SUMMER WAY OF SPENDING TIME

         In my opinion there is a great number of different ways of spending summer holidays. It depends on person, on his culture, education, age, social level and personal tastes and pre­ferences. So, everyone likes his own way of summertime spen­ding.

        It is a great pleasure to have a rest after a whole year of hard work or study. People like to travel during their summer holidays. Some people go abroad to see new countries, some  people prefer to go to the country-side to enjoy country-life far from noise and fuss of big cities. Other people like staying at home doing nothing, but watching TV and playing compu­ter games.

        Some people like to spend their holidays in cities, visiting theatres; museums and going sightseeing. But a great num­ber of people go to the seaside.

       As for me, Гprefer to go on holiday to the seaside. I do not like crowds. My family and I always have our holiday on the coast. Sea and sunbathes, that is what we look forward to eve­ry summer. Hotels at the large seaside towns are rather ex­pensive, so we usually go camping.

       Last year we spent our holidays in a camp. Each day was full of small joys. We swam in the sea, lay in the sun, played different games and had a wonderful time. We lived there for about a month. The time passed very quickly. It was a wonder­ful holiday.

QUESTIONS:

1. Is it a great pleasure to have a rest after a whole year of hard work or study?

2. Do people dislike travelling during their summer holi­days?

3. How do other people prefer to spend their summer holi­days?

4. How do you prefer to spend your summer holidays?

VOCABULARY

in my opinion — по моему мнению, по-моему

to depend on — зависеть от

social level — социальное положение, уровень

preferences — предпочтения

summertime spending — летнее времяпрепровождение

pleasure — удовольствие

to go (past went, p.p. gone) abroad — уезжать за границу

to go (past went, p.p. gone) to the country-side — уезжать за город

to enjoy — наслаждаться

noise — шум

fuss — суета

sightseeing — осмотр достопримечательностей

as for me — что касается мен

coast — побережье

sunbathes — солнечные ванны, загорание под солнцем

crowd — толпа, столпотворение

to look forward — стремиться

expensive — дорогой