Bài giảng Unit 13: Hobbies -Listening

Good morning! Class 11A6 What is it? 1. It is a noun with 4 letters 2. It can be your friend or even your teacher 3. It gives you knowledge about the world 4. It can be found in a library. BOOK Unit 13: Hobbies C: Listening Before you listen: What are benefits of reading books? - get facts/ information - relax by reading comic/ picture books - enrich our knowledge … New words: Listen and repeat + bygone (adj): past + gigantic (adj): very big, very great + ignorant (adj): lack of knowledge + jungle (n): tropical forest + profitably (adj): beneficial + Otherwise (adv): another way While you read Task 1: Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) 1. The writer started his hobby when he was young. T/F 2. His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him. T/F 3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books. T/F 4. Now he reads all the books available. T/F 5. Reading helps the writer to know many things. T/F 6. According to the writer, by reading he does not have study hard. T/F 7. The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading. T/F 8. Books might help him in his daily life. T/F 1. The writer started his hobby when he was young. T 2. His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him. F got fed up with having to read to him continually 3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books. F started 4. Now he reads all the books available. F just about anything that is available 5. Reading helps the writer to know many things. T 6. According to the writer, by reading he does not have study hard. T 7. The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading. T 8. Books might help him in his daily life. T Task 2: Listen again and fill in the each blank with a word from a box (there are more words than answers The (1) thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a (2) to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the (3) to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book. Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have (4) helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about (5) learning things the hard way. So I continue to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby. wonderful beautiful disease facts ignorantly forest certainly danger certainly jungle The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a disease to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book. Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have certainly helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about ignorantly learning things the hard way. So I continue to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby. . gives you knowledge about the world 4. It can be found in a library. BOOK Unit 13: Hobbies C: Listening Before you listen: What are benefits of reading books?