Unit 13:Hobbies-reading

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WELCOME TO OUR LESSON

Presented by: Tran Lan

Collecting

stamp

Playing

guitar

Playing chess

swimmi

ng

Keeping pet fish

Which activity do you like to do best in your free time?

New words and phrases:

1 Accomplished (adj):

2 Accompany (v):

3 Modest (adj):

4 Avid (adj):

5 Discarded (adj):

6 Indulge in:

indulgence (n)

7 Keep sb occupied = keep sb busy :

8 Glass fish tank (n):

9 Rice field (n):

10.Collect ( v):

Collection (n):

Task 1.Match the words and phrases with their definitions

(Work in pairs).

Words and phrases Definitions

1 Accomplished (a)

2 Accompanying (gerund)

3 Modest (a)

4 Avid (a)

5 Discarded (a)

6 Indulge in (v)

7 Keep me occupied

a keep me busy

b Thrown away

c Well-trained

d Going with a singer, using a musical instrument

e Let yourself do something that you enjoy

f Eager, crazy

g Not very big

Key: 1-c 2-d 3-g 4-f 5-b 6-e 7-a

1

2

7

3

4

5

6

Task 2:

Answer the questions (Work in groups).

1 What is the writer’s first hobby?

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle ?

4 What is the writer’s second hobby ?

5 How did he collect his fish?

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

7 Where does he collect the stamps?

8 Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?

9 What does the writer do with the less

common stamps and with common ones?

Task 2:

Answer the questions (Work in groups).

1 What is the writer s first hobby?’

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle ?

4 What is the writer s second hobby ?’

5 How did he collect his fish ?

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

7 Where does he collect the stamps ?

8 Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps ?

9 What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with common ones ?

1 What is the writer s first hobby?’

2 Is the writer an

accomplished

guitarist ?

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle ?

4 What is the writer s second ’

hobby ?

5 How did he

collect his fish ?

6 What kind of

stamp collector is

the writer ?

7 Where does he collect the stamps ?

8 Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps ?

9 What does the writer

do with the less common stamps and with

common ones ?

Choose the hobby you like then answer the question hidden

behind it

1 His first hobby is playing the guitar

2 No, he isn t ’

3 Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good

at accompanying people singing with his guitar

4 His second hobby is keeping fish

5 He bought some in a shop and collected some others

from the rice field near his house

6 He is an avid stamp collector.

7 He collects them from discarded envelopes his relatives and friends give him.

8 He gets more of local stamps.

9 He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album and he usually gives the common ones to others or

throws them away if no one wants them.

What is the main idea

of each paragraph?

The main ideas of each paragraph

 The 1st paragraph: introduce the writer’s hobbies.

 The 2nd paragraph: The first hobby of the writer:

playing the guitar

 The 3rd paragraph: The second hobby of the writer:

keeping fish

 The 4th paragraph: The third hobby of the writer:

collecting stamps

 The last paragraph: The conclusion of the

passage.

After you read

Talk about your hobby

HOBBIES

WHAT?

WHEN?

HOW ?

My hobby is reading.

I often read carefully the books I like and

I read quickly the books I don’t like.

I like reading when I have free time.

WHY?

Reading helps me to relax and enrich my knowledge.

The way to talk

about one’s hobbies.

 how

Summary

HOME WORK

+ Learn by heart all the new words and make sentences with them

+ Write a passage

about your hobby.