Unit 13
HOBBIES
READING
GVHD: Nguyen Thi Bui Phai
SV: Pham Uyen Nhi
1. Play football
2. Read book
3. Fishing
4. Listen to music
5. Swim
6. Sleep
7. Play card
--Describing game--
Accomplish (V) /əˈkʌmplɪʃ/ = finish - complete
 Accomplished (Adj) /əˈkʌmplɪʃt/ = well – trained very good at sth
Vocabulary
 Ex: My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist taught me how to play.
Accompany (v) /əˈkʌmpəni/ = play musical instruments for someone to sing
Admire (v) /ədˈmaɪə(r)/ feel respect someone
 Admiration (n)  /ˌædməˈreɪʃn/
Vocabulary
Modest (a) /ˈmɒdɪst/ not very big
Vocabulary
Fish tank (n) /tæŋk/
Avid (a) /ˈævɪd/ = eager, crazy
 Ex: He is an avid stamp collector
Discard (v) /dɪˈskɑːd/ = throw away
 Discarded (a)
 Ex: I collect the stamps from discarded envelopes.
Indulge in (v) /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/ let yourself do what you like
 Indulgence (n) /ɪnˈdʌldʒəns/
Keep somebody occupied = keep somebody busy
Collect (v) /kəˈlekt/ get things in different places and bring them together
 Collection (n) /kəˈlekʃn/
 Collector (n)  /kəˈlektə(r)/
Vocabulary
There are a number of things I like to do in 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 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.
While you read
accomplished
accompanying
admire
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of little 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.
While you read
fish tank
modest
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 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 do them.

While you read
discarded
avid
indulge in
keep
occupied
Match A and B to make meaningful sentences
1. The writer is an accomplished guitarist.
2. The writer collected fish from the shop only.
3. Both his mother and he love watching fish swimming.
4. Stamps are collected from discarded envelopes.
5. The writer has more foreign stamps than local ones
6. His hobbies make him tired.
Task 1: True / False statements
False
False
False
False
True
True
1. What is the writer hobby?
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2. Why does the writer admire his uncle?
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3. What does the write do with less common stamps and with the common ones?
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4. Who does the writer collect discarded envelopes from?
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Task 2: Answer the questions
The writer’s hobbies are playing the guitar, keeping fish, and collecting stamps.
Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at companying people singing with his guitar
He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album and gives the common ones to others, or throws them away if no one wants them
He collects discarded envelopes from his relatives and friends
Work in pair: fill in the blanks to complete the summary by using the words in the box below
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)………………..
hobbies
the guitar
uncle
fish
rice field
bought
stamps
discarded
avid
occupied
Homework
- Learn the vocabulary and expression
- Prepare for the next lesson