english 11 unit 13 listening

Unit 13: Hobbies
(listening skill)
Teacher:
Class: B9

What do you often do in your spare time?

Do you like reading?

Discuss with your friends and write three benefits
of reading

Suggested answers
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Reading books helps us to broaden our
knowledge
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Reading books gives us experience
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Reading books makes us good citizens

Listen and repeat
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Magazines (n)
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Profitably (adv)
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Continually (adv)
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Available (adj)

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Otherwise (pre)
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Bygone (adj)
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Gigantic (adj)
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Ignorantly (adv)
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Magazines (n)
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Profitably (adv)
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Continually (adv)
•
Available (adj)
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Otherwise (pre)
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Bygone (adj)
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Gigantic (adj)
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Ignorantly (adv)

Listen carefully

Task 1: The answers
1. T
2. F

3. F
4. F
5. T
6. T
7. T
8. F

Read the passage in three
minutes

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My hobby is reading. I read story books, ,
newspapers and any kind of material that I find………
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My hobby got…… when I was a little boy. I had
always wanted my parents to… fairy tales and other
stories. Soon they got fed up with having to read to
me……….So as soon as I could, I learned to read. I
started with simple ABC books. Soon I could read…….
fairy tales and stories. Now I read just about anything
that is………
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Reading enables me to learn about so many things. I
learned about how people lived in………days. I
learned about the wonders of the world, space travel,
human achievements, ………whales, tiny viruses, and
other ………… things.
available

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The thing about reading is that I do not
have to learn things the very … way. For
example, I do not have to catch a …… to know
that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid
it. Also I do not have to go deep into the……….to
learn about the…. . I can read all about it in a
book.
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Books provide the reader with so many facts and
so much……… They have certainly helped me in
daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living.
………… I would go about ………….learning
things the hard way.
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So I continue to read. Reading is indeed a good
hobby.

Discuss with your partners and
share your opinion with your
classmates

Thanks for your attention!!!!