Today we are going to talk
hobbies!
Listen and repeat
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writing stories
skateboarding
sewing
ice-skating
collecting stamps
knitting
playing chess
boxing
football
painting
songwriting
fencing
Which of these hobbies are not popular with teenagers today?
Sewing is not popular with teenagers nowadays but my granny used to sew when she was my age.
writing stories
skateboarding
sewing
ice-skating
collecting stamps
knitting
playing chess
boxing
football
painting
songwriting
fencing
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Learn new words
- Athletic
- Sociable
- Patient
- Imaginative
- Creative
- Artistic
- Fit
- Daring
- Determined
- Curious
Artistic
Fit
Daring
Creative
Curious
Imaginative
Sociable
Determined
Patient
Athletic
What qualities do you need to have to do the activities?
What qualities do you need to have to do the activities?
I need to be fit to box .
Hobbies
Qualities
Read Study skills. What does break mean?
break
To destroy or end something, or to come to an end.
To interrupt or to stop something for a short period.
Ambition
Trip
Read the sentences. What does drive mean?
I admire her drive and enthusiasm.
To move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle’s movement.
Let’s go for a drive in the country.
Energy and determination to achieve things.
Before reading learn new words.
To staple
Болезнь
Скреплять
Пробовать, испытывать
Disease
To try out
Самый новый, последний
Взлёт (карьеры)
Determined
Latest
To take off
Решительный
Открывать, обнаруживать
To detect
To pay attention to
Основывать, открывать
Обращать внимание
To set up
Заменять
To piece together
Бояться чего-либо
To be afraid of
Соединять
To replace
Охлаждать
Награды
Разрабатывать
To refrigerate
To design
Awards
Быть завистливым
Reality
Руководить ч-л,
To be jealous of
To be in charge of
Реальность
к-л
Империя
Blood sample
Заменять, подменять
To substitute
Образцы крови
Empire
Before reading learn new words.
Before reading learn new words.
Read the title of the text. What does ‘drive’ mean: ambition or trip? What is the text about? Listen, read and check.
Some teenagers spend their whole lives playing computer games, watching TV or just complaining that they are bored! While some others get out there and do things! Meet America’s new generation of dynamic teens!
In this context, the word ‘ drive ’ means ‘ambition’. The text is about ambitious American teenagers and their success.
Read the text.
Akiane Kramarik is a girl from a small town in Idaho whose favourite hobby is painting. Akiane is very creative and learned how to use pastels when she was six. She pays a lot of attention to detail and her paintings are very realistic. She finished 40 paintings that sold for as much as $25,000.
In December 2001, Raynece Leader-Thomson, who was a student at Edison Middle School, had to do a science project. Her mother helped her design a game which makes learning maths simple as well as fun! Raynece got an ‘A’ grade for her project so her teacher gave it to some younger students to try out . Soon after that people started to ask for their own copy of the game. So they set up a company called, ‘Math Works, LLC!’
Esteban Cortezar is a young man whose love for fashion began when he was a child I Colombia. He began designing when he was ten. He used to take old clothes apart and then staple pieces back together again. Today Esteban is in charge of a growing fashion empire . He recently travelled to New York, where he showed his latest collection during fashion week. Esteban is determined to succeed and it looks like he is going the right way about it!
Chase Austin competed in his first race at the age of eight in a go-kart pieced together by his father. The 16-year-old certainly loves speed and has a career which many people could be jealous of . This young man from Kansas is not afraid of hard work and that’s why he was won so many awards .
Which teenagers can sell the things they make?
Which teenagers work with colours?
Which teenager has a competitive hobby?
Now answer my questions!
Which teenagers designed something?
Which teenager started their hobby as part of a school project?
Raynece Leader-Thomson
Raynece Leader-Thomson,
Akiane Kramarik, Raynece Leader-Thomson, Esteban Cortezar
Chase Austin
Akiane Kramarik, Esteban Cortezar
Esteban Cortezar
Match the words in bold to their meanings
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staple
try out
latest
determined
set up
pays a lot of attention
pieced together
afraid of
Eager to do sth
Prizes for doing sth
To want sth that sb else has
The most recent
Large group of companies/countries
Put together from small pieces
Stick together with small pieces of metal
To use sth for the first time
To be the boss of
Create
To plan sth
To take a lot of care
Frightened of
design
awards
jealous of
in charge of
empire
Read the text.
Which student holds the record for something?
Which students won a prize?
Which student became well-known from the Internet?
Now answer my question.
Which student wanted to help people in need?
Which student designed something?
Olivia Hallisey
Olivia Hallisey
Shawn Mendes and Olivia Hallisey
Martin Odegaard
Shawn Mendes
Match the words in bold to their meanings.
replaced
determined
substitute
contract
virus
caught the attention
refrigerate
professional
Illness
The state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be
Having special qualities to be trained and skilled person
Eager to do sth
To make or keep something cold
An agreement between two or more parties
Suddenly become successful or popular
To notice or discover something, using a special method
To put something or someone in the place of something or someone else
Catch one’s interest
An amount of a person’s blood taken for use in medical tests
To use something or someone instead of another thing or person
An extremely small piece of organic material that causes diseases
disease
reality
took off (take off)
blood samples
detect
Relative pronouns & adverbs
Study the theory box and name the relative pronouns and adverbs in the text. What do they refer to?
Who refers to a person.
That’s the man who sold me the car.
That , which refer to things.
That’s the house that I want to buy.
Whose shows possession.
That’s the man whose wallet I found.
When, where and why refer to time, place and reason.
That’s the restaurant where I met him.
Theory box
Choose the correct answer.
Say a noun. Your partner gives a definition using a relative pronoun/ adverb.
A doctor is someone who treats sick people.
That’s the bank where your mum works.
A doctor
A bank
A smartphone
Miami, USA
A car
Imagine you are one of these teenagers. Talk about yourself. Say when and why you chose that hobby and what happened. Answer your classmates’ questions.
Painting
Nature
Animals
Creative
When I was 4
Which of these teenagers do you find interesting? Why? Write a short e-mail to your English penfriend about him/her. In your e-mail write:
- Name of person;
- Country he/she is from;
- What he/she does;
- Character qualities;
- Why you find him/her interesting;
What are these people’s hobbies? Label the pictures.
Workbook
Read the descriptions. Which character adjectives do they mean?
Choose the correct meaning of the words in bold.
Choose the correct item.
Listen to Sally describing her friends. What is each one like?
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