unit 13-cb

II- While you read:Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow + guitarist n: [gi'tɑ:rist} : người chơi đàn ghi-ta + tank n [tổηk]: bể, thùng a glass fish tank: bể cá thuỷ tinh +

Competition game

•.Crossword-puzzle:

•1 The place where you live

•2 The opposite of “young”

is…

•3 The place where you can

come to take some activities:

sing, dance, speak English

•4 The day you were born is

your…

•5 A bird can …

1 2 3

4 5

1 2 3

4 5

b u

l c

Competition game

The answer

Hobby Hobbies

Unit 13: HOBBIES

• I- Before you read:

1 What do you often do in your free time?

2 What are your hobbies?

II- While you read:

Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow

+ guitarist (n): [gi'tɑ:rist} : người chơi đàn ghi-ta + tank (n) [tổηk]: bể, thùng

a glass fish tank: bể cá thuỷ tinh + throw smth away ~ give smth up: từ bỏ, vứt bỏ + tune (n): [tju:n]: điệu, giai điệu

Task1: The words and phrases below all appear in the passage Use a dictionary to get their meaning Then translate them into Vietnamese

1.Accomplished………

2 Accompanying………

3 Modest ………

4 Avid ………

5 Discarded ………

6 Indulge in ………

7 Keep me occupied ………

Unit 13 : HOBBIES

New vocabularies

+ admire [əd'maiə]: ngưỡng mộ, hâm mộ

•Work in pairs to match the words in column A

•with a suitable meanings or definitions in column B:

A 1.Accomplished

2 Accompanying

3 Modest

4 Avid

5 Discarded

6 Indulge in

7 Keep me occupied

B

a Keep me busy

b well-trained / skilled

c Be keen on/ to allow oneself the pleasure of

d Thrown away (v)

e (going with a singer) using a musical instrument (v)

f Eager

g humble

A

1.Accomplished

2 Accompanying

3 Modest

4 Avid

5 Discarded

6 Indulge in

7 Keep me

occupied

B

a Keep me busy (a)

b well-trained / skilled (v)

c (keen on) to allow oneself the pleasure of (a)

d Thrown away (v)

e (going with a singer) using a musical instrument

f Eager (a)

g Humble (a)

1 - b

2 - e

4 - f

5 - d

6 - c

7 - a

Answers:

3 - g

1.Accomplished : tài hoa

2 Accompanying: đệm đàn

3 Modest: khiêm tốn

4 Avid: khao khát

5 Discarded : đã bỏ đi

6 Indulge in: say mê

7 Keep me occupied : làm cho tôi bận rộn

His first hobby is playing his guitar

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

No, he isn’t

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar

4 What is the writer’s second hobby?

His second hobby is keeping fish

He bought some from shop and collected some from the rice field near his house

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer?

He is an avid stamp collector

5 How did he collect his fish?

7 Where does he collect the stamps?

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

Local stamps

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

stamps?

9 What does the writer do with the less common stamp and with the common one?

He keeps the less common ones inside a small album The common

ones he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he

simple throws them away.

Work in groups Talk about your hobby

1 What is your hobby?

2 When did you start it?

3 How much time do you spend on it?

Write a paragraph about 60 words to talk about your hobby