Unit 13 - Listening

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UNIT13: HOBBIES
LISTENING
New words:
magazine / mægƏ’zi:n/ (n): a type of large thin book that you can buy every
week or month – tạp chí
get fed up with : chán ngấy với
continually /kƏn’tinjƲƏli/ (adv) : liên tục, liên miên
bygone / ‘bɑigɒnz/ (adj): happening a long time ago – (thuộc) quá khứ, cũ, xưa
achievement /ǝ’t∫i:vmǝnt/ (n): thing that somebody has done successfully
sự hoàn thành
gigantic /dƷai’gæntik/ (adj): extremely large = enormous, huge – khổng lồ
fascinating / ‘fæsineitiŋg/ (adj): extremely interesting and attractive – quyến rũ
cope with : chống lại, đương đầu với
ignorantly /’ignǝrǝntli/ (adv) : ngu dốt, dốt nát
=> ignorant (adj)
profitably / prɒfi’tiǝbli/ (adv): 1 cách có lợi
=>profitable (adj)
Listen to the tapescript
My hobby is reading. I read story books,magazines,newspapers and my kind of material that I find interesting.
My hobby got started when I was a little boy. I had always wanted my parents to read fairy tales and other stories to me. Soon they got fed up with having to read to me continually. So as soon as I could, I learned to read. I started with simple ABC books. Soon I could read simple fairy tales and stories. Now I read just about anything that is available.
Reading enables me to learn about so many things. I learned about how people lived in bygone days. I learned about the wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things.
The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a disease to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to learn about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have certainly helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about ignorantly learning things the hard way.
So I continues to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby.
TASK 1: You will, hear a student talk about his hobby. Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements are True or False
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ARE YOU READY ???
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playing guitar
riding horse
singing
swimming
watching TV
basketball
riding bicycle
playing chess
fishing
football
listening to music
playing tennis
reading
playing video games
going to cinema
travelling
surfing web
drawing
collecting stamps
taking photographs
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