reading unit 13

to class 11A2 Wednesday, March 17 th 2010 Hobbies Homework After you read While you read Before you read Contents Warm up Reading books fishing Playing computer games Playing football walking Watching TV swimming Collecting stamps Mountain climbing What are the pictures about? I LIKE GAMES ! hobbies Warm up Listen to the tape and underline the following words • 1. Accomplished • 2. Accompany • 3. Modest • 4. Avid • 5. Discarded • 6. Indulge in • 7. Keep sb occupied • 8. Glass fish tank • 9. Rice field Before you read New Words 1. Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba 2. Accompany (v): đệm đàn, đệm nhạc 3. Modest (adj): khiêm tốn 4. Avid (adj): say mê, khao khát 5. Discarded (adj): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi 6. Indulge in: say sưa, đam mê 7. Keep sb occupied làm ai bận rộn 8. Glass fish tank (n): bể cá thủy tinh 9. Rice field (n): cánh đồng lúa Before you read The main ideas of the paragraphs: The 1 st paragraph: introduce the writer’s hobbies. The 2 nd paragraph: The first hobby of the writer: playing the guitar. The 3 rd paragraph: The second hobby of the writer: keeping fish. The 4 th paragraph: The third hobby of the writer: collecting stamps. The last paragraph: The conclusion of the passage. Task 1.Match the words and phrases with their definitions (Work in pairs). Words and phrases Definitions 1. Accomplished (adj) 1. Accomplished (adj) 2. Accompanying (gerund) 2. Accompanying (gerund) 3. Modest (adj) 3. Modest (adj) 4. Avid (adj) 4. Avid (adj) 5. Discarded (adj) 5. Discarded (adj) 6. Indulge in (v) 6. Indulge in (v) 7. Keep me occupied 7. Keep me occupied a. keep me busy a. keep me busy b. Thrown away b. Thrown away c. Well-trained c. Well-trained d. Going with a singer, using a d. Going with a singer, using a musical instrument musical instrument e. Let yourself do st that you e. Let yourself do st that you enjoy enjoy f. Eager, crazy f. Eager, crazy g. Not very big g. Not very big Key: 1-c 2-d 3-g 4-f 5-b 6-e 7-a 1 2 7 3 4 5 6 While you read 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1.What is the writer’s first hobby ? His first hobby is playing his guitar 2.Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ? No, he isn’t 3.Why does the writer admire his uncle ? 4.What is the writer’s second hobby? His second hobby is keeping fish Because he ‘s an accomplished guitarist and he is good at Accompany people singing by his guitar 5.How did he collect his fish ? He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice Field near his house 6.What kind of stamp collector is the writer? He is an avid stamp collector 7.Where does he collect the stamp? He collects them from discarded envelopes his relatives and friends give him. 8.Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps ? Local stamps. 9.What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones? He keeps the less common ones inside a small album .The common ones He usually gives away to the others or if no one wants them he simply Throws them away. While you read HOBBIES WHAT? WHY? HOW ? WHEN? After you read My hobby is reading. I like reading when I have free time. I often read carefully the books I like and I read quickly the books I don’t like. Reading helps me to relax and enrich my knowledge. . ? WHEN? After you read My hobby is reading. I like reading when I have free time. I often read carefully the books I like and I read quickly the books I don’t like. Reading helps me to relax and. 17 th 2010 Hobbies Homework After you read While you read Before you read Contents Warm up Reading books fishing Playing computer games Playing football walking Watching TV swimming Collecting