Unit 13. Hobbies

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I often go fishing like this

It’s really interesting I like dogs.

I loved singing when I

was young.

Cool

!

I love this time.

I learn how to play guitar whenever I’m

free.

I love spending my time with friends

Swimming Fishing

Keeping pets

Playing guitar Traveling with friends

My uncle, who is an guitarist , taught

me how to play.accomplished

1 Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba

He is very good at people singing

with his guitar

accompanying

2 Accompanying (adj): đệm đàn, đệm nhạc

I have a little glass fish tank where I keep a

variety of little fish

modest

3 Modest (adj): khiêm tốn

I would not call myself an stamp collector.

Francis Kiddle with his collection

He is an avid stamp collector.

avid

4 Avid (adj): say mê, khao khát

I collect the stamps from envelopes.discarded

5 Discarded (adj): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

I also fishing, swimming, playing chess, etc.indulge in

6 (to) indulge in: say sưa, miệt mài

keep me occupied.

They

7 Keep S.O occupied = keep S.O busy : làm ai bận rộn

Vocabu lary:

1 Accomplished (adj): lành nghề, tài ba

2 Accompanying (adj): đệm đàn, đệm nhạc

3 Modest (adj): khiêm tốn

4 Avid (adj): say mê, khao khát

5 Discarded (adj): vứt bỏ, bỏ đi

6 (to) indulge in: say sưa, miệt mài

7 Keep S.O occupied = keep S.O busy : làm ai bận rộn

2

My uncle, who is an guitarist , taught

me how to play

accomplished

He is very good at people singing

with his guitar

accompanying

I have a little glass fish tank where I keep

a variety of little fish

modest

I would not call myself an stamp collector.avid

I collect the stamps from envelopes.discarded

keep me occupied.

They

I also fishing, swimming, playing chess, etc.indulge in

You get 10 marks

I also fishing, swimming, playing chess, etc.indulge in

Hobbies the writer has talked about

are:

Playing guitar

Keeping fish

Keeping stamps

Answer the questions:

1 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

2 Why does the writer admire his uncle?

3 How did he collect his fish?

4 Where does he collect the stamps?

5 Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?

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

No, he isn’t.

Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he’s good at accompanying people with his guitar.

He bought some of them in the shop and collected some others from the

rice field near his house.

He collects the stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and

friends give him.

He gets more local stamps.

He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album The common

ones he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply

throw them away.

Talking about your hobbies

What is your

hobby, Mark?

Well, I like keeping

dogs.

Yes, they are

very lovely and

intelligent.

How about you? What

do you often do in your free time?

I often draw

pictures and

make cards.

That sounds interesting I don’t know how to make

Really? Can you

sing some songs

now?

YOUR HOMEWORK:

Learn the new words

and talk about your

hobbies