tailieunhanh - Hobbies

Tham khảo tài liệu 'hobbies', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Hobbies The word hobby is derived from hobby horse which is a stick fitted with a wooden horse s head painted to look real. The child puts this between his legs and prances about pretending to be riding a horse. From this word hobby-horse we get the word hobby an amusement and we speak of a man s riding his hobby. Properly a hobby is any interesting subject or pursuit not our main business which we take up for our amusement in our leisure hours. What is a business to one man may be a hobby to another. For example a professional photographer may have gardening as his hobby and a paid gardener may make a hobby of photography. There are very many kinds of hobbies. Many take the form of collecting in some forms. Collecting postage stamps is a common hobby in England not only with flowers and ferns and press and mount their specimens. Others take an interest in geology and find much amusement in collecting fossils. Such hobbies do not cost much and are within the reach of all. But others such as collecting pictures old books curiosities and antiquities are only for the rich. Other hobbies take the form of games and sports. Many take up open-air games like gold tennis cricket or football or indoor games such as chess draughts and cards as their hobbies. While hunting or fishing or yachting are the favorite recreations of others. Photography makes an interesting and instructive hobby and for those who have the gift sketching and .