Today we are going to talk about hobbies

Listen and repeat.
sewing
writing stories
skateboarding
ice-skating
knitting
collecting stamps
playing chess
boxing
fencing
football
painting
songwriting

Which of these hobbies are not popular with teenagers today?
sewing
writing stories
skateboarding
ice-skating
knitting
collecting stamps
playing chess
boxing
fencing
football
painting
songwriting
Sewing is not popular with teenagers nowadays but my granny used to sew when she was my age.

Learn new words!
Artistic
Creative
Daring
Fit
Patient
Athletic
Sociable
Curious
Determined
Imaginative
Athletic
Sociable
Patient
Imaginative
Creative
Artistic
Fit
Daring
Determined
Curious

What qualities do you need to have to do the activities?
I need to be fit to box.
Qualities
Hobbies

Read Study skills. What does break mean?
break
To destroy or end something, or to come to an end.
To interrupt or to stop something for a short period.

Read the sentences. What does drive mean?
I admire her drive and enthusiasm.
Let’s go for a drive in the country.
To move or travel on land in a motor vehicle, especially as the person controlling the vehicle’s movement.
Energy and determination to achieve things.
Ambition
Trip

Before reading learn new words.
To try out
Latest
To pay attention to
To piece together
To design
To be jealous of
Empire
To staple
Determined
To set up
To be afraid of
Awards
To be in charge of
To substitute
Disease
To take off
To detect
To replace
To refrigerate
Reality
Blood sample
Пробовать, испытывать
Самый новый, последний
Обращать внимание
Соединять
Разрабатывать
Быть завистливым
Империя
Скреплять
Решительный
Основывать, открывать
Бояться чего-либо
Награды
Руководить ч-л,
к-л
Заменять, подменять
Болезнь
Взлёт (карьеры)
Открывать, обнаруживать
Заменять
Охлаждать
Реальность
Образцы крови

Before reading learn new words.

Read the title of the text. What does ‘drive’ mean: ambition or trip? What is the text about? Listen, read and check.
Some teenagers spend their whole lives playing computer games, watching TV or just complaining that they are bored! While some others get out there and do things! Meet America’s new generation of dynamic teens!
In this context, the word ‘drive’ means ‘ambition’. The text is about ambitious American teenagers and their success.

Read the text.
Akiane Kramarik is a girl from a small town in Idaho whose favourite hobby is painting. Akiane is very creative and learned how to use pastels when she was six. She pays a lot of attention to detail and her paintings are very realistic. She finished 40 paintings that sold for as much as $25,000.
In December 2001, Raynece Leader-Thomson, who was a student at Edison Middle School, had to do a science project. Her mother helped her design a game which makes learning maths simple as well as fun! Raynece got an ‘A’ grade for her project so her teacher gave it to some younger students to try out. Soon after that people started to ask for their own copy of the game. So they set up a company called, ‘Math Works, LLC!’
Esteban Cortezar is a young man whose love for fashion began when he was a child I Colombia. He began designing when he was ten. He used to take old clothes apart and then staple pieces back together again. Today Esteban is in charge of a growing fashion empire. He recently travelled to New York, where he showed his latest collection during fashion week. Esteban is determined to succeed and it looks like he is going the right way about it!
Chase Austin competed in his first race at the age of eight in a go-kart pieced together by his father. The 16-year-old certainly loves speed and has a career which many people could be jealous of. This young man from Kansas is not afraid of hard work and that’s why he was won so many awards.
Now answer my questions!
Which teenagers designed something?
Raynece Leader-Thomson,
Esteban Cortezar
Which teenagers can sell the things they make?
Akiane Kramarik, Raynece Leader-Thomson, Esteban Cortezar
Which teenager has a competitive hobby?
Chase Austin
Which teenagers work with colours?
Akiane Kramarik, Esteban Cortezar
Which teenager started their hobby as part of a school project?
Raynece Leader-Thomson

Match the words in bold to their meanings.
try out
latest
pays a lot of attention
pieced together
design
jealous of
empire
staple
determined
set up
afraid of
awards
in charge of
To take a lot of care
To plan sth
To use sth for the first time
Create
Stick together with small pieces of metal
To be the boss of
Large group of companies/countries
The most recent
Eager to do sth
To want sth that sb else has
Frightened of
Prizes for doing sth
Put together from small pieces

Read the text.
Shawn Mendes
Now answer my question.
Which student became well-known from the Internet?
Which student designed something?
Olivia Hallisey
Which students won a prize?
Shawn Mendes and Olivia Hallisey
Which student holds the record for something?
Martin Odegaard
Which student wanted to help people in need?
Olivia Hallisey

Match the words in bold to their meanings.
determined
substitute
caught the attention
professional
disease
took off (take off)
detect
replaced
contract
virus
refrigerate
reality
blood samples
An agreement between two or more parties
Eager to do sth
The state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be
Having special qualities to be trained and skilled person
Catch one’s interest
Suddenly become successful or popular
To use something or someone instead of another thing or person
To put something or someone in the place of something or someone else
Illness
To make or keep something cold
An amount of a person’s blood taken for use in medical tests
To notice or discover something, using a special method
An extremely small piece of organic material that causes diseases

Relative pronouns & adverbs
That’s the man who sold me the car.
That’s the house that I want to buy.
That’s the man whose wallet I found.
Who refers to a person.
That, which refer to things.
Whose shows possession.
That’s the restaurant where I met him.
When, where and why refer to time, place and reason.
Study the theory box and name the relative pronouns and adverbs in the text. What do they refer to?
Theory box

Choose the correct answer.

Say a noun. Your partner gives a definition using a relative pronoun/ adverb.
A doctor
A doctor is someone who treats sick people.
A bank
That’s the bank where your mum works.
Miami, USA
A smartphone
A car

Imagine you are one of these teenagers. Talk about yourself. Say when and why you chose that hobby and what happened. Answer your classmates’ questions.
Painting
Nature
Animals
Creative
When I was 4

Which of these teenagers do you find interesting? Why? Write a short e-mail to your English penfriend about him/her. In your e-mail write:
Name of person;
Country he/she is from;
What he/she does;
Character qualities;
Why you find him/her interesting;

What are these people’s hobbies? Label the pictures.
Workbook

Read the descriptions. Which character adjectives do they mean?

Choose the correct meaning of the words in bold.

Choose the correct item.