Unit 14:
RECREATION
READING
BEFORE YOU READ
WARM-UP
1
2
4
3

5
6
7
9
8
A general word manifest the complete meaning of the pictures
Sport
A game played on a rectangular court by two players(two pairs) of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
TENNIS
A game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent`s goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent`s goal posts.
FOOTBALL
This is affair in common use to extend your knowledge about subjects, the earth, the nature, the animals, the literature of world, the famous persons……
READING BOOK
You see what happens on the broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube.
WATCHING TV
In the West,this is a form of exercise to improve the health. In religion, its goal is liberation from all worldly sufferring and the cycle of birth and death.
Yoga
Giving attention with the ear to an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
PLAYING GUITAR
Nowaday, you can do it whenever, wherever if you have cellphone or walkman…You feel comfortable, relax when you hear and sing the songs you like.
LISTEN TO MUSIC
You often do it when you want to become a modern fashion person or you need to have everything to serve your demand.
SHOPPING
While you read
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, goes an English saying. Recreation and entertainment are important to people anywhere in the world. However, forms of popular entertainment are different in different countries.
While you read:
In Britain, the most common leisure activities are home based. Watching television is by far the most popular pastime, and nearly all households have a television set. Over 51 percent of households have two or more television sets and average viewing time for the population aged four and over is 25 hours a week. Other pursuits include listen to music, reading, do-it-yourself home improvements, and gardening.
British people are also very interested in watching and taking part in sports. Walking and swimming are the two most popular sporting activitives, being almost equally undertaken by men and women. Snooker, pool and darts are the next most popular sports among men. The most popular spectator sports are football and rugby in winter, and cricket and athletics in summer.
In the last few years in Britain, a new trend has been developing, i.e., taking weekend or holiday courses. There is an enormous range of course on offer. The course can be as simple as bricklaying or as sophisticated as making your own stock market decisions. For people who are interested in arts, there are course in painting or drawing. People who like music can take a course in karaoke singing. Courses like shoemaking or glass engraving provide people with pratical skills they can do with their hands. Those who want to improve their minds can take a course of “Living with more meaning”. Entry qualifications to weekend courses are generous, that is, generally no qualifications are necessary, apart from an ability to pay the fees, which may be quite high.
a) Popular sports in Britain
b) Home-based activities
c) A new kind of recreational activity
d) The importance of recreation
Match 4 paragraphs with 4 headings
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
TASK 1
The words/phrases in italics in the following sentences all appear in the passage. Circle the correct answer.
1. The activities are home based. They are organised ...............
A.at home B.outdoors C. in the basement of the house
2. Television viewing is by far the most popular pastime. This means......
A.people have to go very far to watch television
B.television viewing is much popular than any other pastime
C.television viewing is as popular as other pastimes
3. There are many different courses on offer. This means .......
A.there are many different courses on television
B.there are many different courses to be taken
C.there are many different courses that teach people to make offers
4. Besides watching television, people have other pursuits. This means.....
A.besides watching television, people have other leisure activities
B.besides watching television, people have to work
C.besides watching television, people don’t enjoy doing anything else
5. Spectator sports are........
A.sports people take part in
B.sports people often watch
C.beautiful sports
6. Entry qualifications are............
A.necessary conditions for being admitted to the course
B.ability to pay the fees
C.entry examinations
THAT’S RIGHT
THAT’S WRONG
TASK 2
Answer the questions.
Why are recreation and entertainment important to people?
2. What sports do the British like watching?
3. What sports do they like taking part in?
4. Why do many British people take weekend courses?
Because without them, people will become dull or bored.
They like watching football and rugby in winter, and cricket and athletics in summer
They like taking part in walking and swimming.
Because this is a new kind of entertainment which gives them pleasure.
After you read
-watching T.V
-listening to music
-reading, gardening
-playing sports
-singing karaoke
-playing pool
-playing darts
-glass engraving
-shoemaking
-bricklaying
-stock market
popular
not popular
Work in groups. Discuss the question: Which of the British leisure activities mentioned in the passage are also popular in Vietnam?Which are not?
stock market
bricklaying
shoemaking
playing pool
playing darts
glass engraving
A
N
G
E
Q
U
A
L
A
C
T
I
O
N
Q
P
U
S
U
E
H
O
U
S
H
O
S
D
L
Y
L
U
A
F
L
I
T
H
E
L
R
S
E
T
O
G
N
R
O
B
D
N
E
T
C
I
A
T
E
D
S
O
P
S
I
R
E
I
R
E
A
T
N
I
H
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
9
10
2.they share the housework ____between them
3.One of the ____you need to work here is carefulness
4.In our country, nearly all ____have a television set.
 5._____ from all over the world take part in the Olympic Games 
6.Teenagers have a ____ to imitate their idols and collect their pictures as a hobby
7.The football match was so dull that most of the spectators left at half-time
8.The course can be as ____ as making your own stock market decisions.
9.These houses are____ offer at bargain prices
1.There is a wide ___of colours and patterns for us to choose in that clothing store
the end