第6章 Lesson 6: My Special Hobby

I have a special hobby. It is stamp collecting. My father used to collect stamps. He gave me his stamp albums. I have been collecting stamps for two years. I have many stamp albums now!

I have stamps from many different places. My mother's cousins live in China. They often send me beautiful stamps from that country. My friend Tara moved to Italy last year. She sends me stamps, too. At Christmas time, we get many cards. I cut the stamps off the envelopes and put them in my albums.

Some stamps are big. Some are small. Some have pictures. Some have photographs. The stamps can be pictures of anything: people, animals, and flowers. I got a stamp from Hong Kong. It had different kinds of bread on it.

I enjoy collecting stamps. Some day I will give my collection to my own children.

I. Word List

hobby: a favourite free-time activity

envelopes: a folded paper container for putting letters in

II. Circle the things that are true about the writer.

1. the writer collects stamps

2. the writer lives in Italy

3. the writer collects bread

4. the writer lives in China

5. the writer cuts stamps off envelopes

6. the writer got a stamp from Italy

III. Answer the following questions.

1. What is your hobby?

___________________________________________________________.

2. Why do you like your hobby?

___________________________________________________________.

3. Do you think collecting stamps is a good hobby? Why or why not?

___________________________________________________________.

4. Who gave stamp albums to the writer?

___________________________________________________________.

5. Who will the writer give the stamp collection to some day?

___________________________________________________________.

IV. Fun with words—Choose the correct words from the story.

1. What word rhymes with camp? s _ _ _ _

2. What letters are missing from this word? co _ _ ect

3. What two countries have five letters? C _ _ _ _, I _ _ _ _

4. What word is a kind of food? b _ _ _ _

5. What word is the name of a holiday? C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _