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A. READING
UNIT 14
RECREATION
BEFORE YOU READ
WORK IN PAIRS
Which of the following leisure activities do you think British people often do in their spare time
Reading newspapers
Watching tv/ videos
Playing sports
Shopping
Singing
Meeting friends
Listening to music
Watching sports
Spending time outdoors
Playing a musical instruments
“ All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, goes an English saying. Recreation and entertainment are important to people anywhere in the world. However, forms of popular entertainment are different in different countries.
In Britain, the most common leisure activities are home based. Watching television is by far the most popular pastime, and nearly all households have a television set. Over 51 percent of households have two or more tivi sets and average viewing time for the population aged four and over is 25 hours a week. Other pursuits include listening to music, reading, do-it-yourself home improvements, and gardening.
British people are also very interested in watching and taking part in sports. Walking and swimming are the two most popular sporting activities, being almost equally undertaken by men and women. Snooker, pool and darts are the next most popular sports among men. The most popular spectator sports are football and rugby in winter, and cricket ad athletics in summer.
WHILE YOU READ
In the last few years in Britain, a new trend has been developing, i.e., taking weekend or holiday courses. There is an enormous range of courses on offer. The course can be as simple as bricklaying or as sophisticated as making your own stock market decisions. For people who are interested in art, there are courses in painting or drawing. People who like music can take a course in singing. Courses like shoemaking or glass engraving provide people with practical skills they can do with their hands. Those who want to improve their minds can take a course of “ Living with more meaning”. Entry qualifications to weekend courses are generous, that is, generally no qualifications are necessary, apart from an ability to pay the fees, which may be quite high.
recreation
leisure
dull
home-based (adj)
pastime (n)
Household (n)
Pursuit (n)
To undertake
Snooker (n)
Pool (n)
Darts (n)
Trend (n)
Enormous (adj)
Bricklaying (n)
Sophisticated (a)
Stock market (n)
Glass engraving (n)
To provide with
Qualification (n)
Generous (a)
Fee (n)
VOCABULARY
TASK 1
CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
KEYS
1.A
2.B
3.B
4. A
5.B
6. A
TASK 2
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. Why are recreation and entertainment important to people?
2.What sports do the British like watching?

3.What sports do they like taking part in?

4.Why do many British people take weekend courses?
1. Because without them people will become dull/ bored.
2. Football and rugby in winter, cricket and athletics in summer.
3. Walking and swimming.
4. Because this is a new kind of entertainment which gives them pleasure.
WORK IN PAIRS TO DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS
WHICH OF THE BRITISH LEISURE ACTIVITIES MENTIONED IN THE PASSAGE ARE ALSO POPULAR IN VIETNAM?
WHICH ARE NOT?
AFTER YOU READ
HOMEWORK
1. LEARN BY HEART ALL THE NEW VOCABULARY AND MAKE SENTENCES WITH THEM.
2. SUMMARISE THE MAIN IDEA OF THE TEXT.
3. FORESEE THE SPEAKING PART.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
GOOD BYE FOR NOW!
B. SPEAKING
EXPRESSING AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT
TASK 1:
The following are some phrases that can be used to express agreement or disagreement. Put (A) beside an expression of agreement and (D) beside an expression of disagreement.
-----1. I quite agree with you.
-----2. That is a good idea, but…
-----3. Great.
-----4. I can’t agree with you more.
-----5. I don’t think that’s a good idea.
-----6. Yes, let’s do that.
-----7. That’s a good idea.
---A--1. I quite agree with you.
---D--2. That is a good idea, but…
---A--3. Great.
---A--4. I can’t agree with you more.
---D--5. I don’t think that’s a good idea.
---A--6. Yes, let’s do that.
---A--7. That’s a good idea.

TASK 2
The students of class 11A2 will have a two-day holiday. They are discussing whether they should go on a camping holiday. Read and practise the conversation.
A: Let’s go camping.
B: yes, let’s do that.
C: oh, I don’t that’s a good idea. If we go camping, we’ll have to bring a lot of equipment with us
CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE I
TASK 3: WORK IN GROUP
MAKE THE CONSERVATION WITH THE REASONS BELOW
A: Let’s go camping.
B: Yes, let’s do that. Then we can enjoy spectacular scenery.
C: Oh, I don’t think it’s a good idea. If we go camping, we’ll have to bring a lot of equipment and supplies which are quite heavy.
MODEL CONVERSATION
TASK 4
REPORT YOUR DISCUSSION TO THE CLASS. DO THE MEMBERS OF YOUR GROUPS AGREE TO GO CAMPING AT LAST? WHY? WHY NOT?
HOMEWORK
REDO THE TASKS AND PRACTSE SPEAKING
BEFORE YOU LISTEN
WORK IN PAIRS
WHAT CAN YOU SEE IN THE TWO PICTURES BELOW?
C. LISTENING
LISTEN AND REPEAT
Campgrounds
Trash
Wilderness
Giant trees
Waterfalls
Depressed
Dirt bike
Solitude
TASK 1
Three students are talking about how they would like to spend their holiday. Listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
Answers
1. T
2. T
3. F ( he used to)
4. T
5. F ( she doesn’t want to live in nature and enjoy it because of the solitude of the wilderness)
WHILE YOU LISTEN
TASK 2
LISTEN AGAIN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What activities do Ann and her friends enjoy doing most in the national park?
2. Where can they sleep?
3. According to Terry, why aren’t the natural places as beautiful as they used to be?
4. What does Terry think is also very important to the world?
5.Where does Mary spend most of her summer holidays?
6. Why doesn’t Mary like camping?
1. Riding their dirt bike in the desert, taking showers in waterfalls and swimming in lakes and rivers.
2. In sleeping bags or tents.
3. Because more and more people are coming to these places and leave trash in the forests and take rocks and plants with them.
4. He thinks nature is also important in the world.
5. In cities.
6. Because she can’t put up an umbrella tent in the wind or make a fire in the rain or carry a heavy backpack.
AFTER YOU LISTEN
WORK IN PAIRS
LIST 3 ADVANTAGES OF A CAMPING HOLIDAY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
GOOD BYE FOR NOW!
TASK1
Last weekend, class 11A2 went to Bavi for a camping holiday. Below are some of their activities during their two-day holiday. Match them with the correct pictures.
1. singing and dancing around the camp fire
2. the bus leaving the school at 5 a.m
3. putting up the umbrella tent
4.watching wildlife in the forest
5.cooking food over an open air
6.swimming in the lake
7.playing games
8.leaving campsite at 4 p.m the next day
9. fishing


D.WRITING
the bus leaving the school at 5 a.m
B putting up the umbrella tent
C4.watching wildlife in the forest
D6.swimming in the lake
E 9. fishing
5.cooking food over an open air
singing and dancing around the camp fire
7.playing games
8.leaving campsite at 4 p.m the next day
WRITE A PASSAGE ABOUT THE CAMPING HOLIDAY, USING THE INFORMATION IN TASK 1
TASK 2
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
GOOD BYE FOR NOW!