Unit 13 - Reading

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UNIT 13:
HOBBIES
Go Fishing
Reading
BEFORE YOU READ
Watching TV
Singing
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Match in each picture with right active
Swimming ________

Playing chess ________

Keeping fish ________

Collecting stamps ______

Fishing ________

Playing guitar ________
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WHILE YOU READ
WHILE YOU READ
There are a number of things I like to do in my free time. They are my hobbies.
The hobby I like most is playing my guitar. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. Now I can play a few simple tunes. I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful at this. My uncle tells me that all I need is to practise regularly and I should be able to do it. He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much.
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest little grass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish. Some of theme were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house. They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank. I love watching them and my mother loves watching them, too.


I keep stamps, too. However, I would not call myself an avid stamp collector. Actually, I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that my relatives and friends give me. Mostly I get local stamps. Once in a while, I get stamps from places like Russia, the USA, Britain, Australia, China and others. I keep the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones I usually give away to others or if no one wants them I simply throw them away.
There are other hobbies that I indulge in for a while, but they are not as interesting as the ones I’ve been talking about. They really keep me occupied and I am glad I am able to do them.
WHILE YOU READ
Task 1: The words and phrases below all appear in the passage. Use a dictionary to get their meaning. Then translate them into Vietnamese.
Talened, skilled
Có tài, tài hoa
Going with a singer
Đệm đàn
Limited in size, humble
Vừa phải, khiêm tốn
Excited, eager
thrown away
Hăng hái, nhiệt tình
bị ném đi, vứt bỏ
let yourself do st that you enjoy
Ham mê, thích thú
Keep me busy
Luôn bận rộn
Task 2: Answer the questions:
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 this he collect his fish?


 His first hobby is playing the guitar .
 No, he isn’t .
 Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is good at accompanying people singing by his guitar.
 His second hobby is keeping fish.
 He bought some in a shop and collected some others from the rice field near his house.
Task 2: Answer the questions:
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 the common stamps?

 He is an avid stamp collector.
 He collects them from discarded envelopes given by his relatives or friends.
 He gets more local stamps.
 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.
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