The responsibilities of job, home and family all too often transform the daily routine into a huge burden. Enjoying quality leisure time becomes 51 .
True leisure means engaging in a 52 and rewarding activity without being 53 by other aspects of your life. Sometimes, the 54 you experience during the week make you place great emphasis on weekends and other days off. You hope to relax, but the stress is 55 . You can't rest even when you have the time to do so. When time is limited, leisure activities are usually the first items to 56 from the daily schedule.
If you routinely 57 your leisure time because you have "more important things to do," you may be underestimating how much time the things 58 take. Most people routinely shortchange themselves on the amount of time required to complete a given task. The problem is a 59 to evaluate performance honestly.
60 , simplifying your life will let you have more windows of opportunity to do stuff just for fun. Maybe you need to relearn to relax.
Spare Time for Your 61 : Devote one afternoon or evening per week 62 to doing something that you enjoy, listening to music, assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Do whatever you always wish to but never seem to find time for. And do it where there's nothing to remind you of other 63 .
Choose Low-Tech: The popular fascination with technological advances in all areas of life has diverted(偏离) attention from the simple pleasures of many 64 pastimes. People think they must have the best, most up-to-date equipment available to enjoy themselves. When 65 trends becomes the focus, the pure pleasure of leisure is lost.
51. A. difficult B. essential C. noticeable D. incapable
52. A. reluctant B. pleasurable C. delicate D. disgusting
53. A. cultivated B. ashamed C. preoccupied D. oppressed
54. A. favour B. depression C. stress D. threat
55. A. reasonable B. enormous C. ignorant D. adjusted
56. A. destroy B. consider C. recognize D. disappear
57. A. estimate B. fulfill C. abandon D. expand
58. A. constantly B. actually C. initially D. equally
59. A. variety B. delay C. failure D. record
60. A. Consequently B. However C. Moreover D. Therefore
61. A. Instincts B. Images C. Desires D. Tasks
62. A. occasionally B. entirely C. primarily D. dramatically
63. A. duties B. expectations C. stimulations D. limitations
64. A. uncommon B. individual C. traditional D. physical
65. A. keeping up with B. breaking away from C. getting rid of D. making up for
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