Unit 13. HOBBIES

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A.Reading Thursday, March 25th, 2010

2 a fish tank

3 (to) indulge (in sth):

4 a guitarist

5 admire

6 modest

1.(to) accompany đệm đàn, đệm nhạc

not very big ngưỡng mộ người chơi đàn ghi ta

đam mê vào

(tự cho phép mình hưởng thụ cái gì)

bể cá

(v)

(n) (v) (a)

guitarist (to) indulge (in sth)

modest

a fish tank

admire

accompany

guitarist (to) indulge (in sth)

modest

a fish tank

admire What and where

Listen to the text and then do the tasks

that follow

Task 1:Choose the letter ( A, B, C or D ) before the word or phrase with the same meaning as the underlined word

1/ My uncle is an accomplished guitarist.

A skilled B well-trained C interesting D A and B

2/ I keep stamps However, I would not call myself an avid stamp collector

A major B eager C complete D private

3/I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes.

A collected B helpful C thrown away D kept

4 Hobbies really keep me occupied I’m not free.

A busy B related C good D beautiful

D A and B

B eager

C thrown away

A busy

Task 2: T – F statements:

a The writer is an accomplished guitarist

b He admires his uncle very much.

c He collected fish from the field near his house

d Both his mother and he love watching fish swimming

e He mainly collects stamps by buying

them from the post office

F

T

F

T

T

a The writer’s uncle is an accomplished guitarist

e He mainly collects stamps from discarded envelopes

1.What is the writer’s first hobby ?

2 What is the writer’s second hobby?

3 Which does the writer get more of, local

stamps or foreign stamps?

4 What kind of stamp collector is the writer?

5 What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?

Task 3: Answer the questions

Task 3: Answer the questions

1 What is the writer’s first hobby?

2 What is the writer’s second hobby ?

3 Which does the writer get more of , local stamps

or foreign stamps ?

4 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

- He gets more of local stamps.

- His first hobby is playing the guitar

- His second hobby is keeping fish.

- He is not an avid stamp collector.

- His first hobby is playing the guitar

- His second hobby is keeping fish.

5 What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones ?

-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.

Talk about your hobby

WHAT???

WHEN???

WHY???

HOBBIES

(Speaking)