视听说2(第三版)Unit3_P52A student's leisure activities

新视野大学英语  视听说教程2（第三版）

Furtherpractice in listening: Passage 1 

1. Word Tips

go down town for some shopping

read a book

watch TV

leisure activities

go with my family to our cottage

take long walks around the countryside

go canoeing

float down the river

go swimming

2. Prep./Adv.

Since I’m a student, I go to school ____ weekdays and so I don’t havetoo much free time. I usually spend six or seven hours at school. After that Ieither go downtown ____ some shopping or go home and study. If I have some freetime ____ the week I might read a book or watch TV. Lately my evenings havebeen spent preparing for my graduation examination, which takes up a lot oftime.Even though I have a lot to do, I still have some free time for leisureactivities. ____ weekends, I like to go with my family to our cottage. I liketaking long walks ____ the countryside and I like watching the seasons change.I have the most free time ____ the summer months. One of my favorite activitiesis to go canoeing with my friends. We borrow a couple of canoes and choose a nicespot on the river to begin. We spend the day floating ____ the river. Sometimesif it gets hot we jump in the water and go swimming. Of course we take breaks ____the day; we stop ____ the river to prepare some food or to visit a local pub.

3. Camping

In the evening we ____ ____  our ____and ____ ____ ____. We spend the evening ____, ____ ____, and ____ ____. Weoften ____ some sausages over the campfire. And one of my favorite things to dois ____  potatoes in ____  and then cook them in the hot ashes. Thesewonderful trips, just like summer, always end too soon.