According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1)____ live in an age of increasing leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching (2)____ age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3)____ but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (4)____ are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that peopl e (5)____ to spend less time traveling to work or may even be working from home. What I can’t understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (6)____ the whole thing is another one of (7)____ journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (8)____, but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang - gliding or sailing single - handed (9)____ the world. My own parents seem to (10)____ most of their time gazing at the television. And as for the shorter wor king week, I wish someone (11)____ remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer hours (12)____ the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13)____ up at rain - swept platforms. I have n’t noticed any dramatic improvements in my (14)____ either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (15)____ .