UNIT 13 - READING

Playing the guitar Collecting the stamps Playing chess swimming Going fishing Keeping fishing Playing tennis Listening to music UNIT 13 BEFORE YOU READ NEW WORDS 1. tune / tju:n / (n): Example: I don’t know the title but I recognize the tune 2. fish tank (n): 3. accompany (v): 4. Avid /’ævId/ (adj): Example: an avid collector of old coins 5. Accomplish (v): a series of musical notes that are sung, (giai điệu) an aquarium to play a musical instrument, while somebody else sings extremely interested in something (often a hobby), (đam mê) to succeed in something TASK 1 Work in pairs: Discuss and match the following words with their definition. 1.accomplished 2.accompanying 3.modest 4.avid 5.discarded 6.Indulge in 7.keep me occupied 2.accompany b. to play a musical instrument, while somebody else sings 1.accomplished a. not very large, expensive or important FEEDBACK 4.avid d. to allow yourself to do whatever you want 7. keep me occupied g. to get rid of something 3.modest c. very good at a particular thing, having a lot of skills 5.Discarded e. to make myself busy 6. indulge in f. extremely interested in something (often a hobby) TASK 2 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 1.What is the writer’s first hobby? 2.Is the writer an accomplished guitarist? 3.Why does the writer admire his uncle? 4.What is the writer’s second hobby? 6.What kinds of stamp collector is the writer? 7.Where does he collect the stamps? 9.What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones? 5.How did he collect his fish? 8.Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps? FEEDBACK 1.What is the writer’s first hobby? 2.Is the writer an accomplished guitarist? 3.Why does the writer admire his uncle? 4.What is the writer’s second hobby? 5.How did he collect his fish? The writer’s first hobby is playing his guitar. No, he isn’t The writer admires his uncle because his uncle is an accomplished guitarist. He collected his fish by buying from the shop, and collecting from the rice fields. The writer’s second hobby is keeping fish. 6.What kinds of stamp collector is the writer? 7.Where does he collect the stamps? 8.Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps? 9.What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones? The writer gets more of local stamps. He collects stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him. He is an avid stamp collector. He usually keeps the less common stamp inside a small album, and gives the common ones away to others, or throws them away. TASK 3 . stamps Playing chess swimming Going fishing Keeping fishing Playing tennis Listening to music UNIT 13 BEFORE YOU READ NEW WORDS 1. tune / tju:n / (n): Example: I don’t know the title but