topic 3 free time

part 1: free time and hobbies vocabulary、part 2 : what do you like doing?、part 3：adding details to your idea、part 4: saying why you like or dislike something

topic 3 free time

• part 1: free time and hobbies vocabulary
  • indoor activitives/things you can do at home
    • watching TV/films reading cooking palying games
  • sports:
    • playing football playing basketball playing tennis going swimming going jogging going climbing doing boxing doing judo柔道 doing yoga going skiing
  • social activities
    • chilling out/ hanging out with friends relaxing with your family going shopping travelling
  • more creative things
    • palying a musical instrument taking photos painting knitting writing stories/a blog gardening
  • collecting things: stamps / coins / NFTs
  • leisure, activitives, hobbies, pastimes 消遣
• part 2 : what do you do in your free time?
  • In my free time, I like/love/enjoy/hate...+ -ing
  • I get up to... = I do...
    • I (don't) get up to a lot of things.
    • I get up to a lot of different things.
  • I'm fond of palying video games.
  • I'm into palying video games.
  • I'm passionate about palying video games.
  • dabble 涉猎
    • I like to dabble in cooking
    • I sometimes dabble in paingting.
    • Last week I dabbled in NFTs.
    • to dabble in = to do sth. casually, less seriously
  • I play the guitar, but I am just an aficionado.狂热爱好者
  • I play the guitar, but I am just an amateur.业余爱好者
• part 3：adding details to your idea
  • Adverb of frequency:
    • often,sometimes, absolutely,regularly, frequently
  • how often:
    • every weekend/Saturday afternoon/day once/twice a week/month/day whenever I can as often as I can whenver I get a chance as much as I would like
  • where:
    • at the park near my house to a cafe in the city centre in the forest
  • when and why you start to do it
• part 4: use different tenses
  • Present tense
    • I paint.
    • I recently took up painting.
    • I am new to in.
  • Simple past tense
    • I started painting a couple of years ago.
    • I decided to have a go at painting.
      • to have a go at sth. = to try sth. new.
    • I decided to try my hand at paingting.
      • to try my hand at sth.= to try sth. new
  • Present perfect continuous tense
    • I've been playing football for as long as I can remember.
    • I've been playing football for donkey's years.
      • for donkey's years = for a long time
• part 5: the benefits of hobbies - to relax / stay healthy / socialise
  • It (just) helps me unwind / kick back / chill out . --to relax
  • I find that It helps me get into shape / keep fit /stay in shape.
  • It allows me to (just) hang out/meet up/chill out with friends.
  • It's a nice way to socialise.
  • It's quite a nice way to get close to nature.
  • It's has a calming effect.
  • It's really therapeutic.使人平静下来的
  • It's a great stress buster. 压力消除器