unit 13 reading hobbies

I would not call myself an stamp collector.Francis Kiddle with his collection He is an avid stamp collector... I collect the stamps from envelopes.. Listen and read the text silently the

By Hoang Trung Dung

Traveling with friends

Singing Playing guitar Keeping pets

Reading

Unit 13:

Lesson 1

Vocabula ry:

(adj): say mê, khao khát

(v): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

(v): say sưa, miệt mài

= keep S.O busy (làm ai bận rộn)

My uncle, who is an guitarist , taught

me how to play accomplished

1 Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba

He is very good at people singing

with his guitar.

accompanying

I have a little glass fish tank where I keep a

variety of little fish.

modest

I would not call myself an stamp collector.

Francis Kiddle with his collection

He is an avid stamp collector.

avid

I collect the stamps from envelopes discarded

5 Discard (v): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

I also fishing, swimming, playing chess, etc.

indulge in

keep me occupied.

They

làm ai bận rộn

Listen and read the text silently

then work in pairs to finish the Task 1

Reading

While you read:

Task 1:

Match the words and phrases with their definitions

1.Accomplished (adj) 2.Accompanying (gerund) 3.Modest (adj)

4 Avid (adj)

5 Discarded (adj)

6 Indulge in (v) 7.Keep me occupied

a keep me busy

b Thrown away

c Well-trained

d Going with a singer

e Let yourself do sth that you enjoy

f Eager, crazy

g Not very big

Reading

Task 2:

Answer the questions (Work in groups).

1 What is the writer’s first hobby?

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle ?

4 What is the writer’s second hobby ?

5 How did he collect his fish ?

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

7 Where does he collect the stamps ?

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

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

Task 2: Answer the questions (Work in groups).

1 What is the writer s ’s first hobby?

His first hobby is playing the guitar

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

No, he isn t ’s

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

Because he is 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.

5 How did he collected his fish ?

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

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

He is an avid stamp collector

7 Where does he collect the stamp ?

He collects them from discarded envelopes given by his relatives or friends.

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

He gets more local stamps.

9 What does the writer do with the less common

stamps and with the common ones ?

He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album and he usually gives the common ones to others or throws them away if no one wants them.

Reading books

Going fishing

Listen to music Playing sports

walking

Watching movies

I often read on the bed.

I like reading when I have free time.

WHY???

Reading helps me to relax and get knowledge.

English 11-Unit 13 22

2 Learn new words by heart and make sentences with them.

1 Summarise the text.

3.Write a passage about your hobby.

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