Unit 13 reading

WELLCOME TO OUR CLASS UNIT 13: HOBBIES BEFORE YOU READ Go Fishing Reading Watching TV Singing Match in each picture with right active  Swimming  Playing chess  Keeping fish  Collecting stamps  Fishing  Playing guitar WHILE YOU READ There are a number of things I like to in my free time They are my hobbies The hobby I like most is playing my guitar My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play Now I can play a few simple tunes I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful at this My uncle tells me that all I need is to practise regularly and I should be able to it He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much WHILE YOU READ Another hobby of mine is keeping fish I have a modest little grass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish Some of theme were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank I love watching them and my mother loves watching them, too WHILE YOU READ I keep stamps, too However, I would not call myself an avid stamp collector Actually, I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that my relatives and friends give me Mostly I get local stamps Once in a while, I get stamps from places like Russia, the USA, Britain, Australia, China and others I keep the less common ones inside a small album The common ones I usually give away to others or if no one wants them I simply throw them away There are other hobbies that I indulge in for a while, but they are not as interesting as the ones I’ve been talking about They really keep me occupied and I am glad I am able to them Task 1: The words and phrases below all appear in the passage Use a dictionary to get their meaning Then translate them into Vietnamese English words Explaination Vitenamese words Accomplished Talened, skilled Có tài, tài hoa Accompanying Going with a singer Đệm đàn Modest Avid Discarded Indulge in Keep me occupied Limited in size, humble Vừa phải, khiêm tốn Excited, eager thrown away let yourself st that you enjoy Keep me busy Hăng hái, nhiệt tình bị ném đi, vứt bỏ Ham mê, thích thú Ln bận rộn Task 2: Answer the questions: What is the writer’s first hobby?  His first hobby is playing the guitar Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?  No, he isn’t Why does the writer admire his uncle?  Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar What is the writer’s second hobby?  His second hobby is keeping fish How this he collect his fish?  He bought some in a shop and collected some others from the rice field near his house Task 2: Answer the questions: What kind of stamp collector is the writer?  He is an avid stamp collector Where does he collect the stamps?  He collects them from discarded envelopes given by his relatives or friends Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?  He gets more local stamps What does the writer with the less common stamps and with the common stamps?  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 CÁM ƠN CÁC BẠN VÀ THẦY CÔ ĐÃ THEO DÕI