高职国际英语book1unit6

高职国际英语book1unit6

Unit 6 Hobbies

Lesson1:

1.This unit is about...

Topics

Kinds of hobbies

The 10 most popular hobbies

What is a hobby?

Extreme sports

Two swimmers‘ stories

The French Open, an important tennis tournament

Skills

Joining words and their meanings

Reading between the lines

Speaking: Discussing the pros and cons of extreme sports

Role play — Discussing a problem

Writing: An informal letter

Project: Researching the life of a sports person

Grammar

Prefixes and suffixes

2.Focus:

2.1 Warming up

1.Sports: give the names of the sports shown in the picture.

/doc/5418853076.html,eful Expressions

hockey; football; basketball; cricket; soccer; baseball;

volleyball; tennis ...

3.What else sports can you think of?

table tennis; billiards; archery; boxing …

4.Think about your hobbies and try to find them in the following picture as fast as you can. Describe them to your

partners.

playing football playing hockey playing chess

playing the piano Skiing working in the garden dancing

Cooking repairing an old car riding a bicycle sky diving jogging

Directions1: Copy the table and write the hobbies in the first

column. (You can add more as you wish e.g. dancing or singing).

Now tick the columns as you think fit. If you don‘t know the

names of any of the hobbies, look them up in a dictionary.

Directions2.Work with a partner. Discuss your table.

Examples:

I don‘t like (playing football) because I think it is (boring).

Yes, but it is better than …

You are right, but … is too (expensive/dangerous).

/doc/5418853076.html,eful Expressions

traditional dance; working in a garden; mountain climbing;

bungee jumping; yoga ...

interesting; entertaining; tedious; time-consuming ...

3.A People and issues

Passage A The 10 most popular hobbies

3.1 Key words:

1.Free running

A style of urban acrobatics that incorporates jumps, flips, wall

climbing, and other activities to traverse a cityscape. It started in

2003 and was developed as a more inclusive form of the

discipline of Parkour.

2.express him/herself in his/her environment

without limitations

numerous kinds of obstacles

multiple directional capabilities 3.Abseiling

From the German word ―abseilen‖ meaning ―to rope down‖,

it is the process of sliding down a rope under controlled

conditions. Also known as rappelling in the United States.

4.canyoneering , rock climbing, caving, mountaineering

descend slopes, cliffs steep

3.2 Words and expressions

bowling n. 保龄球

stuff n. 事情，东西

windsurfing n. 风帆冲浪

well-earned adj. earned through hard work 完全应得的extreme adj. very dangerous 极限的

bungee jumping 蹦极跳

free running 跑酷

abseiling n. 绳降

category n. group 分类

air pollution 空气污染

equipment n. 装备

3.3Text

When I meet someone for the first time, one of the first

questions I ask is: ―What‘s your favorite hobby?‖ Most people

just look at me and aren‘t too sure if they even have a hobby.

Some people even say they have no time for hobbies. They

quickly return the question back to me. This is when I give them

a list of the hobbies I enjoy. However, if most people took the

time to think about it they would realize they have several

hobbies, most of which you can find on the 10 most popular

hobbies list.

10 MOST POPULAR HOBBIES

1. Cooking 2. Exercising

3. Bowling

4. Doing team sports

5. Shopping

6. Traveling

7. Playing cards or board games

8. Swimming

9. Going dancing

10. Playing tennis

So there we have it! The 10 most popular hobbies.

Unfortunately hobbies take time. The majority of people spend

40 hours a week at work or doing stuff for or in school. That does

not leave much time

for a hobby. So it is important that you choose hobbies you

can do at the same time.

For example, you could meet your friends at the beach. At

the beach you could swim, relax, read, listen to music, play cards

and watch other people play beach volleyball. You could, of

course join in a game of volleyball or go windsurfing. After that

you could have a well-earned sleep.

If I have counted correctly you have now done half of the 10

most popular hobbies all in one afternoon!

Of course there are many other hobbies which are

considered to be a little bit more extreme, such as bungee

jumping, sky diving, free running or abseiling. These extreme

sports can only be done if you are very fit and some of them, e.g.

sky diving, are expensive. They do not belong in the category of

popular hobbies.

However, one of the most popular sports is jogging which

can be done at any time anywhere (except perhaps where there