждение. Они помогают людям наслаждаться жизнью.

What do you usually do in your leisure time?

Unfortunately, as I have not had much free time this year, I have done my best to spend it wisely. It is known, that people can do all kinds of things in their spare time. They go shopping, play football, collect records or stamps. Of course, some of the time activities, like visiting relatives or taking driving lessons, may not be fun. In big cities people spend their free time by going to the theatre, cinema, museums, art galleries, concert hall, fitness or disco clubs. When I have some free time I can choose any of them. But when the weather is fine, I like to go for a walk along the boulevards and streets of the city with my friends, enjoying its architecture.

A re you fond of collecting anything?

No, I am not. I have not enough time to collect anything. My friend collects coins. His collection is rather rich. Coins of different countries are gathered there. Moreover, he has a lot of books devoted to numismatics and albums picturing the coin collections of different museums.

What do you think about it?

Everyone has the right to collect various, even the most unusual things, if it gives sense to his or her life. People collect paintings, stamps, match boxes, bottles, cans, buttons, books, etc. I know that girls are fond of collecting dolls. Some of them do not give it up even when they are of age. In their spare time people can read books, listen to their favourite music, invite their friends to a cafe or a park, or watch TV. Watching TV is also a popular leisure activity. Sometimes it is pleasant to be entertained without leaving the apartment. But excessive TV watching deprives a person of his initiative. Very often TV addicts are governed by television.

Do you have the same problems?

No, I don"t. We turn on our television to watch only selected programmes. In my leisure time I read books, go to the theatre or cinema.

Do you like to go to the theatre?

Do you often go to the theatre?

No, I do not. I do not often go to the theatre. If I have a chance, I prefer to go to the Bolshoi Theatre, Mali Theatre or Art Theatre. I like conventional rendering of the classical ballets, op eras and plays. The tradition of Russian realist theatre was exemplified in the work of Konstantin Stanislavsky of the Moscow Art Theatre. The leading theatre companies of ballet are the Bolshoi in Moscow and Mariinsky in St. Petersburg. Russian ballet had a formative role in Western dance through a number of figures, such as Sergey Diaghilev and Vaslav Nijinsky.

Do you like ballet?

Yes, I do. Once saw a ballet "Giselle". The performance with its beautiful music, designs and cast was perfect. My concentration and enjoyment were intense. I also saw some new ballets with music from "outerspace", with dancers resembling mysteriously lit sculptural images, and severely geometrical de signs, and I can not say that I delighted in them. I prefer classical performances.

What do you expect when you go to the theatre?

When I go to the theatre I expect more than just fun of it. I want to see some actors I"ve heard of or a new version of the classical play. Recently I"ve seen the theatrical adaptation of Oscar Wilde"s "Picture of Dorian Gray". It is excellent. If you want a thought provoking evening at the theatre, that"s the one you want to see. But most of all like to go to the cinema.

Is it your hobby?

Yes. It is one of my hobbies.

What kind of films do you like to see?

I delight in seeing all kinds of films: comedies, love-stories, thrillers, westerns, war films, and cartoons. I like films if they are exciting. I do not like horror films because of their frightening moments even if they are superbly made and the acting is marvellous.

What are your favourite films?

One time I liked films directed by James Cameron. When I was younger I saw his heavy-metal Sci-Fi "Terminator" and "Terminator 2" several times. The special effects were wonderful and important to the success of the films. I took pleasure in ferociously exciting "Aliens". I liked his "Titanic" too. "Titanic" was no mere disaster movie. It was an epic love story. Cameron"s "Romeo and Juliet" on a sinking ship became an international sensation.

What other films have impressed you?

I was really impressed by two movies - "Gladiator" and "Pearl Harbour". "Gladiator" is a very amazing movie. Well photographed and directed it is really the best movie of the past decade. It is really magnificent. The fight scenes were great, and the characters were well developed. The screenplay is excellent. It is a sweeping story of courage and revenge. Russell Crowe is fabulous as Maximus. His portrayal of the major character is superb. His leadership, confidence, skill and heart are persuasive. In the first minutes, I completely realized the utter devotion that Maximus secured from his men, and his Caesar. I am actually keen to see it again, just to catch those things I missed while trying to keep up with it all. I would love to see all those sweeping views of Rome and the wonderful statues through the city. As for "Pearl Harbour", unfortunately it tried to be a war movie and a love story at the same time, and whilst "Titanic" knew when to stop with the love story and focus on the tragedy, "Pearl Harbour" was not capable of achieving the same distinction. It does not mean that I did not enjoy "Pearl Harbour". I want to say that the movie had the potential to be so much more than it actually was.

