People live a very busy
life nowadays, so they have little time to spare. Still they try their
best to make use of those rare hours of leisure. A hobby is a favorite
pastime of a person.
Hobbies differ like tastes. Peoples choose
their hobbies according to their taste and character. Someone likes
simply to watch TV, lying on a sofa, when someone climbs to the
mountains.
If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you
are: you have made your life more interesting. But many people have
nothing to do during their spare time, though there are many different
hobbies: reading, collecting, going in for sports, traveling and others.
If a person collects something, he does it according to his
financial abilities: someone collects cars or pictures of world-known
painters, while another one collects beer cans or stamps. But no matter
what they collect, it gives them pleasure. Many collections started in a
small way with one or two items. Some private collections are really
valuable.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has
an opportunity of learning from it.
Some young people find it a
pleasure to go to the theatre. The theatre is one of the most ancient
kinds of art. For centuries people have come to the theatre for the
different aims: to relax, to be amazed or entertained, to have a good
laugh, to enjoy the acting of their favorite actors and actresses.
Modern life is impossible without traveling. Many people travel by rail,
by air, by sea or by road for pleasure.
I don’t like to read very
much, but I think, that it’s the most useful pastime.
If a person
likes to read, he can take many useful information and life experience
from the books. By reading about the things, a hobbyist is interested
in, he is adding to what he knows.
A relatively new hobby is
watching TV. But I don’t think that television is a hobby at all. As for
me, it’s the way of getting information. There are two viewpoints on
television. Some people think that TV is going a lot of harm. People
begin to forget how to occupy their free time. It prevents them from
communicating with each other, from visiting friends or relatives. And
indeed, people are used to have hobbies, to go outside for amusements,
to the theatres, cinemas, sporting events. They are used to read books
and listen to music. But TV gives wonderful possibilities for getting
information, for education. TV brings world in our rooms.
Computers
are a new hobby too. Many young people all over the world like to sit
glued to the monitor all day long, playing their favorite computer
games. As for me, the first hobby, I had in childhood, when I was 5
or 6 years old, was collecting pictures from the bubble gums. Later,
when I was 8, I collected beer cans. Afterwards, my grandma had thrown
them away, ‘cause they occupied a lot of space.
And now I’m
interested in cars. I always read all available magazines about the
cars, ‘cause I want to know everything about their construction and
production.
Also I like to listen to music, especially heavy metal.
Some people think that it is impossible to listen such music and they
call metal fans "headbangers” or "metalheads”, but I don’t care.
And, of course, like all teenagers, I like to work with computer, watch
video and to go in for sports.
So as you can see there are a lot of
things to do during your free time.
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