4. What do you think of his hobby?

5. What do you think of her hobby?

6. What do you think of his hobby?

9. What do you think of her hobby?

10. 1. David Smith is a student. 2. It came out as a book in 2012. 3. David wrote a story about the life of a sixteen-year-old boy. 4. Hobbies can make you grow as a person. 5. I’ll show you my stamps too. 6. There was a writing class.

11. 1. In my spare time, I read. In my spare time, I ________. 2. My hobby is reading. My hobby ___________________. 3. My mother likes reading too. _____________________________. write is writing My grandfather loves writing too

12. 4. My mother bought us a lot of books. _____________________________. 5. Reading can make you clever. _____________________________. 6. There are many interesting facts in books. _________________________________. He gave me a lot of books Writing can make you happy There are many good stories in books

13. 1. Which activity do you think is the most interesting? 2. Which skills do you have?

14. 3. Which skill do you want to learn most? Why? 4. Which skill do you think would be the most useful for young people?

15. 1. I get lots of ________ from my hobbies. 2. I like doing outdoor _________ best. 3. I hope David will have great _______ in the future. 4. The Harry Potter stories are very popular. __________, the writer of the books, J.K.Rowing, has become very famous. 5. I buy the magazines when they _________ each month. success activities pleasure activity as a result come out pleasure success As a result come out

16. When I was (1)__________ my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father’s. He gave it to me two years ago. It was really (2)__________ to discover something about my father’s life as a child. He once told me about his (3)________ as a child. He wrote to people from all over the world, and they sent him letters back. interesting tidying up hobby as a result fan hobby interesting model stamp such as ticket tidy up

17. (4)__________, he had a book of interesting (5)________. People also gave him things from different countries, (6)_________ a silk (7)_____ from China, a little model car from Germany and a small (8)_______ ship from Australia. My father even kept the (9)________ from his first football match. The box made me think about my hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time too. fan such as model ticket as a result fan model stamp such as ticket As a result stamps

18. camping climbing growing vegetables looking after animals painting swimming taking photos camping climbing growing vegetables looking after animals painting swimming taking photos fans models stamps tennis tickets volleyball SportsCollectionsOthers climbing, swimming, tennis, volleyball fans, models, stamps, tickets camping, growing vegetables, looking after animals, painting, take photos

19. For example: My hobby is swimming. Swimming can make me strong and healthy. SportsCollectionsOthers climbing, swimming, tennis, volleyball fans, models, stamps, tickets camping, growing vegetables, looking after animals, painting, take photos

20. What hobbies do they have? _________ __________ playing football, watching football singing, dancing playing table tennis

21. Why is it good to have hobbies? ________________________________ Because you can learn about new things and develop new skills.

23. Seb Clover of the Isle of Wight, England, was the youngest to have sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.

24. 1. How old is Seb? He is fifteen years old. 2. Is it difficult to cook something to eat on a boat? Yes, it is. 3. Who would Seb like to go sailing with? His friends.

25. Experiences At twelve years old, Seb started to (1)_______________________. At fifteen years old, Seb sailed (2)________________________________ across the Atlantic Ocean. get ready for the journey alone/his 9.8-metre-long boat/5,000 km

26. Feelings The best thing was seeing (3)_______________________ swimming close to the boat. The worst part of the journey was when he ran out of (4)__________. In the future, he would like to (5)________________________. fish and other sea animals chocolate go sailing with his friends

28. Living history A popular hobby in America and some other countries is to live in the way that people lived long ago. Groups of people find out about the past. At the weekend, they dress in the clothes which people wore in the past and live in the way that people did then. They not only enjoy the weekend, but also learn a lot about life in the old days.

29. Decide the questions you want to ask. Think about what kind of information might be interesting — if people in the same family have the same hobbies, which hobbies young people usually do not like, which hobbies your classmates all like, etc. Look up new words.

30. Make sure that the sentences are clear and easy to understand. Ask your teacher or your classmates to check the survey when you have finished.

31. Ask your questions and make notes on the answers.

32. QuestionsAnswers 1. What are your three favourite hobbies? 2. What hobbies would you recommend for a local teenager? 3. Are hobbies important to you in choosing a friend? 4. Do you have the same hobby as anyone else in your family?

33. QuestionsAnswers 5. Do your parents think you have good hobbies? 6. Are your hobbies educational? 7. What percentage of your pocket money is spent on your hobbies? 8. Do you collect anything?

34. 1. I hope Kangkang will make great _____ in this term. A. pleasure B. month C. success 2. China Daily ______ every day, and you can buy it every day. A. comes out B. goes out C. prints out C A

35. 3. He swims each day, _____, it makes him strong and healthy. A. and B. so C. as a result D. but 4. Harry is busy tidying ______ his room now. A. up B. down C. of D. over C A

36. 1. -- _______ film do you prefer, Lost in Thailand or Life of Pi, Madee? -- Lost in Thailand. I like comedies because they often make me laugh. 【 2013 南京】 A. What B. Whatever C. whose D. Which 2. _______a beautiful car! I’ve never seen it before. 【 2013 苏州】 A. What B. Which C. How D. Whether D A

37. 3. — I feel stressed from time to time. Could you give me some advice? — ______ sharing your worries with your parents? 【 2013 泰州】 A. don’t you B. How about you C. Why not D. Would you like 4. — Jim, _______ read books while you are walking in the street. It’s very dangerous. — OK, thank you. 【 2013 扬州】 A. don’t B. doesn’t C. won’t D. can’t C A

38. 请谈一谈你的爱好，以及它给你带来的 益处。