WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Painting pictures
Reading books
Gardening
Playing football
Taking photos
Collecting cars
Hobby is an activity done regularly in one`s leisure time for pleasure.
HOBBIES
Unit 1:
MY HOBBIES
Lesson 1:
GETTING STARTED (p.6)
MY FAVOURITE HOBBIES
Nick
Mi
Elena
I. VOCABULARY
- upstairs (n/adv):
tầng trên
>< normal
- unusual (a):
- board game (n)
trò chơi trên bàn cờ
- bird- watching:
ngắm chim chóc
- arranging flowers:
cắm hoa
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES
Period 2: Lesson 1: Getting started
- occasion (n):
dịp
II. Listen and read:
N: Hi Mi, welcome to our house!
E: Come upstairs! I`ll show you my room.
M: Wow! You have so many dolls.
E: Yes. My hobby is collecting dolls. Do you have a hobby?
M: I like collecting glass bottles.
E: Really? That`s very unusual. Is it expensive?
M: Not at all, I just keep the bottles after we use them. What about doll collecting? Is it expensive?
E: I guess so, but all of my dolls are presents. My parents, and my aunt and uncle always give me dolls on special occasions.
M: Your dolls are all very different.
E: Yes, they`re from all over the world!
N: I don`t know why girls collect things. It`s a piece of cake.
M: Do you have a difficult hobby, Nick?
N: Yes, I enjoy mountain climbing.
M: But Nick, there are no mountains around here!
N: I know. I`m in a mountain climbing club. We travel to mountains around Viet Nam. In the future, I`ll climb mountains in other countries too.
“It’s a piece of cake”: Đó (Nó) là một việc quá dễ dàng
It’s a piece of cake
1a. Are the sentences below true (T) or false (F).
1. Elena`s room is on the first floor.
2. There are a lot of dolls in Elena`s room.
3. Mi has the same hobby as Elena.
4. Elena`s grandparents usually give her dolls.
5. Nick thinks mountain climbing is more challenging than collecting things.
They go upstairs to her room.
F
T
F
Mi’s hobby is collecting glass bottles.
Her parents, aunt and uncle.
F
T
Nick: Hi Mi, welcome to our house!
Elena: Come upstairs! I`ll show you my room.
Elena: Yes. My hobby is collecting dolls.
Do you have a hobby?
Mi: I like collecting glass bottles.
Elena: I guess so, but all of my dolls are presents. My parents, and my aunt and uncle always give me dolls on special occasions.
1. When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?
- On special occasions.
2. Are her dolls the same?
- No, they aren`t.
3. How does Mi collect bottles?
- She just keeps the bottles after they use them.
4. Does Mi think collecting bottles cost much money?
- No, she doesn`t.
5. Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?
- No, he hasn`t.
1b. Answer the questions
2. Listen and repeat:
- cycling
- arranging flowers
- taking photos
- skating
- cooking
- playing the guitar
- bird-watching
- playing board games
- gardening
7. ____________ 8. ________________ 9. ____________
4. ____________ 5. ________________ 6. ____________
3. Choose the words/ phrases in 2 that match the pictures below. Write them in the spaces.
1. ________________ 2. _____________ 3. ______________
playing board games
taking photos
bird-watching
gardening
cycling
playing the guitar
skating
cooking
arranging flowers
4. Work in pair and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult.
playing board games, gardening, collecting old bottles,…
cycling, cooking, taking photos, arranging flowers...
bird-watching, playing board games, gardening, cycling, ...
cooking, taking photos, playing the guitar, arranging flowers..
5. Game: FIND SOMEONE WHO . . .
a. In three - five minutes, ask as many classmates as you can about which hobbies from 3 they like. Use the question `Do you like …?`
Example:
A: Do you like gardening?
B: No, I don’t.
Activity 5a.
Student 1:
A: Do you like cycling?
B: Yes, I do.

Student 2:
A: Do you like bird- watching?
B: No, I don’t.

Student 3
A: Do you like playing guitar?
B: Yes, I do.
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b. In the table below, write your classmates’
names beside the hobbies they like. The
student with the most names wins.



Find someone who likes …
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HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Practice the dialogue again.
- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook (page 4,5).
- Prepare for Unit 1: Closer look 1.