unit 13 hobbies part C listening

WHAT IS THE WORD?
1. It is a noun with four letters.
2. It can be your friend or even your
teacher.
3. It gives you knowledge about the world.
4. It can be found in the library
BOOK
What kinds of books
do you often read ?
NOVEL
MAGAZINES
DETECTIVE
Before you listen
The benefits of reading books.
get information
improve our knowledge
relax our mind
express our ideas from books
Know about wonders of the world
When I were a child, I were interested in
reading fairy tales.
fairy tale:
Chuy n c tíchệ ổ
vocabulary
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jungle = tropical forest: r ng nhi t đ iừ ệ ớ
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To get up with = to be tired of
Ex: I get up with doing the same work day
by day
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Cope with
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To cope with difficulties
vocabulary
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Magazines (n): tạp chí
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Continually = repeatedly = without stpopping
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otherwise (adv): mặt khác
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gigantic (adj) = very big = huge: khổng lồ
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Profitably (adv): có lợi,có ích
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Available (adj): sẵn có
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Bygone (adj): = past: quá khứ
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Ignorantly (adv): lacking of knowledge: ngu dốt
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Fairy tale (n): chuyện cổ tích
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Jungle (n) rừng nhiệt đới
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To cope with: đương đầu với
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To get fed up >< to be interested in: chán ngấy
Task 1.You will hear a student talk about his

hobby. Listen to his talk and decide whether
the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The writer started his hobby when he was
young.
2. His parents were interested in reading fairy
tales and other stories to him.
3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
4. Now he reads all the books available.
5. Reading helps the writer to know many things.
6. According to the writer, by reading he does not
have to study hard.
7. The writer is able to know about a tiger through
reading.
8. Books might help him in his daily life.
T F

1. The writer started his hobby when he was young
2. His parents were interested in reading fairy
tales and other stories to him.
3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
4. Now he reads all the books available.
FT
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started with simple
just about anything that is
A. Task 1 : You will hear a student talk about his hobby.
Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements

are True (T) or False (F) :
Soon his parents got fed up with having to read
to him continually.
7. The writer is able to know about tiger through reading
6. According to the writer, by reading he does not
have to study hard
8. Books might help him in his daily life.
5. Reading helps the writer to know many things
FT
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Reading enables me to learn about so many things
certainly
Task 2. Listen again and write
the missing words.
The (1)_________ thing about reading is that I do not
have to learn thing very hard way. For example, I do
not have to catch a (2)___________ 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 (3)________ to find out
about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
Books provide the reader with so many facts and so
much information. They have (4)_________ helped me
in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with
living. Otherwise I would go about (5)_________
learning things the hard way.
So I continued to read. Reading is indeed a good
hobby.

adj
noun
noun
adv
adv
wonderful
desease
certainly
jungle
ignorantly
1.

Task 2: Multiple Choice.
A. any kind of material
C. story books
B. newspapers and magazines
D. All of them
A. interested B. bored C. excited
D. sad
A. tiger
B. lion
C. chicken
D. monkey
A. know many things B. feel more confident
A. never
B. sometimes
C. indeed
D. hardly
What kinds of books does he like to read?
2. How did his parents feel when they read to him continually?

3. What animal is mentioned in the tape script?
4. Reading helps the writer to …………………. .
5. According to the tape, reading is …………. a good hobby.
C. relax D. Have more friends

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Discussion
Discussion
: Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading
: Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading
(reading too much).
(reading too much).
be short
be short
-sighted
-sighted
don’t have
don’t have
time for
time for
study and
study and
other
other
social
social
activities
activities
be lazy
be lazy

spend
spend
much
much
money
money
buying
buying
books
books