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2. 'Ali work and no play ...'? How important do you think leisure time and relaxation is in our lives? W1 your favourite way of relaxing?

2.1.    What do you think is meant by the saying: 'Ali work and no play makes Jack a duli boy?

It is not wise to concentrate on working and not to allow time for relaxation. Without proper leisure tir.: worker, and therefore the work, will suffer.

2.2.    Which of the things listed below (a) do you rarely do (if ever), and which places (b) do you seldo to? Which place (s) would you like to go to if you could this weekend? Why?

a)    do sports • have a ride on a roller coaster or a big wheel • go for a run • go to the gym • go out • listen to good musie • meet friends • perform in public • play Computer games • take part in a TV quiz or a school talent show • read something for pleasure • watch TV

b)    amusement park • art gallery • live musie concert • cinema • circus • disco • funfair • museum • musie hall • planetarium • pub • opera • restaurant • theme park • theatre • water park ♦ zoo

2.3. Why are these activities and places fairly popular with people? What kinds of people will not find a them attractive at all? Why?

•    relaxation and amusement;

•    getting rid of tension and stress; getting away from routine and problems;

•    social occasions and family outings;

° pastimes and hobbies;

•    educational purposes.

Workaholics, for instance, are not likely to care for any of them.

workaholic: someone who chooses to work a lot, so that they do not have time to do anything else

2.4.    What hobbies do some of your friends have? Have you heard of any unusual hobby? What is it? e.g. typing portraits of people, collecting old shoes

2.5.    How have popular forms of entertainment changed in Poland in the last 20-30 years?

•    Fewer people go to the cinema as it is easy and cheap to find a good programme or a film on oi the numerous channels of cable television, on a video cassette, a DVD, or on the Internet.

•    People tend to read less because of the reasons mentioned above.

•    Morę and morę people tend to chat on the Internet rather than meet other people face to face.

•    Teenagers play a lot of Computer games and not board games as they used to do in the past.