Giáo án thi giáo viên giỏi tỉnh môn tiếng anh lớp11 (2007-2008)

Which does the writer get more of , local stamps or foreign stamps.. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones ?.?. 1.What is the writer s first hobby

1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son is very good at playing

A chess B games C cards D guitar

2 The most popular sport in England is _

A skating B soccer C volleyball D table tennis

3 I have a _ stamp collection than any of my friends

A bigger B more tired C beautifuler D biggest

4 I like to hear _ singing in the early morning.

A butterfly B pigs C birds D tigers

5 I spend much time and money collecting toys, especially planes My dream is _in the sky

3 4 5

Crossword

H O B B Y

Before you read :

The pictures below present some hobbies Work with a partner and say which

you like to do in your free time

While you read : Read the text individually

in 4 minutes

While you read :

Task 1: The words and phrases below all appear in the passage Use a dictionary to get their meaning Then translate them into Vietnamese.

4 avid /'&vId/ (adj)

eager say mê

5 discarded /dIs'kA;did /

(adj) thrown away đã bị bỏ đi

6 Indulge in / In'dVldZ

đam mê vào ( một việc gì đó)

7.Keep me occupied

keep me busy làm cho tôi bận

rộn / bịu

While you read

Task 2 :Work in pairs Answer the questions :

1.What is the writer’s first hobby ?

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?

3.Why does the writer admired his uncle ?

4 What is the writer’s second hobby ?

5 How did he collect his fish ?

6 What kind 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 ?

1.What is the writer s first hobby ?’

His first hobby is playing guitar ( line 1 –

paragraph 2 )

There are a number of thing I like to do in my

free time They are my hobbies

The hobby I like most is playing guitar.

My uncle , Who is an accomplished guitarist , taught me how to play Now I can play a few simple tune

2 Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?

No, he isn t’ ( line 2 and 3- paragraph 2 )

The hobby I like most is playing my guitar My

uncle 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

But I have not been very successful at this

My uncle tell me that all I need

to practise regularly

3.Why does the writer admired his uncle ?

Because he s an accomplished guitarist and ’

he is good at accompanying people singingwith

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 successful

at this My uncle tells me that all I need is to

practise regularly and I should be able to do it

He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much

4 What is the writer s second hobby ?’

His second hobby is keeping fish (line 1

5 How did he collect his fish ?

He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house ( line 2 ,3

Another of my is keeping fish I have a modest

little fish tank where I keep a variety of fish

Some of them were bought from the shop while other were

collected from the rice field near my house

6 What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?

He is an avid stamp collector ( line 1-

paragraph 4 )

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 friend give me Mostly I get a

local stamps Once in a while , I get stamps from places like Russia , the USA

7 Where does he collect the stamps ?

He collects them from discarded

envelopes his relatives and friends give him

I keep stamps ,too However ,I would not call

myself an avid stamp collector

8 Which does the writer get more of , local

stamps or foreign stamps ?

Local stamps (line 3 – paragraph 4 )

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

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 others or no one wants them he simply throws

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

After you read :Work in group of 4 or 3 Talk about your hobby

How your hobby has been built

_ You have just studied

+ the text about hobbies

+ dictionary skills : explaining meaning in context

+ passage comprehension

Home work :

- Learn the words and phrases in the text by heart

- Do an extra- exercise