Unit 13:Hobbies-reading

WELCOME TO
OUR LESSON
Presented by: Tran
Lan
Collecting
stamp
Playing
guitar
Playing
chess
swimmi
ng
Keeping
pet fish
Which activity do you like to do best in your free time?
New words and
phrases:
1. Accomplished (adj):
2. Accompany (v):
3. Modest (adj):
4. Avid (adj):
5. Discarded (adj):
6. Indulge in:
indulgence (n)
7. Keep sb occupied = keep sb busy :
8. Glass fish tank (n):
9. Rice field (n):
10.Collect ( v):
Collection (n):
Task 1.Match the words and phrases with their definitions
(Work in pairs).

Words and phrases Definitions
1. Accomplished (a)
1. Accomplished (a)
2. Accompanying (gerund)
2. Accompanying (gerund)
3. Modest (a)
3. Modest (a)
4. Avid (a)
4. Avid (a)
5. Discarded (a)
5. Discarded (a)
6. Indulge in (v)
6. Indulge in (v)
7. Keep me occupied
7. Keep me occupied


a. keep me busy
a. keep me busy


b. Thrown away
b. Thrown away


c. Well-trained
c. Well-trained


d. Going with a singer, using a

d. Going with a singer, using a
musical instrument
musical instrument


e. Let yourself do something
e. Let yourself do something
that you enjoy
that you enjoy


f. Eager, crazy
f. Eager, crazy


g. Not very big
g. Not very big
Key: 1-c 2-d 3-g 4-f 5-b 6-e 7-a
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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?
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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 ?
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 ?
Choose the hobby you like then answer the question hidden
behind it.
1. His first hobby is playing the guitar.
2. No, he isn t. ’
3. Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good
at accompanying people singing with his guitar
4. His second hobby is keeping fish.
5. He bought some in a shop and collected some others
from the rice field near his house
6. He is an avid stamp collector.

7. He collects them from discarded envelopes his relatives
and friends give him.
8. He gets more of local stamps.
9. 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.
What is the main idea
of each paragraph?
The main ideas of each paragraph
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The 1st paragraph: introduce the writer’s hobbies.
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The 2nd paragraph: The first hobby of the writer:
playing the guitar.
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The 3rd paragraph: The second hobby of the writer:
keeping fish.
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The 4th paragraph: The third hobby of the writer:
collecting stamps.
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The last paragraph: The conclusion of the
passage.
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After you read
Talk about your hobby
HOBBIES
WHAT?
WHEN?
HOW ?

My hobby is reading.
I often read carefully the books I like and
I read quickly the books I don’t like.
I like reading when I have free time.
WHY?
Reading helps me to relax and enrich my knowledge.
The way to talk
about
one’s hobbies.

what

when

how

why

Summary
HOME W ORK
+ Learn by heart all
the new words and
make sentences with
them.
+ Write a passage
about your hobby.