Welcome to our lesson

What are these pictures about ?
Playing football
Listening
to music
Fishing
Playing
chess
swimming
Playing video games
Reading books
Hobbies
Unit 13
Part A
Reading
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Before you read
Read through the passage
and find out the new words
I. Before you read
II. While you read
TASK 1 : Match the words or phrases with their definitions
1. accomplished
a. Keep me busy
b. Thrown away
c. well-trained
d. Going with a singer,
using a musical instrument
e. Let yourself do
something that you enjoy
f. eager, crazy
g. Not very big
2. accompanying
3. modest
4. avid
5. discarded
6. indulge in
7. keep me occupied
Task 2: work in groups. 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 ?
Task 2
What is the writer’s first hobby ?
2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?
3. Why does the writer admire his uncle ?
What is the writer’s second hobby ?
It’s playing the guitar.
No, he isn’t.
Because his uncle is an accomplished guitarist and he’s very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
It’s keeping fish.
5. How did he collect his fish?
He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house.
6. What kind of stamps collector is the writer ?
He’s not an avid stamp collector.
7. Where does he collect the stamps?
He collects them from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him.
8. Which does the writer get more of,
local stamps or foreign stamps?
Local stamps.
9. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?
He keeps the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply
throws them away.
1. It’s playing the guitar.
2. No, he isn’t.
3. Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and
he’s good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
4. It’s keeping fish.
5. He bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his house.
6. He’s not an avid stamp collector.
7. He collects them from discarded envelopes that his relatives and friends give him
8. Local stamps
9. He keeps the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply throws them away.





Work in pairs. Ask and answer about hobbies
What is your hobby?
When do you usually do it ?
How much time do you spend on it?
Who do you usually …. with?
Why do you enjoy … ?
My hobby is reading books.
I usually read books
in the evening.
I read books 2 hours a day.
I usually read books alone (friends/parents/
sisters…)
Reading books helps me to broaden my knowledge.
Hobbies
Learn by heart the new words
and build up sentences with them.
2. Write a short paragraph about
your hobbies.
Thank you for your attention