Unit 13: Language Focus

When I was young I usually went to the river with the children near my house HOBBIES A lot of people climb to Mount Everest every year Nam is crazy about Vo Lam Truyen Ki My mother ofte

LISTENING

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Fishing

Watching

TV

Swimming

Mountain

climbing

Playing games

Riding

Reading

Collecting stamps

Guess what activities these people are doing?

1 I think I will buy a new fishing rod

2 We really enjoy “Road to Mount Olympia”

3 When I was young I usually went to the river with

the children near my house

HOBBIES

A lot of people climb to Mount Everest every year Nam is crazy about Vo Lam Truyen Ki

My mother often cycles to the countryside I like many kinds of books We have a lot of stamps What are these activities about?

Answer the questions

1 Do you like reading books?

2 What kinds of books do you like reading? picture books, fairy tales, detective

books, novels or scientific books

In our listening today, we are going to listen to

a hobby – reading books.

First of all, I’d like to help you with some

new words

- material (n):

- fed up with (adj) = bored with

- available (adj):

- enable (v): = help

→ be able to + V 0 = can + V 0

≠ be unable to + V 0 = can not + V 0

- bygone (adj): = past or former

- achievement (n):

- gigantic (adj) = huge, very big

≠ tiny (adj): = very small

- go deep into (v):

- jungle (n):

- ignorantly (adv) → ignorant (adj):

= knowing little or nothing

loại sách báo chán

có, có sẵn giúp cho có thể không thể trước đây, đã qua thành tựu

khổng lồ bé xíu, rất nhỏ

đi sâu vào rừng già không biết gì , ngu dốt

Pre - listening

* Work with a partner: Write down three

benefits of reading books Then share

your ideas with the class.

magazine continually otherwise gigantic profitably available bygone ignorantly

It helps us broaden our knowledge

It helps us relax

It helps us know how people around the world live

While listening

Task 1

You will hear a student talk about his hobby

Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements

are True ( T ) or False ( F ).

1 He started his hobby when he was young.

2 His parents really wanted to read fairy

tales and other stories to him

3 When he learned to read he didn’t start

with ABC books

4 Now he can read all the books available

5 He learned many things from reading

books

6 By reading he has to study hard

7 The writer is able to know a tiger through

reading without going to the jungle

8 Books might help him in his daily life

F

F F

T F

T

F T

T

T

1 My hobby got started when I was a little boy

2 I had always wanted my parents 3 6 7 5 As soon as I could, I learned to read I started with The wonderful thing about reading is that I Also I out about tigers I 8 Reading enables me to They have 4 have to learn things the very hard way Now I just read about do not have to go deep into the jungle certainly helped can read all about it in a book learn about so many things to read fairy tales and other stories to me anything that is available me in my daily life simple ABC books do not to find .

Task 2 Listen again and write the missing words The (1) _ thing about reading is that I do

not have to learn things the very hard way For example,

I do not have to (2) _ a disease to know that it can (3) me I know the danger so I can avoid it Also I

do not have to go deep into the (4) to find out about tigers I can read all about it in a book

Books (5) the reader with so many facts and so much (6) They have (7)

helped me in daily life I am better (8) _ to

cope with living Otherwise I would go about (9)

_ learning things the hard way

So I (10) to read Reading is indeed a good hobby

wonderful

jungle

catch

certainly

ignorantly

kill

provide

information

equipped

continue

Post listening

 Work with a partner Talk about the

disadvantages of over – reading ( reading too much )

 Listen the answers of the

tape again.

 Learn by heart new words.

 Prepare Language Focus for next period.

Games

T I T A N I C

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E X A M P L E

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5 J E R R Y

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B Y G O N E

F A M O U S B O O K

O T

M

I like summer, yes I do

I like summer, yes I do

I like summer, I do, too

I like summer, too.

I like winter, yes I do

I like winter, yes I do

I like winter, I do, too

I like winter, too.

I like autumn, yes I do

I like autumn, yes I do

I like autumn, I do, too

I like…autumn, too…

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