Unit 1 Do you collect anything Lets sing

Unit 1 Do you collect anything?

Let’s sing a song.

What is a hobby? A hobby can be anything a person likes to do in his spare time. A hobby can provide us with interest, enjoyment, friendship, knowledge and realization. It can be something from which we learn more about ourselves or about the world. It can help a person’s mental and physical health. Different people have different hobbies.

My hobby is … dancing watching TV painting playing volleyball

Your hobby is … mountain biking looking after animals growing vegetables sailing

Work in pairs. Ask and answer. — What is your hobby? — My hobby is collecting something. — What do you collect? — I collect stamps.

What else do people usually collect? fans postcards

What else do people usually collect? glasses tickets

What else do people usually collect? model cars china

What else do people usually collect? stamps coins cards/ poker

What else do people usually collect? paint pictures

Listen and find out who collects the things in the pictures. Tony’s dad Tony’s mum

Answer the questions. Use the words and expression in the box to help you. collect fan postcard stamp ticket tidy up toy 1. What does Tony’s mum want him to do? She wants him to tidy up his room.

2. Which hobby does Tony think is expensive? Tony thinks stamp-collecting / collecting stamps is expensive. 3. Which hobby do you think takes up the most space? I think collecting toy cars takes up the most space. Listen again and check your answers.

Listen and complete the notes. Lingling’s hobby collecting fans Betty’s hobbies collecting coins and notes, stamps Tony’s hobbies collecting bus tickets and train tickets

Read again and mark true (T) or false (F). ( T )1. Lingling needs to tidy up her room because it’s mess. ( F ) 2. Lingling has collected sixty fans. Most of them are bought. ( F ) 3. Betty likes collecting coins and notes, but she only likes collecting British pounds and US dollars. ( T ) 4. Betty collects stamps from all over the world.

( F ) 5. Betty has got five or six books of stamps. ( T ) 6. Tony likes collecting tickets, bus tickets and train tickets. ( T ) 7. Betty thinks that collecting old tickets cannot do anything. ( F ) 8. Tony thinks that people also collect things just to remember something important in their lives.

Read and complete the passage. Many people like collecting things. Lingling fans and keeps them on the ______. shelf collects _____ sixty fans. Most of them are She has got about _____ notes presents Betty collects _______ coins and ______, ____. pounds and US _______. dollars She such as British _____ stamps from all over the world. also collects ____ She has got six or seven books of stamps.

hobby is collecting _______, tickets Tony’s _______ bus tickets and ______. train tickets Betty thinks _____ that collecting old tickets cannot do anything. Lingling thinks that people also collect things remember just to ______something important in their lives.

用 a bit / a little 填空 1. Hurry, there is ____ a little time left. 2. They still went on working, for they were not _____ tired. a bit 3. He went to sleep soon, for he was not _____ tired. a little a bit 4. I’ve got only _______ of money with me today. I’m afraid I can’t help you.

Look and notice the intonation. 1. Let me have a look. 2. Do you collect anything? 3. Yes, I collect coins and notes. 4. Can I see them?

Exercises Ⅰ. 单项选择。 ( C )1. It was really an _____ movie. I enjoyed it a lot. A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests ( C )2. I saw a thief _____ out of the hall. A. ran B. to run C. running D. runs

( A )3. The room is dirty. Let me _______. A. tidy it up B. to tidy it up C. tidy up it D. to tidy up it ( D )4. We spend all the time ____ our hobbies. A. in B. at C. / D. on ( B )5. Is there _______ in today’s newspaper? A. new B. anything new C. something new D. new something

Ⅱ. 选词填空。 1. The problem with making cakes is that the untidy kitchen is too _____(tidy / untidy). 2. He works hard from day to night, but he gets least the ____(most / least) money. 3. My mother gave me a new kind of stamp for collection (collecting / collection) my _____ hobby 4. My mother’s ____( like / hobby) is collecting shoes. interested 5. Are you _____(interesting / interested) in music?

III. 根据句意和汉语提示完成单词, 使句子语法 正确, 意义通顺。 1. The room is _______(整洁的). You don’t tidy need to clean it. 2. I want to ______ interview (采访) one of these sportsmen. least 3. He got the _____(最少的) money, but he did the most. collection 4. I have a _______(收集) of Michael Jackson’s CDs. stamps 5. I went to the post office to buy ____(邮 票).