unit 13. reading

accomplished adjective : skilled có tài, tài hoa, cừ khôiaccompany music verbto sing or play an instrument with another musician or singer : đệm đàn, hát cùng.... modest adjective not

Good morning!

Let’s play a

game!

The rule of the game

• There are 10 pictures and 10 names of

Good luck to you!

Swimming

Playing chess

Fishing

Stamp-collecting

Mountain-climbing

Playing computer games

Reading books

Watching TV

Keeping fish

Playing the guitar

You are the winners!

Unit 13 Hobbies

(Reading)

Task 1

The words and phrases below all appear

in the passage Use a dictionary to get

their meaning Then translate them into

Vietnamese and do the following exercise

accomplished  (adjective) : skilled (có tài, tài hoa, cừ khôi)

accompany (music) (verb)to sing or play an instrument with another musician or singer : đệm đàn, hát cùng

modest ( adjective) not large in size or amount, or not

expensive: đơn giản, giản dị, nhỏ

avid   (adjective) extremely eager or interested: khao khát, thèm thuồng

discarded (adjective) to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it: bỏ, loại bỏ, vứt bỏ

indulge (verb) ( to indulge in something) say mê, say sưa

occupy (verb) to keep someone busy or interested: bận rộn

Task 1

Fill those words into blanks

1 I’ll forget about dieting today I’m going to

……… eating whatever I like.

2 He’s an ……….musician All his songs are very popular.

3 I love all fictions by Sydney Sheldon I’m an

………collector of his works.

4 He doesn’t like a big house in the centre His only dream

is to have a ………….little house on the outskirt.

5 I spend most of my free time looking after these puppies They really…………

6 They don’t need the old radio any more It can

be…………

7 Her mother loves……… her on the organ.

Task 1

1 I’ll forget about dieting today I’m going to

……… eating whatever I like

2 He’s an ……… musician All his songs are very popular

3 I love all fictions by Sydney Sheldon I’m

an ………collector of his works

indulge in

accomplished

avid

Task 1

4 He doesn’t like a big house in the centre His only dream is to have a ………… little house on the outskirt

5 I spend most of my free time looking after these puppies They really

…………

modest

keep me occupied

Answers for task 2

1 The writer’s first hobby is playing the

guitar (line 1, paragraph 2)

2 No, he/she isn’t (His/her uncle is) (line

2, paragraph 2)

3 Because he’s an accomplished guitarist

and he’s good at accompanying people singing with his guitar (line 1, line 5-6, paragraph 2)

Answers for task 2

4 It is keeping fish (line 2, paragraph 3)

5 He/she bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his/her house (line 2-4, paragraph 3)

6 He/she is not an avid stamp collector

(line 1, paragraph 4)

Answers for task 2

7 He collects them from discarded envelops his relatives and friends give him/her (line 2-3, paragraph 4)

8 Local stamps (line 3-4, paragraph 4)

9 He/she keeps the less common ones

inside a small album The common ones he/she usually gives away to others or if

no one wants them he/she simply throws them away (line 5-7, paragraph 4)

• Learn by heart new words !

• At home, talk about your hobbies with your

friends !