Unit 13: Hobbies

HOBBIES
Going swimming
Going fishing
Playing the guitar
Collecting stamps
Keeping fish
Playing chess
1.accomplished a. eager, crazy
2.accompanying b. going with a singer, using a musical
instrument
3. modest c. not very big, humble
4. avid d. allow oneself the pleasure of
5. discarded e. busy
6. indulge in f. thrown away
7. occupied g. talented, skilled
Key: 1g; 2b; 3c; 4a; 5f; 6d; 7e
1. He likes playing the guitar most.

2. His father taught him how to play the
guitar.
3. He also likes playing football.
4. He bought fish from the shop and collected
some from the rice field near his house.
5. He only collects stamps in Vietnam
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1. What are the writer’s hobbies?
2. Why does the writer admire his uncle?
3. Where does he keep his fish?
4. What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
5. Where does he collect the stamps?
1. They are playing the guitar, keeping fish
and keeping stamps.
2. Because he is very good at accompanying
people singing with his guitar.
3. He keeps them in a modest little glass fish
tank.
4. He is an avid stamp collector.
5. He collects them from discarded envelopes.