Welcome to our class 11b7!
Watch the video clip and then mark what you hear or see.
- Taking photograph
- Playing sports
- Making and collecting Jet model figures
- Shopping
- Cooking
- Watching science fiction movies
- Singing
- Skate boarding.
- Listening to music
- Reading travel books.
- Reading comic books
UNIT 13:
HOBBIES
PART A: READING
Playing the guitar
Collecting stamps
Keeping fish
fishing
Playing chess
swimming
I.Before you read:
Give the name of some hobbies and say which you like to do in your free time?
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 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.
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest litter 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.
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.
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.
Unit 13:
HOBBIES
1. accomplished [ə`kɔmpli∫t] (adj):
I. Before you read
Vocabulary:
tài giỏi, lành nghề
= well-trained:
2. accompanying [ə`kʌmpəniiη] (gerund)= going with
3. modest [`mɔdist]
(adj): = not very large : vừa vừa / khiêm tốn
đệm đàn,nhạc
4. avid [`ævid] (adj):
: say mê, khao khát
Ex: He is an avid stamp collector.
5. discarded /di,skɑ:did / (adj) = throw away
: vứt bỏ, bỏ đi
6. (to) indulge in [in`dʌldʒ] indulgence (n)
: say sưa,đam mê
7. (to) keep somebody occupied [`ɒkjʊpaid] = (to) keep s.b busy
làm ai bận rộn
= Eager, crazy
II. While you read
II. While you read
Words/ phrases Vietnamese meanings
Accomplished (adj)
2. Accompanying ( Ger)
3. Modest (adj)
4. Avid (adj)
5. Discarded (v)
6. Indulge in ( vp)
7. Keep me occupied
a. Khiêm tốn, nhỏ
b. Khao khát
c. Có tài hoa
d. Làm tôi bận rộn
e. Đệm đàn
f. Bỏ đi (loại bỏ)
g. Đam mê, say sưa
Task 1: Work in pairs. Match the words or phrases with their definitions
Keys: 1-c, 2-e, 3-a, 4-b, 5-f, 6-g, 7-d
Task 2: Work in groups, read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
II. While you read
2. is an accomplished guitarist.
4. The writer`s second hobby is keeping fish.
6. The writer is an avid stamp collector.
7. The writer gets more local stamps than foreign stamps.
The writer
1. The writer`s first hobby is playing the guitar.
5. He only collected fish from the rice field.
3. The writer`s uncle is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
9. The writer keeps the less common stamps in a album and he usually gives the common ones to other or throw away.
big
8. The writer collects the stamps from discarded envelops his relatives and friends give him.
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 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.
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest litter 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.
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.
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.
Unit 13:
HOBBIES
Task 2: Work in groups, read the passage and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
II. While you read
2. is an accomplished guitarist.
4. The writer`s second hobby is keeping fish.
6. The writer is an avid stamp collector.
7. The writer gets more local stamps than foreign stamps.
The writer
His uncle
6. He wouldn`t call himself an avid stamp collector.
1. The writer`s first hobby is playing the guitar.
5. He only collected fish from the rice field near his house
3. The writer`s uncle is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
9. The writer keeps the less common stamps inside a album and he usually gives the common ones to others or throw them away.
T
5. Some of fishes were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near his house.
F
T
T
F
F
T
F
small
big
(L3)
(L3,4)
(L7,8)
(L10)
(L11-13)
(L15,16)
(L17)
8. The writer collects the stamps from discarded envelops that his relatives and friends give him.
T
(L16,17)
(L19-21)
English 11-Unit 13- Hobbies
III. After you read
Talk about your hobby
HOBBIES
WHAT?
WHEN?
WHERE?
My hobby is reading.
I often read on the bed.
I like reading when I have free time.
WHY?
Reading helps me to relax and get more knowledges.
chatting
Watching TV
Watching films
swimming
games
reading
sports
gardening
Playing chess
doing aerobics
fishing
shopping
Talk about your hobbies
Fill in the blank with one suitable word or phrase in the box



The writer has three (1) _______ in the passage. The first hobby is playing the (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
guitar
uncle
fish
discarded
bought
stamps
rice field
avid
occupied



uncle hobbies fish bought stamps avid occupied guitar rice field discarded
- Learn new words by heart.
Prepare the next lesson (B-Speaking, p.148)



Do the exercise
Homework:
- Write a short passage to answer the question:
Among the three hobbies mentioned in the passage which one are you interested in?
1. My father is an ____ guitarist.
A. accomplishing B. accomplished
C. accomplish D. accomplishment
2. He is very good at ____ people singing with his guitar.
A. making B. getting C. accompanying D.having
3. My uncle is interested in ____ stamps.
A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. to collect
4. I just collect stamps from discarded enveloped.
A. thrown away B. given up C. got away D. kept off
5. I had forgotten all about it about it because I had been so ____ with other things.
A. occupied B. interested
C. accomplished D. successful
Choose the best answer
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