Giáo viên: Vũ Thanh Tùng
What do you do in your free time?
Leisure activities
Listening to music
Reading books
walking
Cooking
Gardening
Play sports
Playing chess
Watching film
1. What ‘s she doing?
- She is playing the guitar.
2. What are they doing?
They are having (joining) a party.
They are playing football.
She is watching T.V at home.
When do they do these kinds of things?
What for?
In order to know more about British leisure activities read the passage on page 155.
- recreation (n)
- pastime (n)
- household (n)
- course (n)
- Apart from ~ except
- enormous (adj)
- Bricklaying (n)
- sophisticated (adj)
- undertake (v)
New words :
1. The activities are home based. They are organised
. . . . . . . .
A. at home B. outdoors C.in the basement of the house
Television viewing is by far the most popular pastime. This means . . . . . . . . . .
people have to go very far to watch television.
Television viewing is much more popular than any other pastime.
television viewing is as popular as other pastimes
Task 1 :
3. There are many different courses on offer. This means . . . . . . .
There are many different courses on television.
There are many different courses to be taken.
There are many different courses that teach people to make offers.
4. Spectator sports are . . . . . . .
Sports people take part in
Sports people often watch
Beautiful sports.
5. Besides watching television, people have other pursuits. This means . . . . . .
Besides watching television, people have other leisure activities.
Besides watching television, people have to work.
Besides watching television, people don’t enjoy doing anything else.

6. Entry qualifications are . . . . . . . . . .
Necessary conditions for being admitted to the course.
Ability to pay the fees.
Entry examination.
1. Why are recreation and entertainment important to people?
Recreation and entertainment are important
to people because without them people will
become dull/ bored.
2. What sports do the British like watching?
They like watching football and rugby in winter
and cricket and athletics in summer.
3. What sports do they like take part in ?
They like take part in walking and swimming.
4. Why do many British people take weekend courses?
Because weekend courses give them great pleasure.
Task 2 : answer the questions
1. British people often spend_________ a week watching television.
2. ______,_____ and________are some sports undertaken by British men.
3. British people like watching _________ and _____ in winter and ______and _________in summer.
4. People get practical skills from courses like ___________ or ______________
5. In order to take these courses learners must pay __________
Complete the following sentences with the missing information
25 hours
Snooker,pool
rugby
football
dart
cricket
athletics
glass engraving
high fees
shoemaking
- Go through and learn the lesson.
- Prepare Unit 14 (cont) : Speaking
Homework :