UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

English 7
 I. Vocabulary
• upstairs (n) /ˌʌpˈsteəz/  tầng trên
• collecting /kəˈlɛktɪŋ/  thu thập
• unusual (a) /ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl/  bất thường
• special occasions/ˈspɛʃəl əˈkeɪʒənz/  dịp đặc biệt
• piece of cake (idom) /piːs/ /ɒv/ /keɪk/  dễ ợt
• other countries (n) /ˈʌðə/ /ˈkʌntriz/  các nước khác

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II.Listen and read.
Nick: Hi Mi, welcome to our house!
Elena: Come upstairs! I'll show my room.
Mi: Wow! You have so many dolls.
Elena: Yes. My hobby is collecting dolls. Do you have a hobby?
Mi: I like collecting glass bottles.
Elena: Really? That's very unusual. Is it expensive?
Mi: Not at all, I just keep the bottles after we use them. What about doll collecting? Is it
expensive?
Elena: I guess so, but all of my dolls are presents. My parents, and my aunt and uncle
always give me dolls on special occasions.
Mi: Your dolls are all very different.
Elena: Yes, they're from all over the world!
Nick: I don't know why girls collect things. It's a piece of cake.
Mi: Do you have a difficult hobby, Nick?
Nick: Yes, I enjoy mountain climbing.
Mi: But Nick, there are no mountains around here!
Nick: I know. I'm in a mountain climbing club. We travel to mountains around Viet Nam.
In the future, I'll climb mountains in other countries too.
 II. Listen and read
Activity 1a. Are the sentences below true (T) or
false (F)?
1. Elena’s room is on the first floor. F
2. There are a lot of dolls in Elena’s room. T
3. Mi has the same hobby as Elena. F
4. Elena’s grandparents usually give her dolls. F
5. Nick thinks mountain climbing is more T
challenging than collecting things.

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Activity 1b. Answer the following questions.
1. When does Elena receive dolls from her family
members?
She receives dolls on special occasions.
2. Are her dolls the same?
No, they aren’t.
3. How does Mi collect bottles?
She keeps the bottles after using them.
4. Does Mi think collecting bottles costs much money?
No, she doesn’t.
5. Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?
No, he hasn’t.
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Activity 2. Listen and repeat.
cycling arranging flowers
taking photos skating
cooking playing the guitar
bird-watching playing board games
gardening

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Activity 3. Choose the words/phrases in 2 that match
the pictures below. Write them in the spaces.

1 2
playing board games taking photos

3 4

bird-watching cycling 7
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playing the guitar gardening

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arranging flowers

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cooking skating 8
4. Work in pair and complete the tables below. Do
you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive,
easy or difficult.
1. Cheap hobbies playing board games
bird-watching drawing
2. Expensive hobbies taking photos
playing the guitar collecting stamps
3. Easy hobbies cycling gardening reading book
4. Difficult hobbies cooking arranging flowers
skiing
Activity 4. Work in pairs and complete the tables below.
Do you think the hobbies in 3 are cheap or expensive,
easy or difficult? Can you add some other hobbies to
the lists?
Cheap hobbies Expensive hobbies
playing board games, taking photos,
gardening, cycling,
bird-watching, playing the guitar,
collecting old bottles, …
cooking,
arranging flowers,
collecting watches, …

Easy hobbies Difficult hobbies

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Activity 5a.
Student 1:
A: Do you like cycling?
B: Yes, I do.

Student 2:
A: Do you like bird- watching?
B: No, I don’t.

Student 3
A: Do you like playing guitar?
B: Yes, I do.
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Activity 5b. In the table below, write your classmates’
names beside the hobbies they like. The student with
the most names wins.
Find someone who likes …
cycling
 
arranging flowers
taking photos
skating
 
cooking
playing the guitar
bird-watching
playing board games
gardening
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 III. Homework
• Do exercise in your workbook.
• Prepare next lesson: A closer look 1.

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