Language covered

• Describing hobbies and pastime
  • What do you like doing?
  • Why do you like something?
  • Where do you do something usually?
  • How often do you do something? #1
  • When do you do something usually?
• Expressing opinions 表明观点
  • I love / I like / I don’t mind / I don’t like / I hate
• Adverbs of frequency 表示频率的副词
  • never / sometimes / often / usually / always
• Find out what your classmates do in their free time

PS.

1. how often 针对频率提问(如，多长时间去一次)；how long 针对持续的长短提问(如，去多长时间)

New vocabulary

• hobby(n.) — an activity or interest. Not a jobs, something you do for fun.
• interests(n.) — activities of things that interest you. Similar to ‘hobby’.
• sport(n.) — a physical activity or game with a set of rules. People often compete to win at sport.
• fishing(n.) — the activity of trying to catch fish in a river or the sea using a fishing rod.
• travelling(n.) — the activity of visiting places/going on holiday.
• surfing(n.) — the activity of looking for things on the internet.

Key structures

Do you like listening to music /watching TV/? Yes, I do. /No, I don’t.

What do you do in your free time? I surf the internet in my free time.

How often do you … ? How often do you surf the internet? I always surf the internet.

I never/sometimes/always eat out with friends.

What do you like? I like swimming and playing table tennis.

What are your hobbies? My hobbies are sports and reading. #1

How often do you travel?

I never smoking smoke. I hate smoking.

I seldom play football. I don’t like playing football.

I sometimes drink beer. I don’t mind drinking beer.

I often eat out with friends. I like eating out with friends.

I usually watch movie at weekends. I like watching movies. #2

I always surfing surf the internet at home. I love surfing the internet.

PS.

1. singular: hobby.
2. cinema, film, movie, picture 这些词均有“电影”之意。

• cinema 与the连用指(上映的)电影，电影工业；可指电影院；在英国与the连用还可指电影艺术。
• film 指电影、影片，普通用词。
• movie 美国英语中的口语用词。
• picture 从原义指银幕或电视屏幕上的图像引申指影片。

What do you like doing in your free time?

I love surfing the internet in my free time. I like listening to music. I don’t mind playing football. But I hate cooking.

Discussion points

• How do you describe hobbies and pastimes?
• What activity do you like most? I like shopping the most.
• What do you usually do i your free time? I usually surf the internet in my free time.