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Unit 13: Hobbies


C-Listening
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Collecting stamps
Collecting coins
fishing
Playing the guitar
Playing games
Watching TV
chatting
Before You Listen
magazines
gigantic
bygone
profitably
otherwise
continually
available
ignorantly
Listen and repeat

1. material (n)

2. fairy tale (n):

3. (to) get fed up :
>< (to) be interested

4. bygone (adj):

5. jungle (n):

6. (to) cope with:
tài liệu
chuyện cổ tích
chán
quá khứ
rừng nhiệt đới
đối phó, đương đu
7. gigantic (adj) :
to lớn, vĩ đại
8. ignorant (adj) :
không biết, ngu dốt
9. profitably (adv):

10. otherwise (adv):

11. continually (adv):

liên tục, tiếp tục
mặt khác, về mặt khác
có ích; thuận lợi
WHILE YOU LISTEN
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.
The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
Now he reads all the books available.
Reading helps the writer to know many things.
According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard.
The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading.
Books might help him in his daily life.
T
F
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
Task 2: Listen again and write the missing words.


wonderful
jungle
disease
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.
certainly
ignorantly
Afer You Listen
Discussion: Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading (reading too much).
be short-sighted
don’t have time for study and other social activities
be lazy
spend much money buying books
Thank you for your attention