English literature

Popular activities in your country
There are a number of leisure activities in Canada, my native country, and people there get involved with these leisurely activities to enjoy their times with friends and families. But, as far as my leisurely activity is concerned, I like to play basketball. Basketball is a rather popular leisurely activity in Canada since people from all walks of life and from all over Canada like to get involved with it in order to pass their times, be it on the weekdays or the weekends. However, even though this sport is enjoyed by people from all walks of life, it is more popular among the college and university going young people. Anyway, to explain a little about this sport, basketball is a low-cost game which can be played either alone or in a team. In professional basketball, two teams, consisting of 5 players each, play against each other in a rectangular court, usually indoors. Each team tries to score by tossing the ball through the opponent's goal, which is an elevated horizontal hoop and net called a “basket”. Of course, this sport can also be played in the front yard of a house if people just want to have fun and pass their time with their friends and families. After all, this leisurely activity doesn’t exactly require a large space. But, whether it is played alone or in a team, people actually enjoy doing this leisurely activity because it is a rather easy and fun way of passing time which doesn’t exactly require too much efforts or time.
Finally, what I really like about this leisurely activity or sport is that it is a low-maintenance game. In fact, all you need to enjoy this activity is a ball, a net and the little amount of energy to throw the ball into the basket. What I also like about this sport is that I can actually play it with my friends and my families in our privacy just in the frontyard or backyard of my home.
At present, people in my country can enjoy more leisurely hours than at any time in the past. So, people have taken up a good number of different pastime activities which they enjoy a lot. Interestingly, playing video games is a popular leisure activity among the people in my country. This activity is more popular among teenagers and young people. Almost every house in our country contains different electronic devices and gadgets, and playing digital games are becoming hugely popular with the increasing use of smartphones. Usually, people play video games inside their home and on their personal device. Sometimes, they play games on their mobile phones and other times, they connect their gaming gadgets to a large-screen television and play games on their TV. Some of the games are available for specialised gaming devices like Xbox or PlayStation. However, it is not uncommon for many young people to play such games while they are travelling or sitting somewhere outside especially because they carry their phones and tabloids wherever they go. I believe spending too much time playing video games can be detrimental while playing it once in a while to enjoy and learn could be beneficial. So some people like it, particularly those who play them, while many parents are worried that their offspring spend too much time playing electronic games on their devices. Since digital games are often addictive, they can be harmful to young students as they might find playing games more fascinating than concentrating on their studies and that's one aspect I dislike about this activity. However, if good games are selected and played, it could help young people learn new things, which I consider a great way for cognitive development at a young age. Finally, such games are a good way of spending leisure time, but it is also true that spending too much time playing such electronic games are never beneficial as they kill valuable time and dissuade people from having other important social activities.
Personally, I am not against playing video games, but they should be played sensibly. Thank you so much for this nice topic. In Ukraine, my homeland, boxing is a popular form of sport and people take part in it during their leisure hours. This is an exciting sport as the sports galleries get filled with spectators during the boxing matches. Moreover, the number of supporters of this sport is increasing day by day. Boxing is mostly an indoor sport and particularly participated by men. This is mostly held in indoor venues, and a notable number of indoor venues are available in our country. Sometimes, young women also take parts in it and enjoy it as much as men's do. Sometimes, it becomes quite hard to manage tickets during international matches. People try to get their tickets in advance so that they do not need to wait in queues prior to the match. These days, the number of such events is on the rise. The local boxers are performing very well in different international matches as well. For several reasons, people enjoy boxing matches in our country. First, it contains so many elements to thrill the audience. The audiences eagerly wait for the contestant to be the winner they support. The boxers try to demonstrate their best during the matches. Moreover, many national and international brands and businesses advertise their products through sponsorship of this sport. I like several aspects of this popular leisurely activity. But I don't like it absolutely. Sometimes, the boxers get severely injured with the blow from the opponent. And often the injuries lead to minor to major disabilities which seems quite crazy to me.
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