Task 1. Read the text carefully Astronaut Sally Ride
When Sally Ride was just 9 years old, her
family toured Europe for entire year and then
returned home to Encino, California. Once
back at school, Sally wanted to be a winner in
sports and at school. In her teens she was a
champion junior Tennis Player. She was
ranked number eighteen among the best
young tennis players in the country when she
was 18. Sally always liked studying science.
When she went to college, she studied
astrophysics. Astrophysics is the science of
stars and planets. She liked great literature
too. She graduated from college with two
degrees. The other degree was in English. She
stayed longer in college and became Dr. Sally
Ride. She was a specialist in astrophysics. Sally
was interested in joining NASA as an
astronaut. She was chosen as one of six
women in the astronaut class in 1978. She
studied at the Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Texas. She learned how to fly military
jets as part of her training. In 1982 Sally Ride
was selected to go on the second challenger
space flight. She would be the first American
woman to go into space. Sally Ride spent six
days in space orbiting the Earth. Later Sally
Ride said, "the thing that I'll remember most
about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm
sure it was the most fun that I will ever have
fun in my life."
choose true or false
Sally Ride lived in Europe.​

1)I know many holidays. For example: New Year, 8 March, 9 May and so on.

2) Active recreation includes - hiking or water trips, travel, sports events, outdoor games, dancing, swimming and even work at the summer cottage and others.

3) I remember very much the passive holiday when I lay with my parents on the bed, ate pizza and watched a funny comedy. I think passive rest is very good.

4)I really like to go hiking. I feel delighted when I meet the inhabitants of the forest.

5)first of all, it is the price. The travel agency, leaving the entire program of stay unchanged, waives all extra charges and discounts that are its legitimate earnings.The ability to spontaneously break out of the circle of daily problems and go on vacation can also be seen as a positive moment in certain life situations.

6)Holidays play a huge role in human life. For one, this is a reason to be in a cozy home circle closer to family and friends, for another it is an opportunity to get together with a cheerful company of friends or.

Хобби — слово английского происхождения. Первоначально (первое упоминание в письменных источниках относится к 13 столетию) так называли маленький лошадей или пони. Позже так начали называть игрушечных лошадок, которых использовали для религиозных и других целей.

А в 1759 году англичанин Лоренс Стерн в своем романе «Жизнь и мнения Тристрама Шенди» впервые использовал слово hobby в значении «увлечение», «конек». У каждого героя романа Стерна есть свое хобби. И именно это, считает автор делает человека человеком.

«Это резвая лошадка, уносящая нас прочь от действительности, — причуда, бабочка, картина, вздор, — словом, все, на что мы стараемся сесть верхом, чтобы ускакать от житейских забот и неурядиц, — пишет Стерн. — Он полезнейшее в мире животное — и я положительно не вижу, как люди могли бы без него обходиться».

Отсюда вошло в английский язык выражение to ride a hobby, которому в русском языке соответствует фразеологизм «сесть на своего конька».

В своем романе Лоренс Стерн отметил зарождение совершенно нового вида досуга людей — хобби. В веках, где выделяться из толпы считалось неприлично и даже опасно, индивидуальность не поощрялась, и даже хобби были коллективными, от рыцарских турниров до совместного вышивания гобеленов. Символом следующего века стал чудак со своей причудой и одинокая девушка с вышивкой у окна, которых именно хобби и делали такими привлекательными.