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fishing
singing
collecting stamps
playing the guitar
swimming
playing chess
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* Warm up :Matching
jogging
UNIT 13 HOBBIES
Period 80 READING

UNIT 13 HOBBIES


I. Before you read
*Vocabulary
1.accomplished (adj): = talented , well-trained ; tài năng
2. accompany (v): go with: hộ tống, đi cùng, đệm đàn
-The Prime Minister is always accompanied by faithful body-guards.
- My uncle accompany people with his guitar.
3. admire (v) : appreciate(v) kính trọng
My Tam is my favourite singer. I admire her a lot.
4. modest (adj) khiêm tốn
eg They are workers. They live in a modest little house.
5. discarded (adj): thrown away
6. once in a while = sometimes
7. indulge in = take interest in
8. while (n) (khoảng ) thời gian
She worked in a bank for a while before studying law.




Key: 1-c 2-d 3-g 4-f 5-b 6-e 7-a
UNIT 13 HOBBIES


Before you read
* Task 1 : Match the words or phrases with their definitions
II. While you read
Task 2 : Answer the questions
What is the writer’s first hobby?
Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?
Why does the writer admire his uncle?
What is the writer’s second hobby ?
How did he collect his fish?
What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
Where does he collect the stamps?
Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?
What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?
UNIT 13 HOBBIES
UNIT 13 HOBBIES

II. While you read
Task 2 : Answer the questions
1.It is playing the guitar.
2. Yes, he is.
3 .Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
4. It is keeping fish.
5. He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house.
6. He is not an avid stamp collector.
7. He collects stamps from discarded envelopes, his relatives, and his friends.
8. He gets more of local stamps.
9.He keeps the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones he usually gives away to others or throws them away.



UNIT 13 HOBBIES
III. After you read
Fill in the blank with one suitable word or phrase.



The writer has three (1) _______ in the passage. The first hobby is playing (2) _______. His (3) _______ taught him how to play it. The second hobby is keeping (4) _______. He collected them from the (5) _______ or (6) _______ them from the shop. The third one is keeping (7) _______. He collects them from the (8) _______ envelopes. He isn`t an (9) _______ stamp – collector. All of his hobbies keep him (10) _______.
hobbies
the guitar
uncle
fish
rice field
bought
stamps
discarded
avid
occupied



WHAT?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
My hobby is reading books.
I like reading when I have free time.
I often read on the bed.
Reading helps me to relax and get knowledge.
HOBBIES

Homework
Talk about your own hobbies.