Warm- up: Please write as many hobbies as possible
Hobbies
fishing
watching TV
reading books
collecting stamps
swimming
chatting on the phone
playing games
........
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Period 80:
Unit 13. Hobbies
Part B: Speaking
Task 1: Wok in pairs. Say which of the following you would like/ not like to do and why.

swimming

fishing

stamp-collecting


mountain-climbing

playing computer games

reading books

watching TV

chatting with friends on the phone
Suggested words:
I (don’t) like ........ because .........
healthy (adj)
relaxed (adj)
widen my knowledge
know how to behave
short-sighted (adj)
take time away from other activities
waste money/ time

Task 2:
Lan is talking to Huong about her hobby of collecting books. Practise reading their dialogue with a partner.
Huong: what is your hobby, Lan?
Lan: Well, I like collecting books.
Huong: Could you tell me how you collect your books?
Lan: Well, this must be done regularly. Whenever I find a book which is interesting I buy it immediately.
Huong: Where do you buy your books?
Lan: I buy some from the bookshop near my house and some others from second-hand book stalls. Sometimes my friends, my mum and dad give me some.

Huong: How do you organize your collection?
Lan: I classify them into different categories and put each category in one corner of my bookshelf with a name tag on it.
Huong: What do you plan to do next , Lan?
Lan: I think I’ll continue to make my collection richer and richer.
New words:
regularly (adv):
immediately (adv):
second-hand (adj):
stall (n):
organize (v):
classify (v):
category (n):
name tag (n):
richer and richer:
thường xuyên
ngay lập tức
cũ
cửa hàng
tổ chức
phân loại
chủng loại
tên gáy sách
ngày càng phong phú

Task 3:
Work with a partner. Make a similar dialogue about collecting stamps. Use the suggestions below.
hobby: stamps
how to collect stamps:
buy from post office
ask members of family, friends, relatives, postmen
make pen friends with people overseas
exchange stamps with others
how to organize stamps:
classify stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people (hero, politicians, football players, singers ....
where to keep stamps:
in album
why to collect stamps:
broaden our knowledge: know more about landscape, people, animals, plants, and trees.
plan for the future:
collect more stamps, attend stamp exhibition
New words:
pen friends
overseas = foreign
hero (n)
politician (n)
broaden (v) = widen (v)
Homework:
write a short paragraph about your hobby, you can start with: My hobby is ......

Prepare for part c. Listening
Good bye! See you again!