Unit 1: Getting started

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UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES
Lesson 1: Getting started
My favourite hobby
Vocabulary:
- collect (v.):
- unusual (adj.):
- a piece of cake (idom):
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dễ ợt
1. Listen and read.
Nick: Hi Mi, welcome to our house!
Elena: Come upstairs! I’ll show you 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.
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b. Answer the following questions.
1. When does Elena receive dolls from her family members?
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2. Are her dolls the same?
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3. How does Mi collect bottles?
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4. Does Mi think collecting bottles costs much money?
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5. Has Nick climbed mountains in other countries?
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She receives dolls on special occasions.
No, they aren’t.
She keeps the bottles after using them.
No, she doesn’t.
No, he hasn’t.
Cycling : đạp xe
Taking photos : chụp hình
Cooking : nấu ăn
Bird-watching : ngắm chim
Gardening : làm vườn
Arranging flowers : cắm hoa
Skating : trượt pa-tanh
Play the guitar : chơi đàn ghita
Play board games : chơi cờ trên bàn cờ(cờ tỷ phú /cờ vua)
2. Listen and repeat.
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3…………………………
4…………………
5…………………............
6………………
skating
playing board games
taking photos
cycling
playing the guitar
gardening
3. Choose the words/ phrases in 2 that match the pictures below.
Write them in the spaces.
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8………………………….
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bird-watching
cooking
arranging flowers
Can you add some other hobbies to the lists?
4. Work in pairs and complete the tables below. Do you think the hobbies in 3
are cheap or expensive, easy or difficult?
HOMEWORK
Learn Vocabulary by heart.
Prepare Unit 1
Lesson 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1 (P.8-9)
- Do the tasks (P.8- 9)