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1、Unit 6 HobbiesUnit 6 HobbiesTopics:Topics:f Kinds of hobbiesf The 10 most popular hobbiesf Extreme sportsf Two swimmers storiesf The French Openf Grammar: prefixes and suffixes FocusFocusf Recogize different hobbies in the pictures and fill in the tablef Discuss the table with your partner Text A Th
2、e 10 most popular hobbiesText A The 10 most popular hobbiesuseful expressions:f have no time for.fa list of fteam sportsfthe majority of fleave time for.fjoin inf well-earned well-earnedf be considered to be considered tofbelong inbelong infthe category ofthe category off special equipment special e
3、quipmentfthere is no reason tothere is no reason toListening 1: What is a hobby?Listening 1: What is a hobby?Interviewer: Interviewer: Our first guest tonight is Paul. Paul, tell us about your hobbies.Paul:Paul: Yes, well, I have several hobbies. I like painting and visiting art galleries and museum
4、s. But my very favourite hobby is playing the guitar ( I play in a band) and going to concerts.Interviewer:Interviewer: Next we have Robert. Robert, what do you do in your free time?Robert: Robert: Thats easy for me to answer because I just love sport! For example, running, playing basketball, swimm
5、ing. But I also like playing chess.Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: And you, Zoe?And you, Zoe?Zoe: Zoe: Zoe: Zoe: Most Most people people my my age age do do some some kind kind of of sport sport but, but, to to be be honest, honest, sport sport doesnt doesnt interest interest me
6、me very very much. much. My My hobbies hobbies are are playing playing the the guitar guitar and and travelling.travelling.Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: Here Here is is Jonathan Jonathan to to talk talk about about his his hobbies.hobbies.Jonathan:Jonathan:Jonathan:Jonathan: We
7、ll, Well, I I like like music. music. I I spend spend a a lot lot of of time time playing playing the the guitar guitar and and practising practising new new songs. songs. Whenever Whenever I I can, can, I I do. do. Its Its great great fun. fun. But But I I also also like basketball-I play that abou
8、t once a week.like basketball-I play that about once a week.Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: Interviewer: And last but not least, Jadie.And last but not least, Jadie.Jadie:Jadie:Jadie:Jadie: My My hobbies? hobbies? Oh, Oh, Thats Thats easy-I easy-I have have two two hobbies: I like horse ridin
9、g and swimming.hobbies: I like horse riding and swimming.Listening 2: Free runningListening 2: Free running Tim can jump off the roof of a house and dosent hurt himself. His friend, Robert, can jump over tables and cars and doesnt hurt himself.Tim and Robert are able to climb walls like some sort of
10、 superhero. They can jump from roof to roof as if nothing can stop them, not even buildings. They are doing their hobby, free running. Free running is a new sport created by a Frenchman called Sebastien Foucan. The sport was started as a game he and his friends played as children in a small quiet to
11、wn in France named Lisse. Here children would gather together after school and jump on park benches, street walls and eventually on the roofs of schools. Its not just a game today. Free running is a hard, physical sport. Free running helps Tim and Robert to fight their own fears and deal with day-to
12、-day problems. Free running is a combination of different martial arts movements that give a person good body control.Listening 3: Bungee jumpingListening 3: Bungee jumping Wow! I never thought that it needed lots of courage to decide Should I jump, or should I wait until someone pushes me? At the s
13、ame time, a couple of Americans whose hobby was bungee jumping shouted at me and made loud noises. I didnt pay any attention. All I could hear was a voice from the safty crew standing next to me saying, Relax. Breathe deeply. Look at those beautiful mountains in the distance. Five, four, three, two,
14、 one, jump! Oh! I could not believe it but I jumped. I started to scream louder and louder in my heart but no sounds left my mouth. Being upside down, hanging in the sky was not fun at all. I thought I was going to be sick. The most memorable second was the time just before and right after I jumped.
15、 Would I try to go bungee jumping again? I would say, Yes! again in the future if someone asked me to. Why? Because its safe and thrilling!Text B: A swimmers storyText B: A swimmers storyuseful expressions:useful expressions:f at the end of at the end off take part in take part infenjoy doingenjoy d
16、oingfat the age ofat the age offswimming competitionswimming competitionfthree times a weekthree times a weekftraining sessionstraining sessionsfat the momentat the momentfnational and national and international eventsinternational eventsfcarefree girlcarefree girlffight withfight withfrun away run
17、away Listening 4: An interview Listening 4: An interview British Paralympic swimmer, Eleanor Simmonds won the gold medal in 100m freestyle in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing when she was 14 years old. Here she talks about her target for 2012 and her training routine.Eleanor: I have to win. Comi
18、ng second is not an option. I trained every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning and afternoon. I have to be at the pool at 6 am., but I find it easy to get up now. I started swimming when I was five.- I just liked it. I realized I was fast and I like winning.My typical week? On Monday fro
19、m 6-7.45am, I swim 3,500m. Then I go to school for the day. Training starts again from 3.30-5.30pm. I practise step-ups to strengthen my knees. Then I swim 4,000m. On Tuesday training starts after school at 3.30pm. On Wednesday I have another moring session of 3,500m before school. Before my afterno
20、on session I have 15 minutes stretching followed by 4,000m swimming. I have Thursday morning off, then an afternoon session of 4,000m. On Friday I am up early again for more swimming-a total of 3,500m. In the afternoon I swim 4,000m. My Saturday sessions mean swimming 4,000m. I dont swim on Sunday.
21、I have a day of rest.Listening 5: Li Na, a tennis championListening 5: Li Na, a tennis championPARIS, June 4 2011. Li Na won the first-ever womens singles title for China and Asia when she beat the defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy in the French Open final here on Saturday. I felt toda
22、y the dream come true, said Li, When I was young, I dreamed about becoming a champion one day. When she was leading in the most important last game she told herself to keep cool. I keep telling myself: OK, dont do anything stupid. You need one point, and then you have won the game, Li said after the
23、 game. Although one of her fans shouted when she started to play, she stayed clam and won the most important point in this most important game. Li said her Italian rival played a really good game. And on 25th January, 2014 Li Na won the slam of Aisa/Pacific, as the Australian Open likes to call itself, beating Dominika Cibulkkova from Slovakia. Li Na is very popular in Australia, and this years game was so different from the final in 2013, when Li lost after tripping over her own feet twice and hitting her head on the court.Grammar:Prefix and suffix
