English 7: Unit 01: My hobbies lesson 1 getting started

GETTING STARTEDMY FAVOURITE HOBBIES Nick Mi Elena... My hobby is collecting dolls.. M: I like collecting glass bottles.. My parents, and my aunt and uncle always give me dolls on specia

ENGLISH 7

By: Le Viet Phu

Painting pictures Reading books Doing gardening

Playing football

Hobby is an activity done regularly

in one's leisure time for pleasure.

HOBBY

GETTING STARTED

MY FAVOURITE HOBBIES

Nick

Mi Elena

- upstairs /ˌʌpˈsteəz /

(adv)

- hobby /ˈhɒbi / (n)

- unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl / (a)

- guess / ɡes / (v)

- occasion /əˈkeɪʒn̩ / (n)

- challenging /

tʃæləndʒɪŋ /(n)

- arranging /əˈreɪndʒɪŋ /

(n)

- trên lầu, tầng trên

- sở thích

- bất thường, lạ thường

- đoán, phỏng đoán

- dịp, cơ hội

- thách thức

- sắp xếp

1 Listen and read:

N: Hi Mi, welcome to our house!

E: Come upstairs! I'll show you my room.

M: Wow! You have so many dolls.

E: Yes My hobby is collecting dolls Do you have a hobby?

M: I like collecting glass bottles.

E: Really? That's very unusual Is it expensive?

M: Not at all, I just keep the bottles after we use them What

about doll collecting? Is it expensive?

E: I guess so, but all of my dolls are presents My parents, and

my aunt and uncle always give me dolls on special occasions M: Your dolls are all very different.

E: Yes, they're from all over the world!

N: I don't know why girls collect things It's a piece of cake.

M: Do you have a difficult hobby, Nick?

N: Yes, I enjoy mountain climbing.

M: But Nick, there are no mountains around here!

N: I know I'm in a mountain climbing club We travel to

mountains around Viet Nam In the future, I'll climb mountains in other countries too.

a Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F).

1 Elena's room is on the first floor

2 There are a lot of dolls in Elena's

room

3 Mi has the same hobby as Elena

4 Elena's grandparents usually give her

dolls

5 Nick thinks mountain climbing is more

challenging than collecting things.

They go upstairs to her room. F

T

F

Mi’s hobby is collecting glass bottles.

Her parents, aunt and uncle.

F T

b Answer the questions

1 When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?

- On special occasions.

2 Are her dolls the same?

- No, they aren't.

3 How does Mi collect bottles?

- She just keeps the bottles after they use them.

4 Does Mi think collecting bottles cost much money?

- No, she doesn't.

5 Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?

- No, he hasn't.

2 Listen and repeat:

- cycling

- arranging flowers

- taking photos

- skating

- cooking

- playing the guitar

- bird-watching

- playing board games

- gardening

7 8 9

4 5 6

3 Choose the words/ phrases in 2 that match the pictures

below Write them in the spaces.

1 2 _ 3 playing board games taking photos bird-watching

gardening cycling playing the guitar

skating cooking arranging flowers

4 Work in pair and complete the tables below Do

you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult.

Cheap hobbies

Expensive hobbies

Easy hobbies

Difficult hobbies

playing board games,

gardening,…

cycling, cooking, taking photos, arranging

flowers

Birth-watching, playing

board games,

gardening, cycling,

cooking, taking photos, playing the guitar,

arranging flowers

5 Game: FIND SOMEONE WHO

a In three - five minutes, ask as many classmates

as you can about which hobbies from 3 they like Use the question 'Do you like …?'

Example:

A: Do you like gardening?

B: No, I don’t.

b In the table below, write your classmates’

names beside the hobbies they like The student with the most names wins.

cycling

arranging flowers

taking photos

skating

cooking

playing the guitar

bird-watching

playing board games

gardening

Find someone who likes …

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Practice the dialogue again.

- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook (page 4,5).

- Prepare for Unit 1: Closer look 1.

See you

again!