Unit 13: Hobbies Listening Before you listen What are the benefits of reading books? knowledge relaxation/ recreation improving the language skills the easiest way to learn the cheapest way to travel enrich our imagination/ mind Listen and repeat magazines Profitably (adv): có lợi, thuận lợi Continually (adv): liên tục, không ngớt Available (adj):có thể có Otherwise (adv):bằng không, không Bygone (adj): qúa khứ, qua Gigantic (adj): khổng lồ, to lớn Ignorantly (adv): ngu dốt material (n): tài liệu enable (v): làm cho fairy tale: truyện cổ tích jungle (n): rừng già nhiệt đới cope with (v): đương đầu, đối phó với catch a disease (v): bị mắc bệnh go about (v): lòng vòng ABC book: sách vỡ lòng Task 1: True or false? The writer started his hobby when he was T young =My hobby got started when I was a little boy His parents were interested in reading fairy F tales and other stories to him =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 True or false? The writer didn’t start with ABC books F = I started with simple ABC books Now he reads all the books available =F Now I read just about anything that is available True or false? Reading helps the writer to know many things T = Reading enables me to learn about so many things According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard T =The wonderful thing about reading is that I don’t have to learn things the very hard way True or false? The writer is able to know about a tiger through T reading = Also I not have to go deep into the jungle to find out about tigers I can read all about it in a book Books might help him in his daily life F = They have certainly helped me in my daily life Task Write the missing words wonderful The (1) ……… thing about reading is that I not have to learn things the very hard way For example, I not have to catch a (2) ……… todisease know that it can kill me I know the danger, so I can avoid it Also I don’t have to go deep into the (3) …… to find outjungle about tigers I can read all about it in a book Books provide the readers with so many facts and so many information They have certainly helped me in my daily life I am better equipped to (4) ……… with living Otherwise, I would go about (5) ……… learning cope things the hard way So I continue ignorantlyto read Reading is indeed a good hobby After you read Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading Inactivity Ill-health impractical /theoretical lack of real life knowledge helpless inactive a bookworm: moït saùch