Lesson I.

HOBBIES

Read the text to start with this unit

Jack grubbs works at nights he has a part-

time job dowtown. Jack isnt married and
he doesn’t have a family. He lives alone in
a small aparment on bond street. Jack has
an easy life, he has a lot of free time and
no responsabilities. He spends most of
his free time at the park across the street
of his aparment. He likes the park because
there are always a lot of people there. Jack often gets bored when he is alone in
his aparment. But he never feels bored or lonely when he’s at the park.

Jack goes to the park in the afternoon, he ussually sit on a bench and read the
news paper. Sometimes he meets
interesting people in the park. They
have conversation about all kinds of
things, but most of the time they talk
about sports and politics. Jack knows
a lot about these subjects. He doesn’t
have a college education, but he is an
intelligent man. He reads two or three
books a week. At the moment, jack
isnt reading or talking, he is feeding
the pigeons. He is giving them bread crumbs. Jack always has a good time in the
park
Story questions.
Answer the question in your notebook.

1 . what does Jack during the day?

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2 . Is he a family man?
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3 . where does he lives?

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4 . does he have an easy life? Why?

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5 . where does he spends his free time?

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6 . why does Jack like the park?

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7 . does Jack like to read?

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9 . what kinds of subjects does he like to discuss?

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10 . do you think Jack enjoys life? why or why not?

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Free response. (answer with your own information)

1. Where do you live? __________________________________________

2. it’s there a park near your home? ________________________________________

3. How often do you go to the park? ________________________________________

4. How do you spend your free time? ________________________________________

5. Where do you meet people? ________________________________________

6. What do you talk about with your Friends? ___________________________________

7. What’s your favorite subject? ________________________________________