Do you like to read books?

Yes, I do. I am fond of reading books.

What books do you like to read?

I am fond of science fiction.

When did this form of fiction develop?

This form of fiction developed in the 20th century. It deals with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. This term is used to refer to any literary fantasy that includes a scientific factor as an essential orienting component.

What does such literature consist of?

It consists of an extrapolation of scientific facts and principles, or it incorporates absolutely contradictory facts and principles. In either case, likelihood based on science is a requisite.

Who were the precursors of the genre?

In the 18th century they were Voltaire with his "Micromegas", Jonathan Swift with "Gulliver"s Travels". In the 19th century the precursors of the genre were Mary Shelley with her Gothic novel "Frankenstein", Robert Louis Stevenson"s with his "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".

When did science fiction begin?

Science fiction began at the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as with the science-oriented novels of social criticism of H.G. Wells. They pioneered what may be properly termed science fiction.

When did science fiction emerge as a mode of serious fiction?

With the publication of stories and novels of such writers as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction emerged as a mode of serious fiction. Such writers as Aldous Huxley, C.S. Lewis, and Kurt Vonnegut, who were not de voted exclusively to science fiction, also added much to it.

Whose works became paperback best-sellers during the postwar period?

The works of such science-fiction writers of notable merit in the postwar period as A.E. Van Vogt, J.G. Ballard, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Harlan Ellison, Poul Anderson, Samuel R. Delany, Ursula K. LeGuin, Frederik Pohl, Octavia E. Butler, and Brian Aldiss became paperback best-sellers. These writers" approaches included predictions of future societies on the Earth, analyses of the consequences of interstellar travel, and imaginative explorations of forms of intelligent life and their societies in other worlds. Radio, television, and motion pictures have reinforced the popularity of the genre.

What were the aims of the science fiction writers?

Since the days of Wells"s "Time Machine" and "Invisible Man", the aims of science fiction were didactic. The works of contemporary writers opposed the utopianism that Wells built on the potentialities of socialism and technology. Aldous Huxley"s "Brave New World" showed how dangerous utopianism could be, since the desire for social stability might overlook techniques that would destroy the fundamental human right to make free choices. Toward the end of his life Huxley produced a cautious Utopian vision in "Island", but the dystopian horrors of his earlier novel and of his "Ape and Essence" remain more convincing. Orwell"s "Nineteen Eighty-four" showed a world in which a tyrannic unity is imposed by a collective solipsism, and contradictions are liquidated through the constant revision of history that the controlling party decrees. Anthony Burgess" "Clockwork Orange" and "Wanting Seed" portray ghastly futures that extrapolate, respectively, philosophies of crime control and population control out of present-day tendencies that are only potentially dangerous.

Are there any science-fiction books without prophetic or warning intent?

The fantasist who fantasizes without prophetic or warning intent is rarer, but works such as Nabokov"s "Ada", Tolkien"s "Lord of the Rings" cycle, and "Christine Brooke-Rose"s Out" rep resent legitimate and heartening stretching of the imagination, assurances that the novelist has the right to create secondary worlds, as well as characters, of his own.

Who created secondary worlds?

Only three masters became architects of a complete secondary world. The vast Middle Earth trilogy "The Lord of the Rings", by J.R.R. Tolkien, was not written for children. It reworks many of the motives of traditional romance and fantasy. It is essentially a structure of sheer invention. Tolkien"s fellow scholar, C.S. Lewis, created his own otherworld of Narnia. It is more clearly Christian- allegorical, more carefully adapted to the tastes of children. The seven volumes of the cycle are exciting. And the final scenes of "The Last Battle" are deeply moving. The third of these classic secondary worlds is in a sense not a creation of fantasy. The four volumes about the "Borrowers", with their brief pendant, "Poor Stainless", ask the reader to accept only a single impossibility, that in a quiet country house, under the grandfather clock, live the tiny Clock family: Pod, Homily, and their daughter Arrietty. All that follows from this premise is logical, precisely pictured, and carries absolute conviction. Many critics believe that this miniature world so lovingly, so patiently fashioned by Mary Norton will last as long as those located at the bottom of the rabbit hole and through the looking glass.

Is it difficult for a person to have a hobby?

No, I don"t think so. I can say that there are a lot of ways of spending one"s free time. I always have a lot to do in my leisure time. It is great to have some free time and do what is really pleasant.

