Review 1: How British spend their free time. 10 de marzo de 2022

Buenas tardes, estimada familia IPEP #inglésipep #ingléspagsypau (en Twitter).

Comenzamos una serie de ejercicios dedicados a revisar los puntos principales del programa del curso.

Hoy toca: Free time and hobbies and interests.

Nota: Los textos están seleccionados tanto del programa CREA como de otras fuentes, a quienes doy las gracias y cito, pero todos tienen el nivel del curso.

CÓDIGOS DE COLORES:

AZUL: Traducciones.

ROJO: Aspectos gramaticales.

VERDE: Aspectos culturales.

NARANJA: Estructuras concatenadas

MORADO: Traducción y sinónimos, antónimos, etc.

Amarillo: Palabras con trampa.

Os dejo una plantilla para que, sobre la marcha, podáis ir completando con sinónimos, antónimos, etc y los significados. Espero que os sea de utilidad. Pinchad aquí para descargarla.  

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Texto nº 1

 Teacher: So Kathy, why are you learning Spanish? 

Kathy: Well, I'm married to Manuel, my husband, and he is Spanish. So now I'm learning because I really want to talk to my husband's family, his parents and so on. They don't speak English so..... 

Teacher: And you don't speak Spanish? 

Kathy: Well, I can only say "hola" and "adiós". 

Teacher: Well Kathy, tell me about your hobbies and interests. 

Kathy: Oh, I like learning languages and I love reading books. Mystery books are my favourites. My husband also enjoys reading, but not books, he reads things on the Internet. I love European cinema but I hate watching American movies, they are too comercial. 

Teacher: And do you practise sports? 

Kathy: Sure, I like swimming very much. Besides, I do judo twice a week. 

Teacher: Don't you like team sports? 

Kathy: No, not much. I don't like playing in teams and I hate football.

Texto nº 2:

                        How British spend their free time?

The weekends are a time for families in Britain. Saturdays are a busy time for shops with many families going shopping.

People enjoy various indoor and outdoor activities in Britain. People in Britain spend about 45% of their free time watching television, 24% of their free time socializing, 22-23% on sport and hobbies, and 10% on other activities. Other popular leisure activities are listening to the radio, listening to pre-recorded music, reading, DIY, gardening, eating out and going to the cinema.

The most common leisure activity in the UK is watching television. The average viewing time is 25 hours per person per week. Almost all households have at least one television set. Many television programmes are about wildlife, animals, holidays, cooking and gardening. 

The second most popular activity in Britain is visiting or entertaining friends or relations. Britons also make lots of visits to the cinema making it the most popular cultural activity in the UK. Eating out is also very popular, with British people spending an average of £5.63 per person per week on food (excluding alcohol) outside the home.

The British are a nation of gardeners. Most people have a garden on their property. Gardening is a popular pastime since Roman times. Many people in Britain are proud of their houses and gardens. They want their houses and gardens to look nice. Every town in Britain has one or more DIY (Do it Yourself) centres and garden centres. These are like supermarkets for the home and garden. These places are very popular with British home-owners at the weekends.

Saturday is traditionally the day for shopping and watching sports. Sports and physical recreation are very popular. Local governments provide cheap sport and leisure facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, parks and golf courses. People go to watch other people play sports like football or take part in sports themselves.

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Texto nº 3: 

                                        The pub.

In pubs people not only consume and buy drinks. Friends meet there, colleagues "talk shop" and business people negotiate deals; people gather to celebrate, play games or seek quiet relaxation. The word pub is the short form for public house. There are over 60,000 pubs in the UK. One of the oldest, the Fighting Cocks, dates back to the eleventh century. 

Pubs often have two bars, one usually is quiet. Gardens are also common and customers sit there in the summer. Pubs are usually busy places, people don't queue, but the bar staff try and serve without problem. The closing times are very strict (pubs close at 11.00) and the publican rings a bell shouting "last orders, please!". Do you know the difference between ale and beer? Ale describe the drink brewed without hops unlike "beer".

Saludos. Nos vemos la semana que viene Dios mediante.