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NGUYỄN THỊ NGỌC MAI

Unit 1

HOBBIES
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

READING

Uni
Gardening
as a hobby
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SPEAKING
Benefits of hobbies

* WARM-UP
List out as many hobbies that you know as possible in 1 minute.
- playing badminton

- collecting dolls

- playing tennis

- collecting bottles

- playing football

-. collecting stamps

- playing basketball

- collecting coins

- riding a bike

- carving wood

- taking photos

- reading book

- arranging flowers

- playing games

- ice – skating

- cooking

- gardening

- . playing the guitar

- listening to music

- cycling

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* Vocabulary
- outdoor (adj)

/ˈaʊtdɔː(r)/ : ngoài trời

patient (adj) /ˈpeɪʃnt/ : kiên nhẫn

- responsibility (n)

/rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

: trách nhiệm

- maturity (n)

/məˈtjʊərəti/ : sự trưởng thành

- valuable (adj) /ˈvæljuəbl/ : quý giá, quan trọng, hữu ích

* Vocabulary
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. outdoor (adj)

/ˈaʊtdɔː(r)/

ngoài trời

2. patient (adj)

/ˈpeɪʃnt/

kiên nhẫn

/rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

trách nhiệm

4. maturity (adj)

/ məˈtjʊərəti/

sự trưởng thành

5. valuable (adj)

/ˈvæljuəbl/

quý giá, quan trọng,
hữu ích

3. responsibility (n)

* Checking vocabulary
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1.

outdoor (adj)

/ˈaʊtdɔː(r)/

ngoài trời

2.

patient (adj)

/ˈpeɪʃnt/

kiên nhẫn

3.

responsibility (n)

/rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

trách nhiệm

4.

maturity (adj)

/ məˈtjʊərəti/

sự trưởng thành

5.

valuable (adj)

/ˈvæljuəbl/

quý giá, quan trọng,
hữu ích

I. READING

1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the questions below.
1. What can you see in the picture?
2. In your opinion, what is good about
gardening?

 1. In the picture, I can see 3 people. Maybe It's a family. They
are gardening together. There are a lot of plants around.
 2. In my opinion, gardening is very good. It helps people protect
our environment. Gardening can help us have clean food to eat.

I. READING
the text about gardening. Match each word in column A with its
2 Read
definition in column B.
People divide hobbies into four big groups: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning
things. Gardening belongs to the most popular group - doing things.
Gardening is one of the oldest outdoor activities. It has something for everyone, even for children.
Gardening teaches children about flowers, fruits, and vegetables. They can also learn about insects and
bugs. When gardening, children learn to be patient and take on responsibility. They learn to wait for the
plants to grow to maturity And if they don't water their plants, their plants will die. This teaches them
valuable lessons about responsibility.
Gardening is also good because everyone in the family can join in and do something together. My mum
and I love gardening. We usually spend an hour a day in our garden. It really makes us happy, and we
love spending time together.

II. READING
the text about gardening. Match each word in column A with its
2 Read
definition in column B.

1. b
2. e
3. c
4. a
5. d

I. READING

3

Read the text again. Complete each sentence with no more than
THREE words.

things
1. Gardening belongs to the group doing
of _______________.
insects and bugs
2. Gardening teaches children about flowers, fruits, vegetables,
_______________.

patient

join in and responsible.
3. Gardening makes children become ______________
an hour
4. It is an activity that everyone in the family can
______________.
5. The author and her mother usually garden for ______________ a day.

II. SPEAKING

4

Work in pairs. Match each hobby with its benefit(s). One hobby may have
more than one benefit.

1. c, d
2. b, c
3. a, c, d, e

II. SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Ask one another the following questions. Then present
your partners' answers to the class.

1. What is your favourite hobby?
2. What are its benefits?
Example:
My friend Mi's favourite hobby
is
collecting stamps. It helps her
be more patient.

II. SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Ask one another the following questions. Then present
your partners' answers to the class.

1. What is your favourite hobby?
 My favourite hobby is playing football.

2. What are its benefits?
 It makes me strong.
 My friend Phong's favourite hobby is playing football.
lt makes him strong

II. SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Ask one another the following questions. Then present
your partners' answers to the class.

1. What is your favourite hobby?
 My favourite hobby is listening to English music

2. What are its benefits?
 It makes me happy and helps me improve my english
 My friend Hoa's favourite hobby is listening to music
lt makes her happy and helps me improve my english

PRODUCTION
Let's give comments for
your friends and vote for
the most interesting and
informative presentation.

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

READING

SPEAKING

Gardening as a hobby

Benefits of hobbies

2

HOMEWORK
 Write down your opinions about
carving eggshells.
 Search for more information about
this unique hobby.

- Learn

new words by heart .

- Do more exercises in workbook.
- Prepare: Skills 2

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