Unit 13. reading

Good morning!
Let`s play a game!
The rule of the game
There are 10 pictures and 10 names of those pictures.
In group of 4-5, you have to match each picture with its name.
Which group finishes first and has biggest correct answers will be the winner!

Good luck to you!
Swimming
Playing chess
Fishing
Stamp-collecting
Mountain-climbing
Playing computer games
Reading books
Watching TV
Keeping fish
Playing the guitar
You are the winners!

Unit 13
Hobbies
(Reading)
Task 1
The words and phrases below all appear in the passage. Use a dictionary to get their meaning. Then translate them into Vietnamese and do the following exercise.

accomplished  (adjective) : skilled (có tài, tài hoa, cừ khôi)
accompany (music) (verb)to sing or play an instrument with another musician or singer: đệm đàn, hát cùng...
modest (adjective) not large in size or amount, or not expensive: đơn giản, giản dị, nhỏ
avid  (adjective) extremely eager or interested: khao khát, thèm thuồng...
discarded (adjective) to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it: bỏ, loại bỏ, vứt bỏ...
indulge (verb) ( to indulge in something) say mê, say sưa
occupy (verb) to keep someone busy or interested: bận rộn...


Task 1
Fill those words into blanks
1. I’ll forget about dieting today. I’m going to …………………..eating whatever I like.
2. He’s an ……………….musician. All his songs are very popular.
3. I love all fictions by Sydney Sheldon. I’m an ………………collector of his works.
4. He doesn’t like a big house in the centre. His only dream is to have a ………….little house on the outskirt.
5. I spend most of my free time looking after these puppies. They really…………..
6. They don’t need the old radio any more. It can be…………..
7. Her mother loves………………..her on the organ.



Task 1
1. I’ll forget about dieting today. I’m going to …………………..eating whatever I like.

2. He’s an ………………....musician. All his songs are very popular.

3. I love all fictions by Sydney Sheldon. I’m an ………………collector of his works.

indulge in
accomplished
avid
Task 1
4. He doesn’t like a big house in the centre. His only dream is to have a ......…………. little house on the outskirt.

5. I spend most of my free time looking after these puppies. They really.......…………................


modest
keep me occupied
Task 1

6. They don’t need the old radio any more. It can be…………...........

7. Her mother loves………………......her on the organ.
discarded
accompanying
Answers for task 2
The writer’s first hobby is playing the guitar. (line 1, paragraph 2)
No, he/she isn’t. (His/her uncle is). (line 2, paragraph 2)
Because he’s an accomplished guitarist and he’s good at accompanying people singing with his guitar. (line 1, line 5-6, paragraph 2)

Answers for task 2
4. It is keeping fish. (line 2, paragraph 3)

5. He/she bought some from the shop and collected some from the rice field near his/her house. (line 2-4, paragraph 3)

6. He/she is not an avid stamp collector. (line 1, paragraph 4)
Answers for task 2
7. He collects them from discarded envelops his relatives and friends give him/her. (line 2-3, paragraph 4)
8. Local stamps. (line 3-4, paragraph 4)
9. He/she keeps the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones he/she usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he/she simply throws them away. (line 5-7, paragraph 4)
Homework

Learn by heart new words !

At home, talk about your hobbies with your friends !