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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
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Unit 13: hobbies
c. listening
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Warm up
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When you were a child, did you like your parents to read fairy tales to you?
Did they enjoy reading books to you ?
Do you like reading books? Why?
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Before you listen
The benefits of reading books.
get information
enlarge our knowledge
relax our mind
express our ideas from books
Know about wonders of the world
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Before you listen
magazines [,mægə`zi:n]
continually [kən`tinjuəli]
otherwise [`ʌđəwaiz]
gigantic [dʒai`gæntik]: huge, enormous
profitably [`prɔfitəbli]
available [ə`veiləbl]
bygone [`baigɔn]
ignorantly [`ignərəntli] (adv): ngu dốt, dốt nát

Listen and repeat.
You will hear a student talk about his hobby.
Can you guess what his hobby is?
Reading books
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vocabulary
jungle [`dʒʌηgl] = forest
To go deep into the jungle

To get up with = to be tired of
Ex: I get up with doing the same work day by day

Fairy tale [`feəriteil] = fairy story

Cope with

To cope with difficulties
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Before you listen:
True-false statements
The writer started his hobby when he was young.
His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him
3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
4. Now he reads all the books available.
5. Reading helps the writer to know many things.
6. According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard.
7. The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading.
8. Books might help him in his daily life.
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Task 1. You will hear a student talk about his hobby. Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

The writer started his hobby when he was young.
His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him
3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
4. Now he reads all the books available.
5. Reading helps the writer to know many things.
6. According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard.
7. The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading.
8. Books might help him in his daily life.
F
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
certainly
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Task 2. Listen again and write the missing words.

The (1) __________ thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a (2) _________ to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the (3) ___________ to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have (4) _________ helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about (5) ______ learning things the hard way.
So I continue to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby
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Task 2. Listen again and write the missing words.

The (1) __________ thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a (2) _________ to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the (3) ________ to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
jungle
disease
wonderful
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Task 2. Listen again and write the missing words.

Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have (4) ________ helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about (5) ________ learning things the hard way.
So I continue to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby
ignorantly
certainly
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After you listen: summary
Reading books
Know about wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements…
Know how people lived in the bygone days
Know many useful things in daily life …
Know the ways to learn efficiently
Know the ways to cope with living
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Homework: writing

The disadvantages of over-reading
The advantages of reading books
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION !