Расшифруйте слова в скобках: 1)a lot of companies making (seosccmti) such as lipstick and face cream are criticized by animal rights acrivists. 2)what (exlusriu) would i miss most if i lived on a desert island? well, chocolate and hot running water for a start! 3)cotton and silk have largely replaced wool and leather as clothing 4)what's the most important (onitnvine)? the mobile phone of course! 5)you've made ) progress, but i'm sure you could better. 6)working as a teacher assistant for six months was a really ) experience. 7)i saw an interesting ) film about the french revolution. 8)they measured the temperature changes using very precise ) instruments.

Самая важная проблема в моей жизни - это Время!

Оно может убить, его не кто не поймает, лишнего времени нет не у кого.

Два мальчика стояли на улице под часами и разговаривали.
– Я не решил примера, потому что он был со скобками, – оправдывался Юра.
– А я потому, что там были очень большие числа, – сказал Олег.
– Мы можем решить его вместе, у нас ещё есть время!

Часы на улице показывали половину второго.
– У нас целых полчаса, – сказал Юра. – За это время лётчик может перевезти пассажиров из одного города в другой.
– А мой дядя, капитан, во время кораблекрушения в двадцать минут успел погрузить в лодки весь экипаж.
– Что – за двадцать!.. – деловито сказал Юра. – Иногда пять-де-сять минут много значат. Надо только учитывать каждую минуту.
– А вот случай! Во время одного состязания…

Много интересных случаев вспомнили мальчики.
– А я знаю… – Олег вдруг остановился и взглянул на часы. – Ровно два!
Юра ахнул.
– Бежим! – сказал Юра. – Мы опоздали в школу!
– А как же пример? – испуганно спросил Олег.
Юра на бегу только махнул рукой.

A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.