Have you any favourite pastime?
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B. Read the conversation and answer the questions.
Tiya : Anusha, what's the matter? You're wearing sports trousers, T-shirts, sports shoes and carrying a bag! Where are you coming from? And you look tired!
Anusha : Not exactly, Tiya. I'm great because I'm just coming back from the gym.
Tiya : Do you go to the gym regularly?
Anusha : Yes, I do. I go twice a week. It's one of my favourite pastimes.
Tiya : Really! Going to the gym is your favourite pastime! You make me laugh!
Anusha : Why not? I like sports because I like to be fit. I'm not a lazy person like you!
Tiya : What do you do there?
Anusha : I do yoga.
Tiya : Don't you have any other pastimes?
Anusha : Hmm... yes, I have. I like playing chess, painting, and reading books when I'm free. I also like photography but I'm yet to learn it. What do you do in your pastime?
Tiya : I like watching TV, listening to music, reading books and magazines, and playing games on the computer. I do like gardening. But we don't have sufficient space. So I do pot planting. By the way, I don't know much about yoga. Would you please tell me about it?
Anusha : Sure! I'll give you an article on it. It will help you know about it. Okay?
Questions
E. Complete the sentences.
a. Yoga is a practice of .
b. Traditional Yoga works through .
c. Yoga is very effective in managing .
d. Through the poses of balance and concentration, Yoga .
e. results in increased fitness.
f. Yoga can reduce or work for .
g. Yoga can control .
h. Yoga cannot cure 100 percent, but .
i. Yoga trainers gradually introduce .
j. Yoga can draw our focus away from .
k. to fitness routine.
F. Check (✔) the statements about yoga below.
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Yoga improves fitness. |
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Yoga has little to do with eating. |
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c. |
It may differ according to practitioners' levels. |
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It helps people shake off all types of physical and mental disorders. |
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It works both on body and mind. |
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It helps practitioners undergo similar level of difficulty. |
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If you know yoga, you have better control over your real life hazards. |
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It also helps you live longer. |
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I. Write about your own pastime following the model in G.
Hello, I am Sohel. I’m from Khulna. I live in the main district area. I’m in grade 9 now in Saint Joseph’s High School. I love martial arts very much. My father is a black belt in Karate. He is a national gold medalist, always inspires me to engaged in martial arts. Although I am learning both Judo and Karate, I like Judo more. I wake up at 5 am every morning and go to a martial arts club nearby. I practice for one hour in my club. However, I keep practicing the techniques I learnt whenever I get some free time. I have been learning for two years now and took part in various champions till now. I intend to take part in next year’s National Judo Championship. Judo and Karate is like a passion for me, and I like to practice it in my free time. Other than that, I like gardening. I have my own little garden in our backyard. I have a habit of collecting rare plants and grow them in my garden. I water my plants every day. My parents support and encourage me to utilize my free time in a fruitful way, so I have decided to continue martial arts and gardening as my pastime.