Warming Up Cabin fever is not really a disease.However,people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes.This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside.Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play.So do their parents.This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed. Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live.This is called "nesting"or "cocooning".Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. more
Cabin fever is not really a disease. However, people can experience boredom and restlessness if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is especially true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go outside to play. So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed. Some people enjoy spending a lot of time in their homes to make them nice places to live. This is called “nesting” or “cocooning”. Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Warming Up
Warming Up Some insects build cocoons around themselves 1 for protection while they grow and change.Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife.So people like the idea of nests and cocoons,too. The terms cocooning and nesting became popular more than 20 years ago.They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things.These people then had children. Now these children are grown and have "left the nest". They are in college.Or they are married and starting families of their own far away.Now these parents are living alone without children in their "empty nest".They have become "empty nesters". END
Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too. The terms cocooning and nesting became popular more than 20 years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children. Now these children are grown and have “left the nest”. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away. Now these parents are living alone without children in their “empty nest”. They have become “empty nesters”. Warming Up
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
Hundreds of years ago,people had little free time. In the 19th century,people had some free time.In order to avoid wasting time,people invented many activities.In the 1990s,people gradually became couch potatoes,which refer to lying on the sofa watching various TV programs.However,some opponents believe that this is detrimental to the image of potatoes.Request to remove sofa potatoes from the Oxford dictionary
• Hundreds of years ago, people had little free time. In the 19th century, people had some free time. In order to avoid wasting time, people invented many activities. In the 1990s, people gradually became couch potatoes, which refer to lying on the sofa watching various TV programs. However, some opponents believe that this is detrimental to the image of potatoes. Request to remove sofa potatoes from the Oxford dictionary
But for couch potatoes,there is a health risk and lack of exercise.In the 21st century,couch potatoes slowly become people sitting in front of computers, passing their time through the Internet.The author wrote this article in a humorous and sarcastic tone and did not approve of the practice of couch potatoes
• But for couch potatoes, there is a health risk and lack of exercise. In the 21st century, couch potatoes slowly become people sitting in front of computers, passing their time through the Internet. The author wrote this article in a humorous and sarcastic tone and did not approve of the practice of couch potatoes