He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much • Another hobby of mine is keeping fish.. Some of them were bought from the shop while some othe[r]
(1)(2) 1, stamp A D 2, tank E 3, play guitar B 4, chess 5, fishing C 6, swimming F (3) A Reading (4) I- Before you read • The pictures below present some hobbies Work with a partner and say which you like to in your free time (5) II- While you read • There are a number of things I like to my free time They are my hobbies • The hobby I like most is playing my guitar 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 very successful at this My uncle tells me that all I need is to practice regularly and I should be able to it He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much • Another hobby of mine is keeping fish I have a modest little glass fish Some of them were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank I love watching them and my mother loves watching them, too • 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 discarded envelopes 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 • There are other hobbies that I indulge in for a while, but they are not as interesting as the ones I’ve been talking about They really keep me occupied and I am glad I am able to them (6) • guitarist • successful thành đạt • admire • envelope • throw • stamp • glad (n): (adj) người chơi đàn ghi ta thành công, thắng lợi, (v) (n) (v) (n) (adj) hâm mộ, thán phục phong bì mang vào, đem vào tem, tem vui thích, yêu mến (7) Task 1: Match the words or phrases with their translate words and phrases accomplished translate • • • • • accompanying modest avid discarded indulge in keep me occupied A, khiêm tốn, thùy mị B, say mê, khao khát C, làm bận rộn D, vứt bỏ, bỏ E, Tài hoàn hảo, lành nghề • F, nuông chiều • G, cùng với key: 1-E 2-G 3-A 4-B 5-D 6-F 7-C (8) Task True/ False Statements writer is an accomplished guitarist The His uncle He also likes keeping fish and collecting stamp stamp The writer has more foreign local stamps He gets stamps from places like China, USA, and Britain T/F F T F T (9) Task 3: Comprehension questions What is the writer’s first hobby? Why does the writer admire his uncle? How did he collect his fish? Where does he collect the stamps? What does the writer with the less common stamps and with the common ones? (10) Task 3: Comprehension questions What is the writer’s first hobby? the writer’s first hobby is playing guitar Line 1, paragraph 2 Why does the writer admire his uncle? Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he’s good at accompanying people singing with his Line 5,6 guitar How did he collect his fish? paragraph He bought some from the shop and collected some others from the rice field near his house Line 2-4 paragraph (11) Where does he collect the stamp ? He collects them from discarded envelopes his Line 2-3 relatives and friends give him paragraph 5.What does the writer 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 if one wants them he simply throws them away Line 5-7 paragraph (12) • Task 4: Summarizing Summarize the passage basing on the information from task and task HOBBIES Playing guitar Keeping fish Collecting stamp (13) Playing chess Playing games shopping Collecting stamps Singing Reading books Going fishing hobbies Listening to music Playing sports Walking Watching TV (14) III- After you read • Work in groups: talk about your hobby What is your favourite hobby? My hobby is ……………………… When you usually hobby? HO S E I BB I like…………… when ……………… Where you usually hobby? I usually/ often……………………………… (15) Homework: Learn new words Write a paragraph (100 words) about your own hobbies Prepare the next lesson(Speaking,p.148) (16) (17)