2 My hobbies over the years

Chapter 2 My hobbies over the years 1 collect stamps 2 collect coins 3 paint pictures 4 make handicrafts 5 play the violin 6 do ballet 7 do karate 8 grow flowers A The children are at a community centre. They are looking at a display aboutchildren's hobbies. Read. How long have you done karate? I've done karate for five years.

How long have you made handicrafts? I've made handicrafts since 2013. B Act the children. How long have you. ? I've . . for / since . . .

LEARN to Read C What funny things do people collect? Read and find out. Have you collected anything since you were young? These people have. Read about their collections. A Malaysian lady has collected more than 100, 000 red packets. Her red packets come in many different colours such as gold, purple and pink. She has collected redpackets for more than ten years. Her red packet collection began because she thought some of the red packets were too beautiful to give away. She gradually became a red packet collector. Now Chinese New Year is the busiest time of the year for her. A lady in Shanghai has collected snow globes for more than fifteen years. She has collected more than 4, 000 snow globes. Of these, 400 are Christmas snow globes. She thinks snow globes represent romance, dreams and happiness. A man in the USA loves eating pizza and collecting pizza boxes. He has collected more than I, 300 pizza boxes from 65 different countries. As he loves taking people for pizza tasting, he founded a

A lady in Hong Kong has collected erasers for more than twenty years. She has collected more than 200 erasers. Most of her erasers are shaped like food, e. g. fruit, vegetables, sushi, chewing gum and fries. They come from many countries but her favourite ones are made in Japan. Do you collect things as a hobby? What do you collect? D Complete the table.

Pre-tack Activity E Tom is having dinner with his family. They are talking about hobbies anddream jobs. Act the people. What do you do in your spare time, Tom? I play the violin. It's relaxing. How long have you played the violin? I've played the violin for four years.