Warm up: Answer the questions?

1.What do you like to do in your free time?

2.Can you name some kinds of things to do to relax?

LESSON 1: READING

Playing the guitar

Collecting stamps Keeping fishfishing

Playing chess

swimming

I.Before you read: What are the name of these activities and which you like to do in your free time?

1. There are a number of things I like to do in my free time. They are my hobbies.

2. 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 ever 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 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.

3. Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest litte glass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish. Some of them were bought from the shop while some other were collected from the rice field near my house. They look beautiful swimming about in the tank. I love watching them and my mother loves watching them, too.

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 U.S.A, Britain, Australia, China and others. I keep the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones I give away to others or if no one wants them, I simply throw them away.

5. 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 are really keep me occupied and I am glad I am able to do them

1. accomplished [ə'kɔmpli∫t] (adj):

= skilled = well-trained2. accompany [ə'kʌmpəni ] (v):3. modest (adj) [ 'mɔdist]:

4. avid (adj) ['ævid]: 5. discard (v) [di,skɑ:d] :

6. keep sb occupied ['ɒkjʊpaied] = keep sb busy:

tài hoa, có tài

đệm đàn, đệm nhạckhiêm tốn, nhỏ

thèm thuồng, khao khát

loại bỏ, bỏ đi

làm ai bận rộn

Unit 13: Part A-ReadingChecking : Rubout and say the meaning of it

vocabularyvocabulary

Có tàiĐệm đàn

Bận rộnLoại bỏ, bỏ đi

Khao khát, thèm thuồng

AccomplishedAccomplished Accompany

Accompany

modest

occupieddiscarded

avid

Khiêm tốn,nhỏ

Task 1: Read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false

(F).

1.1. taught him how to play the taught him how to play the guitar.guitar.2. He also likes keeping fish and collecting stamps.

3. He has a modest little glass fish tank 3. He has a modest little glass fish tank where he keeps a variety of little fish.where he keeps a variety of little fish.

4.4. He gets stamps from places like Russia,

the USA, Britain, Australia, China and others. FF

TT

TT

FF

TT

His fatherHis fatherHis His uncleuncle

5. They and he is glad

he’s able to do them.

don’t keep him occupiedreally keep him occupiedreally keep him occupied

Task 2: Comprehension questions1. What is the writer’s first hobby?2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?3. Why does the writer admire 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?

Task 2: Answer the questions:1. What is the writer’s first hobby?

2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

3. Why does the writer admire 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?

No, he isn’t. (His/her unlce is). (lines 1,2; p2)

Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he’s very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar. (lines 1,2 and 5-6);p2)

He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house. ( lines 2,3,4; p3)

The writer’s first hobby is playing the guitar. (lines 1, p2)

It’s keeping fish. (line 1; p3)

He is not an avid stamp collector. (line 1; p4)

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?

He collects the stamps from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him. ( lines 2,3; p4)

He gets more of local stamps. (lines 3; p4)

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 throws them away. (lines 5,6,7; p4)

Fill in the blank with the words in the box.

1. The writer’s …………..mentioned in the passage are playing the guitar, collecting stamps and keeping fish.

2. The writer’s uncle is an……………………guitarist.

3.The writer isn’t an…………stamp collector.

4. Hobbies really keep the writer…………….

5.The writer’s uncle is good at………………………people singing with his guitar.

accompanying avid hobbies accomplished occupied

WHAT?

WHEN?

WHERE?

WHY?

My hobby is ….

I like …. when …………….

I often ….on/at/in ……..

I like……because …. helps me … and………….

HOBBIES

Talk about your own hobbies.

“ Hello, my name is Linda. My hobby is swimming. I swim in my free time. I often swim in the swimming pool with my father or my friends. I like swimming because it makes me healthier.”

chatting

Watching TV Watching films

swimming

games reading

sports gardening

Playing chess

doing aerobics

fishing shopping

Talk about your hobbies

1. My father is an ____ guitarist.A. accomplishing B. accomplished

C. accomplish D. accomplishment2. He is very good at ____ people singing with his guitar.

A. making B. getting C. accompanying D.having3. My uncle is interested in ____ stamps.

A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. to collect4. She is a very accomplished pianist.

A. skilled B. beautiful C. interesting D. admired5. I had forgotten all about it about it because I had been so ____ with other things.

A. occupied B. interested C. accomplished D. successful

CONCLUSION: Choose the best answer

- Learn new words.- Do the exercise

- Prepare the next lesson(Speaking,p.148)

Homework:

The writer has three (1) _______ in the passage. The first hobby is playing (2) _______. His (3) _______ taught him how to play it. The second hobby is keeping (4) _______. He collected them from the (5) _______ or (6) _______ them from the shop. The third one is keeping (7) _______. He collects them from the (8) _______ envelopes. He isn't an (9) _______ stamp – collector. All of his hobbies keep him (10) _______.

HOMEWORK:

Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the box.

uncle hobbies fish bought stamps avid occupied guitar rice field discarded