Ex.3.1. Fill the gaps with a suitable adjective from the chart.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 456.
Free time: relaxation and leasure
VOCABULARY EXTENSION III
I. Some adjectives to describe relaxation and leasure pursuits:
| adjective | meaning | possible examples |
| rewarding | gives you a lot of positive experiences | doing voluntary work, helping charities |
| fruitful | produces good results | collaborating / cooperating with someone in an activity |
| lucrative | makes a lot of money | selling your own arts or crafts, writing computer games |
| therapeutic | makes you healthy in body and/or mind | gardening, yoga, meditation |
| relaxing/calming | Reduces stress, gives a peaceful feeling | reading, listening to music |
| time-consuming | takes a long time to do | being president of a club, being a member of committee |
I enjoyed being secretary of the sports club but it was very time-consuming. I had to give up two evenings a week to do it.
The conservation work I do is very rewarding. I feel I'm doing something good and useful. Photography has been a lucrativepursuit for her. She often sells her pictures to magazines. Painting is such a therapeutic activity. It makes me feel good, and teaches me patience.
1 I find writing poetry very ..................... It helps me to get a truer understanding of myself and gives me a good feeling inside.
2 I enjoy selling the pictures I paint, but it's not very ........................... I only made £300 last year.
3 Gardening is very .................. . It reduces stress levels and calms you down.
4 I've had a ................... partnership with Jane for several years: she plays the piano and I play the violin. It's been very good for both of us.
5 Doing unpaid work at the hospital has been a ................. experience for me.
6 I would like to be on the club committee, but I've heard it's very .................. and I don't have a lot of free time.
II. Some informal words describing the way people spend their leisure:
Bob's a real culture vulture; he goes to every theatre and art gallery he can find. [big fan of anything cultural]
I'm a bit of a couch potato: I spend hours every day just watching TV. [physically very inactive person]
Mary's a bit of a dabbler: she does a pastime for a couple of weeks, then she gets bored and starts something different. [person who never keeps doing one activity for long]
Francis is a real doer. He never sits round for long and always has some project or other. [person who believes in acting and doing things, not just thinking]
Laura's a shopaholic. She buys all sorts of things she doesn't need. [person addicted to shopping; compare alcoholic: addicted to alcohol]
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