Britain has recent by been described as a “leisure society.” This is because there are a great variety of leisure pursuits. Young people generally go out on Friday or Saturday nights to a disco, to a concert or to a pub. In recent years going out for a meal or getting a take-away meal have become popular too. During the past years there is a great increase in keeping fit and staying healthy. A lot of teens started running, jogging and going to different fitness clubs in their spare time. Aerobics classes and fitness clubs opened in every town, and the number of recreation centres greatly increased. Indoor pools, with their wave-making machines, water slides and tropical vegetation, have became very popular.
The same is true in Russia. A lot of teens go in for different kinds of sport. Sport helps them to feel as fit as a fiddle. In both countries there are special programmes for problem teenagers, such as a high-risk activities, for example they are taught to jump out of aeroplanes. But despite the increase in the number of teens participating in sport, the majority of young people still prefer to be spectators. They prefer to be couch potatoes. Watching sports on TV is a popular leisure activity, as is going to football matches on Saturday. Cinemas have been redesigned with four or more screens, each showing a different film at the same time, and a lot of teens like going to the cinemas too.
The young generation is fond of communication. There are many available methods of communication nowadays, and the most popular one is computers. A lot of teenagers spend plenty of time working on computers. The Internet seems really good fun. You may send e-mails to friends from different countries and get their answers instantly. You even may talk to them. It is easy and quick. A lot of teenagers have mobile telephones, so they can always be contacted, if they keep their telephone switched on, at any time of the day or night, or tend text messages.
Nowadays, sport becomes more and more popular among not only young people, but also older generation. I am convinced that sport is a necessary part of human life as it keeps us in tip-top condition, improves our health and just is an interesting way to spend your free time. You may have already understood that I am also into sport. I love both individual and team types of sport. However, let me tell you about my favorite type of sport.
Football is the sport I like the most. When I was little, I usually went out with my father or my friends in our free time and played matches in the yard. At first, the game did not seem to me worth playing it. Most often, playing with friends at a small field gave me not too much joy. Though, it has changed some time after. As my dad is a big fan of a football, he once took me to a football match. I was only six and I did not like it at the start. Nonetheless, 20 minutes after it began to get interesting to me. I can still remember all the atmosphere of the adrenalin, victory and happiness at the field when the team scored the goal and then won the match. It was just unbelievable to me how thousands of strangers can become a one huge family in a few seconds and celebrate the win of their favorite team. After the match I had really mixed and exciting feelings. But they have not lasted too long, a few days later I said to my parents that I want to become a footballer.
Since that time, football has become an integral part of my life. My parents brought me to our school football team and there my acquaintance with professional football started. I was trying my best each training, and my skills were getting better and better. The most important, it was bringing me a lot of pleasure. Furthermore, I have found many new friends and like-minded people, who I can always rely on, so we have a really strong and friendly team. That is why we have already won a lot of local matches and even some regional ones.
I have always considered football as worthy of sacrifice. Whenever an opportunity arises, I go to a match. I often watch games on TV but I prefer to watch them live. Of course, I have a favorite team, it is Borussia Dortmund, and some football players whom I admire the most. They are Marco Reus, Robert Lewandowski, Jadon Sancho. The style of their game appeals to me the most, and they are true role models to me!
To sum up, football is my favorite sport and I would not trade it for any else in the world. In future, I plan to become a professional football player, so let’s see how it goes.
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