- •Методические указания для практической и самостоятельной работы
- •Введение
- •Introduction to the topic “home, sweet home”
- •Text 1. There are houses and houses
- •Text 2. There is no place like home
- •I live with my boyfriend in a terraced house. It's quite small. I like living close to the town
- •Text 3. Council housing
- •In the garden
- •A few facts
- •Home, sweet home
- •1. Work in pairs. Discuss what your dream house would be like.
- •Text 1. The house on mango street
- •Text 2. Building your dream……..
- •Describing a house or flat
- •2. Vocabulary exercises Proverbs and sayings
- •Idiomatic Expressions
- •Text 1. A view of the dunes` house
- •Text 2. We are building a house of our own
- •3. Dialogues
- •3. Ann Has no Taste
- •A New Apartment Downtown
- •1. Sister's Apartment
- •2. Talking about the New Apartment
- •1. Visiting a Friend
- •2. Замечательная новость
- •3. В новой квартире
- •4.Additional material
- •Text 1. Living in the skies
- •1. Ask and answer questions about Acropolis, using the following numbers.
- •Text 2. The empire state building
- •4. About you:
- •5. Writing.
- •Text 3. My dream house
- •3. What should Janie do to find a place to live? Talk about your advice for |Janie with the rest of the class.
- •4. Look at the photos of the houses and talk about your answers to these questions with the rest of the class.
- •5. These ads list the special features of three apartment buildings. Look at the ads and answer questions.
- •Text 5. Mobile homes in the united kingdom
- •Text 6. My favourite room
- •5. Describing apartment and houses
- •1. Label the pictures with these words. Use the Mini-dictionary.
- •3. American English and British English
- •Town planning and town development Text 1. Town planning
- •Additional material
- •Text 1. Plan structure of town
- •Text 2. Formation of new towns
- •Text 3. Town centre
- •Text 4. Structure of residential area
- •Text 5. Civic survey
- •Text 6. Open spaces
- •Text 7. Buildings
- •Text 8. Modern city planning
- •Text 9. Main and subsidiary centres
- •Text 10. Areas reserved for special purposes
- •Cliches for resume
- •IV. Tests
- •1. Test on lexics house and home
- •I. Write in which room would you look the following people.
- •IV. Put each of the following words in the spaces provided.
- •Buying a house
- •2. Tests on grammar control work n 1
- •I. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на разные значения
- •II. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на определения, выраженные сущ.
- •III. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на разные способы выражения
- •IV. Переведите предложения с местоимениями ‘’some’’,’’any’’,’’no’’.
- •V. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на времена группы ‘’Simple’’.
- •Grammar exercises (control work n 2)
- •I. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на время и залог
- •II. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на причастия. Определите функцию причастия в предложении.
- •III. Переведите предложения с модальными глаголами и их эквивалентами.
- •3. Test on reading
- •Home swap
- •IV. Topical vocabulary
- •1. General
- •2. House Parts
- •3. Premises and Outhouse
- •4. Building and Repairing a House
- •5. House Fittings and Accommodations
- •6. Housekeeping
- •7. Household Appliances and Utensils
- •8. Rooms and Interiors
- •Библиографический список
Home swap
Our ‘Home Swap’ this month concentrates on the Keane family from South Carolina, USA. As usual, our families had a two-week holiday. In each other’s houses, and we interviewed them at the end of the stay. So how did they cope?
The Millers
George and Sandy Miller and their children, Helen(17) and Daniel (8), had a shock when they first saw the Keanes’ three-bedroom terraced house in Gloucester. “It’s so small”, said Sandy. Where will we all sleep?”
But inside, the house was more welcoming. “It’s bigger than it looks from the outside, and we were pleased to find that there were three bedrooms,” said George. But the kids weren’t impressed. “Mum and Dad’s rooms was OK, but our bedrooms were really small” complained Daniel. The Millers found it difficult to live in a house with only one bathroom. At home they have two bathrooms and three toilets! “And we have a study, where we keep the computer, and a playroom in the basement,” said Helen. “In Gloucester we had to all stay in the living room together or go to our bedrooms”. So was there anything positive about the experience? “The house was beautifully decorated,” said Sandy, “and it was very cosy. It was April when we stayed in the house, but the weather was terrible. We were very grateful for the carpets, the central heating and a real fire in the living room.” Another good point for George was the garden. “We were very surprised by the large, long garden, at the back of the house. We couldn’t really enjoy it because of the weather, but it was obvious that the Keanes had put a lot of work into it. It was well designed and full of beautiful plants and flowers. Actually, I think British people have a bit of obsession with houses and gardens – there are so many TV programmes about them,”
The Keanes
Tim and Katy Keane and their children Bethany (8), Charles (9) and Joe (16) couldn’t believe their luck when they arrived at Washington Drive, Greenville. “The houses were all enormous,” said Tim. “ I expected to see film stars coming out of them!”
The Miller’ house has five bedrooms, a study, two bathrooms and an extra downstairs toilet. “Our bedroom was huge, and it was lovely having an ensuite,” said Katy. “It was like staying in a hotel!” “We didn’t see much of the children for two weeks!” said Tim. “They were either in the computer room, in the basement or outdoors” The weather was fine for the Keane’s visit to South Carolina, so they made good use of the Millers’ yard. “The Millers had sports equipment and a permanent barbeque in their yard,” said Joe. “And their neighbours had a swimming pool, which we used once. It was great!” “The children really enjoyed the yard,” said Katy, “but I found it a bit dull. I like nice English gardens with lots of flowers. All the Millers had a few trees.” “And Katy didn’t think much of the décor either. “ It was all very smart and clean,” she said, “but it wasn’t very colourful. It’s obvious that Americans spend more time outdoors than the British! We had good weather, but lucky we didn’t need to use the air-conditioning system. The Millers had lots of security systems and alarms that we had to fiddle with every night and morning – that was complicated enough!”
Speaking Discuss these questions with a partner.
Which houses sounds nicer to you – the English house or the American one?
Would you like to try living in another family’ house for two weeks?
How do the Millers’ and the Keanes’ houses differ from homes in your country?