Read the text and tell what of these activities you prefer.Leisure time occupations can be divided into four groups: 1) doing things, 2) making things, 3) collecting things and 4) learning things. Of these four groups doing things is perhaps the most popular. It includes a lot of activities, from gardening to sailing and from chess to foreign travel. There are mental or physical, indoor or outdoor activities. Leisure time occupations can be more or less active. But a real hobby is usually creative, individual and unusual. Indoor activities or home interests: 1) Doing things:reading; listening to music; watching television; entertaining friends; playing games (chess, cards); painting; mending things. 2) Making things:models; needlework (e.g. knitting, sewing, embroidering, making carpets); making music (singing or playing musical instruments); cooking and baking; home decorating and repairing. 3) Collecting things:collecting stamps, postcards, maps, coins, beermats, bottles, tins, old china, statuettes, toys, autographs, books, butterflies, shells, crystals, compact discs and other things. 4) Learning things:learning foreign languages, learning to play a musical instrument, studying music, art, literature or other subjects. Outdoor activities or activities outside the home: Sports activities:athletics, gymnastics, cycling, swimming, sailing, roller-skating, rowing, racing, skiing, skating, mountaineering, and climbing. Playing games:football, handball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, basketball, baseball, water-polo, golf, badminton, bowling, judo, fencing, boxing and taking part in competitions. Other activities:gardening; fishing; traveling; visiting the country-side, the sea-side, museums, art exhibitions, historical places; walking; driving a car; watching outdoor sports.
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