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Unit 2 Hobbies and Interests I. Introduction This is the second unit of Book One. In the Listening and the Speaking section, the students will learn some useful words and phrases about hobbies and interests and learn how to express their likes and dislikes. They will be given three short dialogues as models to start conversations about hobbies or interests. Students can follow the examples and practice their oral English. In the Read and Write section, they are going to learn how to write Letter of Apology and Letter of Complaint in English. In the Skills Development section, they will learn Word Formation which deals with some useful suffixes such as “-en”, “-ish”, “-ous” and “-y”. In the Read and Finish section, there are two reading passages for students to develop their reading ability. II. Objectives After learning this unit, the students should be able to 1. put into practical use some useful expressions about hobbies and interests; 2. understand the text and grasp the main idea; 3. master the important words, expressions and sentence structures in the text and can do relevant exercises of the text independently; 4. learn to write Letter of Apology and Letter of Complaint in English. 5. learn to use the suffixes of the English words in the Word Formation section. III. Background Information Hobby--- a leisure-time interest or activity taken up primarily for pleasure. A hobby may involve the development of intricate knowledge of /or capability in a special field. When people are asked why they take up a hobby, they will give different reasons. Some feel that they should do something useful in their spare time. Some talk about self-improvement. Some think that they should learn something new. The most popular answer of all is that a hobby provides an opportunity to do something absolutely different from one’s usual work. But the most convincing reply is that the person simply does it for pleasure. There may be hundreds, or even thousands of d