He likes playing the guitar
The girl likes the animals
He likes fishing
She likes singing
They like swimming
They like going for a picnic.
These are hobbies
LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND GUESS
Reading
Unit 13:
LOOK AT YOUR BOOKS AND LISTEN TO THE TEXT
PRE-READING :NEW WORDS
1.Tune(s) (n)
5.Once in a while (epx)
4.Glass fish tank (n.phr)
3.Keeping fish (phr)
2.Admire (v) –admiration (n)
A
B
C
D
E
1.Tunes (n)

2.Admire (v)

3.Keeping fish (phr)

4.Glass fish tank (n.phr)

5.Once in a while (epx)
While-reading
Task1.Look at the pictures and some suggested words, phrases,
sentences,then guess the meanings of the words and phrases below :
3.Modest (adj)
4. Avid (adj)
Well-trained
1.Accomplished (adj)
She’s both singing and accompanying
2.Accompanying (v+ing)

not very big
big
small
He is an avid guitarist without noticing everyone around
= Eager
5. Discarded (adj)

Thrown away
6. Indulge in (v)

Let yourself do sth that you enjoy
7.Keep me occupied (epx)

keep me busy
The girl is indulging in the toys
Task 2: Answer the questions (Work in groups).
1. What is the writer’s first hobby?
2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist ?
3. Why does the writer admire his uncle ?
4. What is the writer’s second hobby ?
5. How did he collect his fish ?
6. What kind of stamp collector is the writer ?
7. Where does he collect the stamps ?
8.Which does the writer get more of,local stamps or foreign stamps ?
9. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with common ones ?
His first hobby is playing the guitar .(line1;p2)
No, he isn’t .(line1;p2)
Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar.(line2 and 6;p2)

His second hobby is keeping fish.(line1;p3).
He bought some in a shop and collected some others from the rice field near his house.(line2,3;p3)
He is an avid stamp collector.(line1;p4)
He collects them from discarded envelopes given by his relatives or friends.(line2,3;p4)
He gets more local stamps.(line3;p4)

He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album and he usually gives the common ones to others or throws them away if no one wants them.(line5,6,7;p4)

After you read
Talk about your hobbies, using the suggestions below
1.What is your hobby?

2.Why do you choose it?

3. How much time do you spend on it?

4. How much money do you spend on it ?

5. How do you find your hobby ?
1.Summarise the text.
2.Learn new words by heart and make sentences with them.
3.Write a passage about your hobby.