Unit 6
leisure time
Let’s Talk 2 (Second Edition)
Unit 6 Leisure time
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Unit 6
6A
hobbies
and
interests
6B
If I had
more
time …
6A Hobbies and interests
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Lead-in
Vocabularies & Idioms
contents
Sentences & Expressions
Dialogues & Passages
6 A hobbies and interests
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Lead-in
Activity 1
contents
Activity 2
Activity 3
Lead-in
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Watch a video (hobbies are fun )
Warm-up
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Hobbies and interests
Weight-lifting
Yoga
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Vocabularies
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binoculars
[bɪ’nɒkjələz]
双筒望远镜
bird-watching
观鸟
novel
小说
•Skip
•跳过，
•不做应做的
事
rhythm
[’riðəm]
节奏
•to not do
something
that you
usually do
Salsa
[’sɑlsə]
萨尔萨舞
视频
萨尔萨舞是
一种拉丁风
格的舞蹈
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Trail ： a path across open country or
through a forest
Activity 1 A speaking in pairs
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A:Let’s look at the pictures and talk about
what the people are doing .
B：ok 。 The man in the first picture is lifting
weights
A: That’s right .the woman in the second
picture is doing yoga .
Sample
dialogue
A: which activities do you regularly do ?
B： lift weights three or four times a week.
A: wow. I never lift weights . But I sometimes
do yoga.
1B&C
Listening: track 19
write the activities in the chart.
Favorite leisure
activities
Jason
doing yoga ,
hiking
What they
How long they
enjoy about
spend on
each activities each activity
likes using
all the
muscles in
his body
an hour
every day /
an hour a
week
Favorite
leisure
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activities
reading,
Emma
weight
lifting,
What they enjoy about
each activities
How long they
spend on
each activity
enjoys feeling the
author is talking to
her personally,
an hour a
day / seven
hours a
week
like getting stronger
and stronger
five hours a
week
Favorite
What they enjoy about
How long they
Speak out-asking
about the weather
leisure
each activities
spend on
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activities
each activity
birdwatching
loves getting up
early to watch them
Nick
dancing
enjoys learning
new steps
an hour
a week
two hours
every
Tuesday and
four hours
on
weekends
1D
Speaking out
Discuss the questions.
A: would you rather spend free time with Jason,
Emma, or Nick? Why?
B:I’ d rather spend free time with Nick because I
also enjoy dancing, how about you ?
C: B:I’ d rather spend free time with Jason. I’d love
to go hiking
D: me too, I hike almost every weekend, so Jason
and I have a lot in common
Sample
dialogue
1D Speaking out
A: who wouldn’t you like to spend time
With?
B: I wouldn’t like to spend time with Jason because
I don’t like hiking
C: I’m surprised, I really enjoy hiking, I wouldn’t like
spending time with Emma though. I don’t like
going to gym
D: I wouldn’t like to spend time with Nick, I’m not
interested in birds or dancing.
Sample
dialogue
Activity 2A Talking
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Learn the new words
creative adj. 创造性的，有创造力的；
dull adj. 枯燥无味的;沉闷的;无聊的
They are both nice people but can be rather dull...
他俩都是好人但非常沉闷。
healthy adj.
She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a
healthy child. 她正常妊娠，生了个健康的孩子。
rewarding adj. 值得的； 有报酬的
a career which she found stimulating and
rewarding... 她觉得刺激而有意义的职业
satisfying adj. 令人满意的，令人满足的
I found wood carving satisfying.
我觉得木雕能给人带来满足感
stimulating adj. 刺激的，有刺激性的
America's priority is rightly to stimulate its
economy... 美国的首要任务自然是刺激经济。
time-consuming adj. 费时的； 旷日持久的； 花费大量
时间的Starting a new business, however small, is a
time-consuming exercise. 创办一家新企业，不管多小，
都是件旷日持久的事。
Activity 2A Talking
shopping
doing puzzles
taking photos
knitting
exercising playing video games
Talking about hobbies
视频点击
Sample
dialogue
A :I think shopping is relaxing and
satisfying .
B: Do you think so ? I find it dull and timeconsuming . I think taking photos is
creative .
A: What are your favorite hobbies , why?
B: My favorite hobbies is doing puzzles , I
can do it alone , and it’s relaxing .
C: I really like taking photos, I can do it
anytime , and it’s creative .
Dialogues
Sample
dialogue
A: what hobbies did you do as a child but don’t do
now?
B:I collected stamps as a child , but I don’t have time
for it now .
C:I used to swim , but I don’t anymore. I’m too lazy.
A: When I was a child , I played video games all the
time, I find them boring now.
A: What new activity would you like to try?
B: I’d like to try knitting . It looks very relaxing.
C: I’d like to learn how to take really good photos.
That would be very satisfying.
6B If I had more time,…
Activity 1A&B
Time spent
Listening
hours
Time spent
hours
at home
120
waiting in line
in bed
60
at work
in the shower
4
in meetings
24
7
watching TV
14
in school
6
eating
14
on hobbies
5
cleaning the house
5
travelling
3
1
shopping
12
waiting at red
lights
12
Activity 2A Work alone
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•Will you do the following chores?
1. clean my room
6. do laundry
2. shop for groceries
7. feed a pet
3. recycle
8. take out the garbage
4. fix broken things
9. sweep the floor
5. Wash dishes
10. mop the floor
•If I had free time , I would …..
•Play basketball NBA 篮球视频
•Play football
world cup 足球赛事视频
Activity 3A
视频学习
In the past month, how many times did
you ….?
Read a book
play music
go to the movies
Visit a museum
Eat out
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Activity 3C
talking about leisure time
A: I ate out three times and Daniel didn’t eat out at
all.
B: well , I ate out once .
Sample
dialogue
Tomiko ate out five times.
A: who do you think has the most leisure time ?
B: I do . I’ve done all these things at least once in the
past month.
C: well , I think Tomiko has the most free time.
Activity 3C
talking about leisure time
Sample
dialogue
A: who spends their free time most productively?
B: I think Daniel does because he spends his free
time reading.
C: I agree . I think I waste too much time playing
video games.
Activity 3C
Talking about leisure time
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A: if you had more free time, how would
you spend it ?
B: if I had more free time , I think I’d spend it
sleeping.
C: that’s what I’d do too .
D: really ? I'd probably exercise more .