reading unit 13

Reading booksfishing Playing computer games swimming Collecting stamps Mountain climbing What are the pictures about?. Rice field Before you read... Rice field n: cánh đồng lúa Befor

to class 11A2

Wednesday, March 17th 2010

Hobbies

Homework After you read While you read

Before you read

Contents

Warm up

Reading books

fishing

Playing computer

games

swimming

Collecting

stamps

Mountain

climbing

What are the

pictures about?

I LIKE GAMES !

hobbies

Warm up

Listen to the tape and underline the

following words

• 1 Accomplished

• 2 Accompany

• 3 Modest

• 4 Avid

• 5 Discarded

• 6 Indulge in

• 7 Keep sb occupied

• 8 Glass fish tank

• 9 Rice field

Before you read

New Words

1 Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba

2 Accompany (v): đệm đàn, đệm nhạc

3 Modest (adj): khiêm tốn

4 Avid (adj): say mê, khao khát

5 Discarded (adj): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

6 Indulge in: say sưa, đam mê

7 Keep sb occupied làm ai bận rộn

8 Glass fish tank (n): bể cá thủy tinh

9 Rice field (n): cánh đồng lúa

Before you read

The main ideas of the paragraphs:

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

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

playing the guitar.

writer: keeping fish.

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

collecting stamps.

The last paragraph: The conclusion of the passage.

Task 1.Match the words and phrases with their definitions

(Work in pairs).

Words and phrases Definitions

1 Accomplished (adj)

2 Accompanying (gerund)

3 Modest (adj)

4 Avid (adj)

5 Discarded (adj)

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 st 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

While you read

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

1.What is the writer’s first hobby ?His first hobby is playing his guitar 2.Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?3.Why does the writer admire his uncle ?No, he isn’t 4.What is the writer’s second hobby?His second hobby is keeping fish

Because he ‘s an accomplished guitarist and he is good at

Accompany people singing by his guitar5.How did he collect his fish ?

He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice

Field near his house

6.What kind of stamp collector is the writer?7.Where does he collect the stamp?He is an avid stamp collector

He collects them from discarded envelopes his relatives and friends give him.8.Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps ?Local stamps.

9.What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?He keeps the less common ones inside a small album The common onesHe usually gives away to the others or if no one wants them he simply

Throws them away

While you read

WHAT?

WHY?

HOW ?

WHEN?

After you read

My hobby is reading I like reading when I have free time.

I often read carefully the books I like and

I read quickly the books I don’t like.

Reading helps me to relax and enrich my knowledge.

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Home work