Unit 13: Reading

- Collecting stamps, reading books, going fishing are examples of this noun.. The writer didn’t collect fish from the rice field.. The writer has more local stamps than foreign ones.. Wh

• - It is a noun.

• - It is a way to relax ourselves

• - It is related to free time

- Collecting stamps, reading books, going fishing are examples of this noun

 HOBBIES

- What do you often do in your free time?

- What are your hobbies?

Coins Stamps

Dolls Cars

Welcome to our

class 11A5

Unit 13: HOBBIES Period 79: Reading

New words:

• Guitarist (n):

• Glass fish tank (n):

• admire (v):

• Throw sth away (v):

Matching test:

B

a. well-trained

b. Allow oneself the pleasure of

c. Throw away

d. Going with a singer, using a

musical instrument

e. Eager

f. humble

A

1. Accomplished

2. Accompanying

3. Modest

4. avid

5. Discarded

6. indulge

1/ The writer is an accomplished guitarist

2/ The writer didn’t collect fish from the rice

field

3/ The writer has more local stamps than foreign ones

4/ The writer is an avid stamp collector

 1 F (his uncle) 2 F (he did) 3 T 4 T

 True or false statements:

- It is playing his guitar.

1 What is the writer’s first hobby?

- Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people by his guitar

3 What is the writer’s second hobby?

- It is keeping fish

2 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

Answer the questions:

4 Where does he collect stamps?

- He collects stamps from discarded

envelopes, his relatives and his friends

5 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 ones he usually gives away to others or throw them away

Work in pairs to talk about your

hobbies

• What your partner’s hobby is

• How much time he/she collects anything

as a hobby

• How much money he/she spends on

his/her hobby

• Go through and learn the lesson.

• In about 80 words, write about your favorite hobby

• Prepare Unit 13 (cont): Speaking

 Shells

Badges

Socks

Stocks