Unit 13. Hobbies

Match each picture with suitable 4 swimming keeping fish playing chess playing guitar collecting stamp... Discarded /'diskɑ:did/ adj  thrown away vứt bỏ, bỏ đi I collect the stamps fro

I often go fishing like this

It’s really interesting I like dogs.

I loved singing when I

was young.

Cool

!

I love this time.

I learn how to play guitar whenever I’m

free.

I love spending my time with friends

Match each picture with suitable

4

swimming keeping fish playing chess playing guitar collecting

stamp

Talking about your hobbies

What is your

hobby, Mark?

Well, I like keeping

dogs

Yes, they are

very lovely and

intelligent

How about you? What

do you often do in your free time?

I often draw

pictures and

make cards

That sounds interesting I don’t know how to make

Really? Can you

sing some songs

now?

Task 1 Read the reading passage then try

to get the meanings of the words

 My uncle, who is an _ guitarist , taught me how to play.

accomplished

Accomplished /ə'kɔmpiʃt/

 (adj) well-trained, skilled

 lành nghề, tài ba

I have a little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish.

modest

Modest /'mɔdist /(adj)

 Humble, unamusing

 Nhỏ, khiêm tốn

He is an avid

stamp collector.

I would not call myself

an stamp collector avid

 Avid /'ævid/ (adj)

 eager

 say mê, khao khát

Discarded /'diskɑ:did/ (adj)

 thrown away (vứt bỏ, bỏ đi)

I collect the stamps from envelopes discarded

 He also _ reading books,

magazines, etc.

indulge in /in'd ʌl : in/

 Allow oneself the pleasure of

 say sưa, miệt mài

indulges in

They me _.

 Keep me occupied

 keep me busy (làm tôi bận rộn)

keep occupied

1 Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba

2 Accompanying (adj): đệm đàn, đệm nhạc

3 Modest (adj): khiêm tốn

4 Avid (adj): say mê, khao khát

5 Discarded (adj): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

6 (to) indulge in: say sưa, miệt mài

7 Keep somebody occupied: làm ai bận rộn

Vocabul ary:

1 The room is dirty because it is filled

with newspapers.

2 She has taken an interest in painting.

3 He does nothing but drinking all day

4 The hero was very about his great deals.

5 Van Cao was an musician.

6 My mum rarely goes out because

housework her

avid indulges in modest

accomplished occupied

discarded

keeps

Complete the sentences using the

words/ phrases in task 1

Answer the questions:

1 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

2 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

3 How did he collect his fish?

4 Where does he collect the stamps?

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

6 What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?

No, he isn’t.

Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he’s good at accompanying people with his guitar.

He bought some of them in the shop and collected some others from the

rice field near his house.

He collects the stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and

friends give him.

He gets more local stamps.

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

ones he usually gives away to others or if noone wants them he simply

throws them away.

The writer’s hobbies are:

• Fulfill the tasks on workbook

• Use new words to make sentences

• Prepare Speaking lesson

I like _ to music in my free

time My hobby is _ to music

listening

listening

You are unlucky!

You’ve just lost half of your points!

My hobby is

I always go in my free time

fishing fishing

I _ books in my free time

My hobby is _ reading

read

My hobby is

I prefer in my free time

playing chess playing chess

Lucky

number!

30