Unit 13. HOBBIES

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A.Reading
A.Reading
Thursday, March 25
th
, 2010

Vacabulary
2. a fish tank
3. (to) indulge (in sth):
4. a guitarist
5. admire
6. modest
1.(to) accompany
đệm đàn, đệm nhạc
not very big
ngưỡng mộ
người chơi đàn ghi ta
đam mê vào
(tự cho phép mình hưởng thụ cái gì)
bể cá
(v)
(n)
(v)
(a)

accompany
guitarist
(to) indulge (in sth)
modest
a fish tank
admire
accompany
guitarist
(to) indulge (in sth)
modest
a fish tank
admire
What and where

Listen to the text and then do the tasks
that follow

Task 1:Choose the letter ( A, B, C or D ) before the word or
phrase with the same meaning as the underlined word
1/ My uncle is an accomplished guitarist.
A. skilled B. well-trained C. interesting D. A and B
2/ I keep stamps. However, I would not call myself an
avid stamp collector.
A. major B. eager C. complete D. private
3/I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes.
A. collected B. helpful C. thrown away D. kept
4. Hobbies really keep me occupied. I’m not free.
A. busy B. related C. good D. beautiful
D. A and B
B. eager

C. thrown away
A. busy

Task 2: T – F statements:
a. The writer is an accomplished guitarist
b. He admires his uncle very much.
c. He collected fish from the field near his
house
d. Both his mother and he love watching
fish swimming
e. He mainly collects stamps by buying
them from the post office
f. His hobbies make him tired
F
T
F
F
T
T
a. The writer’s uncle is an accomplished guitarist
e. He mainly collects stamps from discarded
envelopes
f. His hobbies make him glad

1.What is the writer’s first hobby ?
2. What is the writer’s second hobby?
3. Which does the writer get more of, local
stamps or foreign stamps?
4. What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
5. What does the writer do with the less common

stamps and with the common ones?
Task 3: Answer the questions


Task 3: Answer the questions
1. What is the writer’s first hobby?
2. What is the writer’s second hobby ?
3. Which does the writer get more of , local stamps
or foreign stamps ?

4. What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?
- He gets more of local stamps.
- His first hobby is playing the guitar
- His second hobby is keeping fish.
- He is not an avid stamp collector.
- His first hobby is playing the guitar
- His second hobby is keeping fish.

5. What does the writer do with the less common
stamps and with the common ones ?
-
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.

Talk about your hobby
WHAT???
WHEN???
WHY???
HOBBIES

Homework

Learn vocabulary by heart

Prepare for the next part
(Speaking)