Unit 12. Hobbies

TEDDY BEARS

ANTIQUE

OLD COINS

SHELLS

STAMPS

DOLLS

TOY CARS



Before you read b)
Hobbies

Work Done to
Make a living

Both Hobbies
and Work

-keeping

-running

-planting

books
-keeping pets
-Jogging
-Traveling
-playing
computer games

a farm

-- making furniture

--

writing
-- raising poultry
(Gia cam)

--

writing

flowers


VOCABULARY
• Hobby (n): sở thích

• collect (v.) = buy or find things of a particular type and keep
them as a hobby (suu tập)
• + collection (n.) = a group of objects, often of the same

sort, that has been collected (bộ sưu tập)
• + collector (n.) = a person who collects things, either as a
hobby, or as a job (người sưu tập)
• · take sth up = learn or start to do sth, especially for
pleasure (bắt đầu một thú tiêu khiển nào đó)
Ex: They have taken up golf.
• expertise (n.) (in sth/in doing sth) = expert knowledge or
skill in a particular subject, activity, or job
• (kiến thức hoăc kó năng chưyên môn)
• · result (n.) /n'zAlt/ from sth = happen because of sth else
that happened first (do cái gì gây ra,có từ)


• prosperity (n.) = the state of being
successful, especially financially (söï
phaùt ñaït, söï phoàn vinh)
• original (n.) / = a document, work of
art, etc., produced from the first time,
from which copies are later made
(ban goc, nguyen
ban)
Ex:This painting is a copy, the original in
Madrid
• # duplicate (n.) = one of two or more
things that are the same in every detail
• (ban sao)


Match the words in column A with their meanings in
column B

A

B

ORIGINAL learn or start to do sth, especially for pleasure
DUPLICATE one of two or more things that are the same in every detail
COLLECT expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity, or job
TAKE UP
RESULT
(from sth)

happen because of sth else that happened first
the state of being successful especially financially

EXPERTISE a person who collects things, either as a hobby, or as a job
PROSPERITY

a document, work of art etc., produced from the
first time, from which copies are later made

COLLECTOR

buy or find things of a particular type and keep
them as a hobby


a) Answer the following questions
Before the twenty century, only wealthy
people enjoy hobbies
2. Less working hours and greater prosperity

bring us the interest in hobbies
3. A good coin collection is an investment
because it serves as a pastime and
because of the value of precious metals
1.


Fill in the table
Kinds of
Collection

Advantages

Disadvantages

Coin collection -valuable
-- long-lasting

- heavy

Shell
collection

-Heavy

-

requires little
care
does not

break easily
long-lasting

-needs

proper
labeling


C) Personal questions:
Suggested answer:
 When I was a kid. I had a great collection of
shells because I often went to the beach in
the summer.
 What a pity! I've never had any collection
because I don't have time to take care of it.
 I've had a collection of pictures of birds
because I love the color of nature.


Collecting

free

investment originals

provides shell expertise permanent

interest

watching

Thanks to shortened working hours and greater prosperity, people
nowadays have become more interested in what to do in their… 1 ….
time. 2 .. , . . . .. ... things is one of the most popular hobbies. It is
relatively passive. but can require considerable…3……….Indeed,
collecting things as a pastime, brings about great benefits. Coin
collecting 4. . . . .. . . ... hours of pleasure and satisfaction of ….5 ..the
collection grow. In addition, a good coin collection is an …6 …. Coins
of all kinds will always worth at least as much as the metals, often
precious, in which they are made. Another interesting hobby is
7...... . . ... collecting. It enables collectors to develop serious 8 ………
in science. Moreover, it requires not only
little care because shells' colors are normally 9……. and shells just
do not break easily. Collectors can also enlarge their collections by
exchanging 10........... or duplicates. However, it is only when a shell
collection is properly labeled that it has real value.


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