Unit 12. Hobbies

= a person who collects things, either as a hobby, or as a job người sưu tập • · take sth up = learn or start to do sth, especially for pleasure bắt đầu một thú tiêu khiển nào đó Ex

TEDDY BEARS OLD COINS STAMPS

Before you read b)

Make a living Both Hobbies and Work

- keeping books

- keeping pets

- Jogging

- Traveling

- playing

computer games

- running a farm

-- making furniture

- - writing

- - raising poultry (Gia cam)

- planting flowers

- - writing

• Hobby (n): sở thích

• collect (v.) = buy or find things of a particular type and keep

them as a hobby (suu tập)

• + collection (n.) = a group of objects, often of the same sort,

that has been collected (bộ sưu tập)

• + collector (n.) = a person who collects things, either as a

hobby, or as a job (người sưu tập)

• · take sth up = learn or start to do sth, especially for pleasure

(bắt đầu một thú tiêu khiển nào đó)

Ex: They have taken up golf

• expertise (n.) (in sth/in doing sth) = expert knowledge or skill

in a particular subject, activity, or job

• (kiến thức hoăc kĩ năng chưyên môn)

• · result (n.) /n'zAlt/ from sth = happen because of sth else

that happened first (do cái gì gây ra,có từ)

• prosperity (n.) = the state of being

successful, especially financially (sự phát

đạt, sự phồn vinh)

• original (n.) / = a document, work of art, etc., produced from the first time, from which copies are later made

(ban goc, nguyen ban)

Ex:This painting is a copy, the original in Madrid

• # duplicate (n.) = one of two or more

things that are the same in every detail

• (ban sao)

Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B

ORIGINAL learn or start to do sth, especially for pleasure

DUPLICATE one of two or more things that are the same in every detail

COLLECT expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity, or job

TAKE UP happen because of sth else that happened first

RESULT

(from sth) the state of being successful especially financially

EXPERTISE a person who collects things, either as a hobby, or as a job

PROSPERITY a document, work of art etc., produced from the

first time, from which copies are later made

COLLECTOR buy or find things of a particular type and keep

them as a hobby

a) Answer the following questions

1 Before the twenty century, only wealthy

people enjoy hobbies

2 Less working hours and greater prosperity

bring us the interest in hobbies

3 A good coin collection is an investment

because it serves as a pastime and

because of the value of precious metals

Fill in the table

Kinds of

Coin collection - valuable

- - long-lasting

- heavy

Shell

collection

- requires little

care

- does not

break easily

- long-lasting

- Heavy

- needs proper labeling

C) Personal questions:

Suggested answer:

 When I was a kid I had a great collection of

shells because I often went to the beach in the summer

 What a pity! I've never had any collection

because I don't have time to take care of it

 I've had a collection of pictures of birds

because I love the color of nature

Collecting free investment originals interest provides shell expertise permanent watching

Thanks to shortened working hours and greater prosperity, people

nowadays have become more interested in what to do in their… 1 … time 2 , things is one of the most popular hobbies It is

relatively passive but can require considerable…3……….Indeed,

collecting things as a pastime, brings about great benefits Coin

collecting 4 hours of pleasure and satisfaction of ….5 the collection grow In addition, a good coin collection is an …6 … Coins

of all kinds will always worth at least as much as the metals, often

precious, in which they are made Another interesting hobby is

7 collecting It enables collectors to develop serious 8 ………

in science Moreover, it requires not only little care because shells' colors are normally 9…… and shells just

do not break easily Collectors can also enlarge their collections by

exchanging 10 or duplicates However, it is only when a shell

collection is properly labeled that it has real value

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