English 7 : My hobby unit 1 lesson 1 Getting started

playing board games: chơi trò chơi trên bàn cờ 2.. Nick thinks mountain climbing is more challenging than collecting things... F => False Elena's hobby is collecting dolls, but Mi likes

Unit 1: My Hobbies Lesson 1: Getting started /P.6-7

I Vocabulary:

1 playing board games: chơi trò chơi trên bàn cờ

2 taking photos : chụp ảnh

3 bird-watching: quan sát chim chóc

4 cycling: đạp xe

5 playing the guitar : chơi đàn ghi-ta

6 gardening : làm vườn

7 cooking : nấu ăn

8 arranging flowers : cắm hoa

9 skating: trượt patin

10 hobby (n): sở thích

11 a piece of cake (idiom) : dễ ợt

12 unusual (adj): khác thường

13 upstairs (adv): ở tầng trên

14 challenging (adj): thử thách

15 mountain climbing (np): leo núi

16 occasion (n): dịp, cơ hội

II Exercises:

1a Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F)

1 Elena’s room is on the first floor.

2 There are a lot of dolls in Elena’s room.

3 Mi has the same hobby as Elena.

4 Elena’s grandparents usually give her dolls.

5 Nick thinks mountain climbing is more challenging than

collecting things

1 F

=> False (It's on upstairs)

2 T

3 F

=> False (Elena's hobby is collecting dolls, but Mi likes collecting glass bottles)

4 F

=> False (They are Elena’s aunt and uncle)

5 T

b Answer the following questions

1 When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?

2 Are her dolls the same?

3 How does Mi collect bottles?

4 Does Mi think collecting bottles costs much money?

5 Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?

Answer key:

1 She receives dolls on special occasions

2 No, they aren’t

3 She keeps the bottles after using them

4 No, she doesn’t

5 No, he hasn’t

2 Listen and repeat:

taking photo bird-watching arranging flowers playing the guitar playing board games

3 Choose the words/phrases in 2 that match the pictures below.

1 playing board games:chơi trò chơi cờ

2 taking photos : chụp ảnh

3 bird-watching: ngắm chim

4 cycling: đạp xe

5 playing the guitar : chơi dàn ghi-ta

6 gardening : làm vườn

7 cooking : nấu ăn

8 arranging flowers : cắm hoa

9 skating: trượt patin

4 Work in pairs and complete the table below Do you think the hobbles in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult?

Cheap hobbles

-Expensive hobbies

-Easy hobbies

-Difficult hobbies

-Answer key:

* Cheap hobbies

playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles…

* Expensive hobbies

taking photos, cycling, playing the guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, collecting watches

* Easy hobbies

playing board games, gardening, bird-watching, collecting old bottles, taking photos

* Difficult hobbies

playing guitar, cooking, arranging flowers, making short films