The translation is from Russian to English.
А professor
of/from Boston University said that modern parents knew very
_little about how
to organize
_ “family leisure time”.
_One of
activities/suggestions/possibilities he
_ proposed
was to
have a picnic in
the back-yard: spread a blanket, made a fire, bak
e_ potatoes,
as if on a beach.
Having read it, I
_ assembled my family and said that in the evening we
would have a picnic in the back-yard around the house. My son Jorge said that the neighbors
would think that we had gone mad. And my wife showed
_ interest in what I
_ held under my arm. It turned out it was our new blanket
which was certainly
_ not to be used for this aim/
in this way.