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Do you have a hobby? Something you look forward to spending your time with? Something you love to do?1 Or making model airplanes. Sketching. Or making useful things out of waste material. It could be a musical instrument that you love playing. Or singing and dancing.
There are many things that a hobby can give you, apart from an enjoyable time. Sashay was a shy boy but through his interest in model airplanes he learned the value of sticking to a task until it was finished. His model airplane club brought him to get into touch with similar souls.2
Having a hobby helps you relax and get away from the routines of school.3 You really need this well deserved one, too! It gives you focus, self dependence, confidence and builds your personality. This is an opportunity to lose yourself in an enjoyable activity, away from the pressure of school, so at the end of it, you feel relaxed and yet, mentally charged.
Your hobby defines you.4And it also shows you what you are good at, and how far you can go, when you apply yourself.
5 For a hobby is: Happiness: something which you look forward to doing. Opportunity: to nurture and develop your special and unique skills and celebrate them. Believe in yourself: makes you understand your strong advantages and improves your confidence. Best in you: brings out your best—for in each one of us there is a best that is only ours. YOU gives you a unique character, and makes you YOU!
A. So go ahead and develop a hobby.
B. It gives you a break.
C. It proves your ability.
D. Hobbies show your character.
E. It shows your special skills.
F. It could be collecting something.
G. He learned to make friends for the first time.
When a New Yorker was hiking in Europe, his Swiss friend kept saying “Listen to that!” but he didn't hear anything. His ears were accustomed to loud city noises and it was days before he was able to notice the sound of a bird. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. There is background music in restaurants, bars, stores, rest rooms, elevators, and when you are waiting on the telephone. Russell Baker blames “society's determination to entertain you whether you like it or not”.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, but in practice they avoid it. They drive with the car radio turned up, switch on the television when they get home, and exercise while listening to music on headphones. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They can buy things in stores, but they do not have enough human contact. So they fill their lives with sound.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Young men play their car stereos loudly in order to create a personal environment around them. Like animals, they are marking a territory to warn rivals away and to attract a mate.
It may also be true that the brain itself wants excitement just as the stomach insists on food. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} This seems extreme. Perhaps we would be better off if we sought periods of silence to provide balance.
A. Sometimes the reason for the noise is primitive B. The noise suggests that people have a spiritual problem C. They spend too much time in elevators and the like D. Unlike in the past, we now have modern technology to supply a constant flood of sounds E. For most of us, silence has become a rare experience F. A good response would be to use our brains to improve modern technology G. People may say they yearn for quiet |
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