Unit 14: Recreation
Section: Reading
I. Warm up
Game: Work out which activity is described in each picture:
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6
11
READING BOOKS
WATCHING TV
LISTENING TO MUSIC
PLAYING VOLLEYBALL
GOING SHOPPING
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5
8
10
GOING FISHING
READING NEWSPAPER
PLAYING GUITAR
SINGING
answer
1. Reading books
2. Reading newspapers
3. Playing volleyball/playing sports
4. Shopping
5. Singing
6. Meeting friends
7. Listening to music
8. Watching TV
9. Watching sports
10. Fishing
11. Playing the guitar/playing a musical instrument
II. Before you read
Look at the activities and guess which of these leisure activities British people often do in their free time?

1. Reading books
2. Reading newspapers
3. Playing volleyball/playing sports
4. Shopping
5. Singing
6. Meeting friends
7. Listening to music
8. Watching TV
9. Watching sports
10. Fishing
11. Playing the guitar/playing a musical instrument
Pre-teaching vocabulary
1. Dull ( adj): slow to understand or learn(đần, chậm hiểu)
2. Pastime (n): hobby, leisure activity (trò tiêu khiển)
snooker, pool…
3. Bricklaying (n): cementing bricks together with mortar(xây gạch)
4. Engrave (v): to carve a design or lettering into a hard surface for decoration or printing(trạm, trổ, khắc)
5. Stock market: business of buying and selling shares in companies and the place where this is done
6. An enormous range of: nhiều, đa dạng
7. Sophisticated(adj): complicated( tinh vi)



III. WHILE YOU READ
Task 1:
The words/phrases in italics in the following sentences all appear in the passage. Working out their meaning and circle the correct answer
Answer:


A home based
B by far
B on offer
A pursuits
B spectator sports
A entry qualifications
Task 2: Answer the questions:

Why are recreation and entertainment important to people?
What sports do the British like watching?
What sports do they like taking part in?
Why do many British people take weekend courses?
IV. After you read
Discuss the question:
Which of the British leisure activities mentioned in the passage are also popular in Vietnam? Which are not?