Competition game
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1. The place where you live
2. The opposite of “young” is…
3. The place where you can come to take some activities: sing, dance, speak English
4. The day you were born is your…
5. A bird can …
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1. The place where you live
2. The opposite of “young” is…
3. The place where you can come to take some activities: sing, dance, speak English
4. The day you were born is your…
5. A bird can …

Hobby
Hobbies
A: Reading
Unit 13: HOBBIES
Monday, february 25th 2008
I- Before you read:
1. What do you often do in your free time?
2. What are your hobbies?
II- While you read:
Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow
+ guitarist (n): [gi`tɑ:rist} : ng­êi ch¬i ®µn ghi-ta
+ tank (n) [tæηk]: bÓ, thïng
a glass fish tank: bÓ c¸ thuû tinh
+ throw smth away ~ give smth up: tõ bá, vøt bá
+ tune (n): [tju:n]: ®iÖu, giai ®iÖu
Task1: The words and phrases below all appear in the passage. Use a dictionary to get their meaning. Then translate them into Vietnamese

1.Accomplished…………………………………………
2. Accompanying………………………………………
3. Modest ………………………………………………
4. Avid …………………………………………………..
5. Discarded ……………………………………………
6. Indulge in ……………………………………………
7. Keep me occupied …………………………………
Unit 13: HOBBIES
Monday, february 25th 2008
New vocabularies
+ admire [əd`maiə]: ng­ìng mé, h©m mé

Work in pairs to match the words in column A
with a suitable meanings or definitions in column B:
A
1.Accomplished
2. Accompanying
3. Modest
4. Avid
5. Discarded
6. Indulge in
7. Keep me occupied



B
a. Keep me busy
b. well-trained / skilled
c. Be keen on/ to allow oneself the pleasure of
d. Thrown away (v)
e. (going with a singer) using a musical instrument (v)
f. Eager
g. humble
Unit 13: HOBBIES
Monday, february 25th 2008
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1.Accomplished
2. Accompanying
3. Modest
4. Avid
5. Discarded
6. Indulge in
7. Keep me occupied
B
a. Keep me busy (a)
b. well-trained / skilled (v)
c. (keen on) to allow oneself
the pleasure of (a)
d. Thrown away (v)
e. (going with a singer)
using a musical instrument
f. Eager (a)
g. Humble (a)
1 - b
2 - e
4 - f
5 - d
6 - c
7 - a
Answers:
Unit 13: HOBBIES
Monday, february 25th 2008
3 - g

1.Accomplished : tµi hoa
2. Accompanying: ®Öm ®µn
3. Modest: khiªm tèn
4. Avid: khao kh¸t
5. Discarded : ®· bá ®i
6. Indulge in: say mª
7. Keep me occupied : lµm cho t«i bËn rén

Tasks 2: Work in groups. Answer the questions (in the book)
1. What is the writer’s first hobby?
His first hobby is playing his guitar
2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?
No, he isn`t
3. Why does the writer admire his uncle?
Because he`s an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar
4. What is the writer`s second hobby?
His second hobby is keeping fish
He bought some from shop and collected some from the rice field near his house
6. What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
He is an avid stamp collector
5. How did he collect his fish?
7. Where does he collect the stamps?
He collects them from discarded envelopes his relatives and friends give him.
Local stamps
8. Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?
9. What does the writer do with the less common stamp and with the common one?
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 simple throws them away.
III- After you read:
Work in groups. Talk about your hobby
1. What is your hobby?
2. When did you start it?
3. How much time do you spend on it?
Answer the questions below.
Homework
Write a paragraph about 60 words to talk about your hobby
Thank you for attending my lesson