unit 13 hobbies reading

Uncle, mother, relatives, friends,fish tank, album, envelops, guitar, fish, stamps... Task 2: Answer the questions?[r]

Name activities in the pictures:

collecting coins

collecting medals

going fishing

playing badminton

playing guitar

going shopping

playing chess

reading books

2.What do you often do in leisure time? What for?

A Reading

PRE-READING:

• D go with a singer or using a musical

instrument

• E thrown away

• F humble

• G keep me busy

• 1 accomplished (a) [ə’kɔmplit∫]

• 2 accompany (v) [ə’kʌmpəni]

• 3 modest (a) [‘mɔdist]

• 4 avid (adj) [‘ævid]

• 5 discarded (a) [dis’ka:did]

• 6 indulge in (v) [in’dʌldzin]

• 7 keep me occupied [‘ɔkjupaid]

đệm đàn khiêm tốn khao khát, thèm muốn

vứt bỏ say mê,say sưa

làm bận rộn

có tài

WHILE-READING

Complete the table

• A

Playing the guitar Second hobby

Third hobby

People and things

involved in the

writer’s hobbies

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

First hobby

Keeping fish Collecting stamps

Uncle, mother, relatives, friends,fish tank, album, envelops, guitar, fish, stamps

Task 2: Answer the questions

1.What is the writer’s first hobby?

- His first hobby is playing the guitar.

2 Is the writer an accomplished

guitarist?

- No, he didn’t.

- Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar.

3 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

- His second hobby is keeping fish.

4 What is the writer’s second hobby?

5 How did he collect fish?

- He bought some from the shop and

collected some from the rice field near his house

6 What kind of stamp collector is the

writer?

- He isn’t an avid stamp collector

7 Where does he collect the stamps?

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

8 Which does the writer get more of,

local stamps or foreign stamps?

- local stamps

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

ones?

- He keeps the less ones inside a small

album The common ones he usually

gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply throws them away

POST-READING

Fill in the blanks

1.Even though he is an , he never acts arrogantly.

2.All the students are for passing the

exam.

3.She often herself in watching the beautiful fish tank in her free time.

4.The faithful boy guard always her

to every meeting she has to attend.

5.Their car is old and out of fashion They intend

- write a short paragraph about your hobby.

- prepare next part: speaking.

THANK YOU