MY FAVORITE HOBBIES

• Bước 1: đọc lướt để lấy thông tin chung về chủ đề
• Bước 2: đọc chậm và lưu ý phát âm từ lạ, ghi chú lại để check từ điển sau
• Bước 3: tập trung cho những từ vựng in đậm, không được tra nghĩa mà phải cố gắng hiểu thông qua bảng giải thích bên dưới mỗi bài

MY FAVORITE HOBBIES

An activity in which we take an interest outside our regular work becomes a hobby. Some students make drawing or painting a hobby, for others collection of stamps or gardening. Shell collecting on the beach is the hobby of some children.

Hobby benefits many individuals. For example, a person who collects stamps of various countries of the world takes a special interest in the study of the subject of the stamp as well as the country where it is used. He may spend a lot of money to buy rare stamps for his album, and takes a great pride in owning them. Hobby also teaches a person the value of things or activity he is interested in.

As for me, I have had a few hobbies at different stages in my life. My earliest hobby was stamp collecting. Then it was keeping pets. I had two pet dogs and a parrot. Presently my hobby is gardening. I plant flowers and vegetables in my house compound and water them every day. I nurse the plant by weeding or putting manures at times. Very often I sell my flowers to florists and get a small income. 

VOCABULARY

1. 1. take an interest (in something) – something that you want to know or learn more about
   2. benefit – if you benefit from something, or it benefits you, it gives you an advantage, improves your life, or helps you in some way
   3. take pride in (something) – feel proud of something
   4. keep pets – have and care for an animal such as a cat or a dog in your home
   5. compound – an area that is surrounded by a fence or wall
   6. water – pour water on plants or the ground they are growing in
   7. nurse – look after
   8. weed – to remove unwanted plants from a garden or other place
   9. manure – waste matter from animals that is mixed with soil to improve the soil and help plants grow
   10. florist – someone who owns or works in a shop that sells flowers
   11. income – the money that you earn from your work or investments