NE山UaI&NPA 第二版9 综合教程 Real Communication An Integrated Course 围用 雪 N角东作孔大等 制作 外酒数学怎研充出版祛版权所有
分 分 Learning Objectives The balance between work and play Enhancing knowledge about leisure activities Aro you Word s Appreciating humor 令Understanding irony
Enhancing knowledge about leisure activities Appreciating humor Understanding irony Learning Objectives
Text Leisure inactivities-or how to relax and do nothing About the text Go to the text
Text Leisure inactivities – or how to relax and do nothing About the text Go to the text
Text 宁分 Leisure inactivities-or how to relax and do nothing I Centuries ago people didn't have much free time,because everyone was working too hard.In Britain in the 19th century,people had more time off,but the Victorians thought relaxing and doing nothing was a sin.So to avoid temptation,they invented football, rugby and cricket.People took up more gentle leisure activities like bird-watching,gardening and trainspotting,and it was even possible simply to watch a sport and give the impression that you were actually doing something useful. Translation
Leisure inactivities – or how to relax and do nothing 1 Centuries ago people didn’t have much free time, because everyone was working too hard. In Britain in the 19th century, people had more time off, but the Victorians thought relaxing and doing nothing was a sin. So to avoid temptation, they invented football, rugby and cricket. People took up more gentle leisure activities like bird-watching, gardening and trainspotting, and it was even possible simply to watch a sport and give the impression that you were actually doing something useful. Text
Text 2 One instance of this is cricket,which is a peculiar game with weird rules,where nothing happens for five days,at the end of which the players often decide to call it a draw.And everyone,players and spectators,feel perfectly fulfilled by this non-event.It's a good example of what we can now call a leisure inactivity. 3 Gradually over the years,leisure inactivities have involved even less interaction.In the 1990s a new leisure creature evolved,one who thinks that lying on the sofa watching sport or DVDs on the television is the most exciting inactivity they can manage.This is the couch potato. Translation
2One instance of this is cricket, which is a peculiar game with weird rules, where nothing happens for five days, at the end of which the players often decide to call it a draw. And everyone, players and spectators, feel perfectly fulfilled by this non-event. It’s a good example of what we can now call a leisure inactivity. 3Gradually over the years, leisure inactivities have involved even less interaction. In the 1990s a new leisure creature evolved, one who thinks that lying on the sofa watching sport or DVDs on the television is the most exciting inactivity they can manage. This is the couch potato. Text