Leisure or free time is a period of time spent out of work and domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational time before or after compulsory activities such as eating and sleeping, going to work or running a business, attending school and doing homework or housework. Leisure time is the time when you can forget about day-to-day stress and stressful activities and relax. These activities can be our hobby.

Nowadays people work all day long and rarely have spare time to rest and to do something they like. But if they have it they try to spend it in the way they prefer. And there are a lot of possibilities to do it perfect. There are plenty of things to do that can help you not to feel bored. Any activity is much better than doing nothing.

I"d like to notice that there are two main ways of spending free time: the one is to do some physical activities (often outdoors), for example, football, swimming, hockey, skiing; and another way is to enjoy something relaxing at home or in special places: reading, watching TV, knitting, engaging in hand-made. At any rate, hobby is a matter of taste, and everybody should choose it according to the personal preferences.

As for me, I like to pass my leisure time both in active and passive way. I really enjoy reading or watching films, because it"s always interesting, helpful and helps to relax, what is especially necessary after a long tiring day. Also I am fond of active sports, swimming, skiing or riding a bike from time to time, when it is possible. Sometimes you feel you need to escape from everyday worries and to do something no thought-provoking. In many cases I can"t let me doing anything very extraordinary, so I just go walking over long distances. It really helps to release the tension and refresh the mind.

To the point, the way how people pass their free time depends on the culture and social status. For example, American favorite leisure activity now is participating in experiences that they know aren"t real, they turn to imagination - to worlds created by others, such as books, games, movies and television. Also public researches show that the average amount of weekly free time of many people fell; while the average amount of time spent working is now up. It can be explained by the fact of extra time spent on mobile phones or computers, and infrastructure development (the problem of traffic gems in big cities). As well, preferences of people to spend their time have also changed over the past years: instead of team activities more and more people choose solo activities.

Anyway, in the life of any person there are periods of time when he feels extremely bored. It happens because this person doesn"t know what to do with his time and can"t find anything interesting to do, or because he doesn"t like what he is doing. Well, this problem has hundreds ways of solution. The simplest is to find something interesting to do. Here are some variants of activities to choose:
- Just tidy up;
- Try new recipes;
- Decide on making candles, knitting, cross snitching - in one word, create something new you can be proud of;
- Don"t let online games dominate in your life;
- Photography, drawing, painting, playing musical instruments are very special activities that you can do as a cure fore boredom;
- Communicate more with other interesting people;
- Read something exiting, encouraging, or anything that will enrich your knowledge;
- Join a health club or gum where you will be able to feel happy and keep fit;
- Go out with your friends;
- Set your aims and keep a diary.

Following these simple advices you will never have a time to think about such problem as boredom.

As we all know, leisure time is one of the most important thing people can"t live without. It is a big part of our life, and it actually shows the character and temper of person. I can"t imagine a person who doesn"t have any hobbies and favorite activities, because it is really impossible. Our hobbies and habits make our lives, filling it up with variety of feelings and emotions. Each person chooses his own way of spending time, either active of passive, and in any case in should be a refreshment and a source of inspiration.

Топик Досуг рассказывает о том, как люди проводят свое свободное время. Кто-то предпочитает просто поспать, но досугом можно распорядиться и по-другому. Можно заняться спортом, сделать много полезных для себя дел или уделить время своему хобби. Хобби надо иметь обязательно – так мы отдыхаем от рутины повседневной жизни.

Everybody sometimes has a free time. Somebody prefers only to sleep in their leisure time, but most of us prefer to do a great number of interesting things. It may be reading, various types of sport games, watching TV, listening to music and so on. If we have a few day or a week we prefer to go to the attractive places. Many people think that pupils and students have too much liesure time, but in my opinion, they are wrong. We are very busy. Many pupils have six or seven lessons a day and go to school five or six days a week. Even during weekend we learn our lessons. And we just have no time to go somewhere. Oldest of us are working after school or institute. As for me, a large part of my free time is devoted to reading. I like to read books about another countries, another times and another worlds. Also I read books about history of our country. Besides reading I like to do physical exercises. Me and my school friends often gather after school and play basketball, football or other active games. But my favorite hobby is travelling. Usually I travel in summer and often it is a trip to the south, to the warm sea. I think all people must have other occupations besides their basic work, because it extends the boundaries of the familar world and teaches us something new about people and things.

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Leisure Time. Hobbies, устная тема по английскому языку с переводом

Topic "Leisure time"

Топик "Свободное время"

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