English 11
Reading:
Hobbies
Before you read
Answer:What are these activities?
Playing the guitar
Collecting stamps
Keeping fish
fishing
Playing chess
swimming
Unit 13: Hobbies
Discuss: Which activities do you like doing in your free time?
II. While you read
Read the passage, underline the words listed in task 1 then guess their meanings.
Task 1: Vocabulary

1.Accomplished (adj)

Thanh Bach is an …… MC.

= skilled, very good
2. tune (n)
= a series of musical notes that are sung or played in a particular order to form a piece of music.

*I don’t know the title of this song but I recognize the ….
3. Accompany (v)
= play a musical instrument while sb else sings the main tune.
*President George Bush was ………. the singer on the guitar.


4. modest (adj)=
not very large

My father is just a normal worker and we live in a rather … house.

5. Avid (adj)
= very interested, eager

*I am an … football fan; I watch almost every football match.

6. Discard (v)
= throw sth away because it is no longer wanted.

*The football ground was dirty with …. Bottles.
7. indulge in (v)
= to allow yourself to have sth enjoyable esp. more than is good for you.
xả láng, ham mê.

*Today I’m going to forget about dieting and …………. in drinking to celebrate our success.

8. keep sb occupied
= keep sb busy or interested

*All the new toys kept the kids ……………. for hours.

Task 2: Answer the questions
Read the passage first.


What’s the writer’s first hobby?
His first hobby is playing the guitar.
2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?
No, he can play a few simple tunes.
3. Why does the writer admire his uncle?
Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing on his guitar.
4. What is the writer’s second hobby?
His second hobby is keeping fish.

5. How did he collect hid fish?
He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house.
6. What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
He is not an avid stamp collector.
7. Where does he collect the stamps?
He collects them from discarded envelopes that his friends and relatives give him.

8. Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?
local stamps.
9. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones.
He keeps the less common ones inside a small album.
As for the common ones, he gives away to others or throws them away if no one wants.
III. After you read
Talk about your hobby.
chatting
Watching TV
Watching films
swimming
games
reading
sports
gardening
Playing chess
doing aerobics
fishing
shopping