unit 14 ,a

BEFORE YOU READWARM UP Now each of you prepares 10 leisure activities which the British people do in their spare time.. Leisure activities Playing a musical instrument Listening to music

MUTE

BEFORE YOU READ

WARM UP

Now each of you prepares 10 leisure activities which the British people do in their spare time At the first time I read only 5

words If the words you write are the same as I read ,you’ll say

“BINGO” and the second time you also do the same as the first.

Leisure activities

Playing a musical instrument

Listening to music

Karaoke singing

Going camping

playing sports

playing games

shopping

reading books/newspapers

meeting friends Watching TV/videos

Darts (n):

Stock market : Glass engraving (n) :

READING 14: RECREATION

VOCABULARY Undertake (v):

Sophisticated (a) :

nhận ,đảm trách, tham gia.

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Phi tiêu xây dựng

phức tạp, tinh tế

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thị trường chứng khóan

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khắc thủy tinh

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Bricklaying (n) :

Listen to the following passage carefully and give the order of the new words

in the vocabulary from 1 to 6

Recreation plays an important part in our life Men and women

undertake(1) many leisure activities Walking and swimming are the two most

popular sporting activities Snooker, pool ,darts(2) are the next most popular sports

among men

Nowadays, in Britain ,a new trend has been developing A lot of people

take part in many simple courses such as painting ,bricklaying(3) or glass

engraving(4) , as well as many sophisticated(5)ones such as making stock

market(6) decisions The aim of the courses helps people feel better, more

comfortable after working hard How wonderful the recreation is !

Guess the order of the main ideas of the paragraphs

in the text

1 A new trend of recreation in Britain

2 British people’s outdoor activities

3 British people’s indoor activities

4 The importance of recreation and entertainment

CORRECT : 4 – 3 – 2- 1

WHILE YOU READ

Task1 The words/ phrases in italics in the following sentences all appear in the passage Circle the correct answer.

1 The activities are home based They are organized _

A at home

B outdoors

C in the basement of the house

2 Television viewing is viewing is by far the most popular

pastime.This means

A people have to go very far to watch television

B television viewing is much more popular than any other

pastimes

C television viewing is as popular as other pastimes

3.There are many different courses on offer This means _

A there are many different courses on television

B there are many different courses to be taken

C there are many different courses that teach people to make

offers

4.Besides watching television , people have other pursuits This

means _

A besides watching television, people have other leisure

activities

B besides watching television, people have to work

C besides watching television, people don’t enjoy doing anything else

5.Spectators sports are

A sport people take part in

B sport people often watch

C beautiful sport

6 Entry qualifications are

A necessary conditions for being admitted to the course

B ability to pay the fees

C entry examinations

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3

4

5

LUCKY NUMBER : CHOOSE THE NUMBER YOU LIKE

AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN TASK2 IF YOU CHOOSE A LUCKY NUMBER YOU’LL GET TWO MARKS WITHOUT ANWERING IT AND CHOOSE THE NEXT NUMBER.

END

1.Why are recreation and entertainment important to people?

Because without them people will become dull/bored

2 What sports do the British like watching?

Football and rugby in winter, and cricket and athletics in summer

3 What sports do they like taking part in?

Walking and swimming.

CONGRATULATION ! LUCKY NUMBER

4 Why do many British people take

weekend courses?

Because this is a new kind of entertainment which

gives the pleasure

After you read

Work in pairs Discuss the questions: Which of the British leisure activities mentioned in the passage are also

popular in Vietnam? Which are not ?

Learn vocabulary by heart Prepare speaking.