28h tiet79 u13 listening

What are the benefits of reading books?. His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him.. Reading helps the writer to know many things.. = Reading enables me

Unit 13: Hobbies

Listening Before you listen

What are the benefits of reading books?

1 knowledge.

2 relaxation/ recreation

3 improving the language skills.

4 the easiest way to learn.

5 the cheapest way to travel.

6 enrich our imagination/ mind.

Listen and repeat.

magazines

Profitably (adv): c ó l ợi, thuận lợi.

Continually (adv): liên tục, không ngớt.

Available (adj):có thể có được.

Otherwise (adv):bằng không, nếu không thì Bygone (adj): qúa khứ, đã qua.

Gigantic (adj): khổng lồ, to lớn.

Ignorantly (adv): ngu dốt.

material (n): tài liệu.

enable (v): làm cho có thể.

fairy tale: truyện cổ tích.

jungle (n): rừng già nhiệt đới.

cope with (v): đương đầu, đối phó với catch a disease (v): bị mắc bệnh.

go about (v): đi lòng vòng.

ABC book: sách vỡ lòng.

Task 1: True or false?

young

=My hobby got started when I was a little boy

2 His parents were interested in reading fairy

tales and other stories to him

=I had always wanted my parents to read fairy

tales and other stories to me Soon they got fed up with having to read to me continually

T

F

True or false?

3 The writer didn’t start with ABC books.

= I started with simple ABC books.

4 Now he reads all the books available.

= Now I read just about anything that is available

F

F

True or false?

5 Reading helps the writer to know many things.

= Reading enables me to learn about so many

things.

6 According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard.

=The wonderful thing about reading is that I don’t have to learn things the very hard way.

T

T

True or false?

7 The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading.

= Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to find out about tigers I can read all about it in a book.

8 Books might help him in his daily life.

= They have certainly helped me in my daily life.

T

F

Task 2 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 catch a (2) ……… to know that it can kill me I know the danger, so I can avoid it Also

I don’t have to go deep into the (3) …… to find out about tigers I can read all about it in a book

Books provide the readers with so many facts and so

many information They have certainly helped me in

my daily life I am better equipped to (4) ……… with living Otherwise, I would go about (5) ………

learning things the hard way

So I continue to read Reading is indeed a good hobby

wonderful

disease jungle

cope

ignorantly

After you read

Talk about the disadvantages of

over-reading.

Inactivity

Ill-health

impractical

/theoretical

lack of real life

knowledge

helpless

inactive

a bookworm: con mọt sách