Leisure time in Britain Евдокимова Ирина Васильевна Российский колледж традиционной культуры Санкт-Петербурга, 2012

Evening Classes for Examinations There are lots of public activities in Britain. Evening classes, usually meeting once a week, are held everywhere, and not only those which prepare people for examinations that lead to professional qualifications.

Evening Classes for Hobbies. Many people attend classes connected with their hobbies, such as photography, painting, folk dancing, dog training, cake decoration, archaeology, local history, car maintenance(1)

Social and Religious Activity Other groups meet regularly for a mixture of social and religious purposes.

Money for victims Young and old spend leisure time working together for good causes, gathering money for benefit of victims of famine, flood or misfortune.

Public Libraries Public libraries, maintained by the local authorities, are well developed and progressive. They everywhere allow people to borrow books without charge.

Gardening England is famous for its gardens, and most people like gardening. Flower shows and vegetables shows, with prizes for the best exhibits, are popular. Enthusiasm for gardening - or do-it-yourself activities - get increasing attention from radio programmes, magazines and shop-keepers

Sports in Britain The British are great lovers of sports. When they are neither playing nor watching games they like to talk about them, or when they cannot do that, to think about them.

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