1. Did you enjoy yourselves during the winter holiday? What have you done?

2. hobby n. — (pl.) hobbies What ’ s your hobby?

3.  Singing is my hobby.  Dancing is my hobby. dance sing n. subject

4.  Playing computer games is my hobby. Using the –ing form as noun and as subject

5.  Playing the guitar is my hobby.  Playing the piano is my hobby.

6.  Playing basketball is my hobby.  Doing morning exercises is my hobby.

7. read  Reading is my hobby.  Writing is my hobby. write

8.  Painting is my hobby. paint  Swimming is my hobby. swim

9.  Sleeping is my hobby. sleep think  Thinking is my hobby.

10.  Playing volleyball is my hobby. play volleyball play football  Playing football is my hobby.

11. 1. play ---- do---- sing---- 2. dance---- write---- 3. run---- swim---- shop---- playing doing singing dancing writing running swimming shopping Find the – ing form of the verbs:

12. Part 2  1. I want to learn a foreign language.  Learning a foreign language is useful.  2. I love to visit relatives.  _____________ is fun.  3. It ’ s not good to eat lots of chocolate.  _____________________ is bad for you. Visiting relatives Eating lots of chocolate

13. Using the-ing form as noun and as subject  4. It ’ s important to remember your friends.  ____________________ is important.  5. We all like to collect stamps.  ________________ is very interesting. Remembering your friends Collecting stamps

14. a stamp collect stamps

15. Part 3  Look at the pictures and decide what their hobbies are.  Reading books about animals is her hobby.  Fishing is his hobby.  Playing computer games is his hobby.  Playing the guitar is her hobby.  Watching TV is his hobby.

16. Part 4  My favourite hobby is riding my bike. I learned to ride my bike when I was about 10 years old. My father taught me. I ride my bike every day after school for about half an hour. I ride to many beautiful places near my house. Sometimes I ride to a friend ’ s home and then we ride together. Sometimes we have bike races. I like riding because you do it outside and you can get to many interesting places quickly by bike. Riding a bike is also very good exercise.

17. Homework:

18. It’s very popular. 它很受欢迎。 Valentine’s Day 情人节

19. Write these phrases in English: 1 集邮 2 来自世界各地的 3 有趣的爱好 4 学外语 5 修理他们的自行车 collect stamps from all over the world an interesting hobby learn foreign languages mend their bikes

20. Let’s make sentences: strange/see them in Holland. safer/be on the ground. dangerous/put your hand out of a car window. difficult/walk on ice. It is strange to see them in Holland. Seeing them in Holland is strange. It is safer to be on the ground. Being on the ground is safer. It is dangerous to put your hand out of a car window. Putting your hand out of a car window is dangerous. It is difficult to walk on ice. Walking on ice is difficult.

21. 同义句转换 :  Learning a foreign language is useful.  It is useful to learn a foreign language.  Collecting stamps is very interesting.  It is very interesting to collect stamps. Doing sth. is + adj. =It is +adj. + to do sth.

22. Who likes fishing? net hook string stamp collect stamps stamp book

23. model plane real adj. real plane model

24. a kind of small machines

25. Listen and then fill in : PeopleHobbies Wang Xin Zhenhui Yingtian Collecting stamps Fishing Making small machines

26. True or false?  1. Wang Xin has collected more than a thousand stamps.  2. He puts his sports stamps with other stamps from the same country.  3. Fishing alone is best.  4. Zhenhui has not met any new friends.  5. Yingtian ’ s model planes always crash.  6. Yingtian knows a lot about real planes. T F F F F T

27. Translate the sentences:  集邮是非常好玩有趣的。  Collecting stamps is fun and very interesting.  钓鱼也是有趣的事。  Fishing is fun, too.  捉鱼是非常有趣的事，但是吃鱼更加有趣！  Catching fish is great fun, but eating them is even better ！  制作小机器是我最喜爱的爱好。  Making small machines is my favourite hobby. Using the -ing form as noun and as subject ( 主语 )

28. Can you recite them?  Collecting stamps is fun and very interesting.  Fishing takes you to beautiful places.  Catching fish is great fun, but eating them is even better.  Making small machines is my favourite hobby.

29.  Ben has a sister.  Ben ’ s mother is cooking in the kitchen.  Ben and his sister like chocolate cakes.  They made a cake yesterday.  Their dog ate it.  They all laughed.  Learning a foreign language is useful.  Collecting stamps is very interesting. Find the subjects of the sentences:

30.  Ben has a sister.  Ben ’ s mother is cooking in the kitchen.  Ben and his sister like chocolate cakes.  They made a cake yesterday.  Their dog ate it.  They all laughed.  Learning a foreign language is useful.  Collecting stamps is very interesting. Find the subjects of the sentences:

31.  4A Part 4(P3). Write a short talk about your hobby or sport.  Recite the second paragraph  改为同义句： 1.It ’ s important to learn a foreign language. 2.Doing homework every day is useful. 3.Practising reading is good for your study. 4.It ’ s dangerous to play on the road. Homework:

32. 4B 1. Listen to the sentences and fill in the missing words. 1.just, Holland 2. quietly, machines 3. even, interesting 4. made, moved 5. real, fun 6. puts, together

33. 2. Look at the pictures and write the answers to the questions you hear. 1.He is going to go fishing. 2.It ends in the East China Sea. 3.He is making a model ship. 4.They crashed into each other. 5.She is mending a shoe. 6.She is taking photographs.

34. Bob Fran Pat Liz Meg Jay cooking Chinese food playing the piano collecting model cars sailing keeping a diary keeping pets Name Hobby

35. 4C 1.He has collected a lot of stamps from all over the world. 2.He puts the British stamps on a special page. 3.Can you put the books about machine together? 4.Catching fish is great fun and very interesting. 5.He has made a few new friends there.