3A Dream homes

Active vocabulary

Community– объединение, сообщество, община

Community service– общественная работа (добровольная; обычно проводится в рамках какой-либо организации, молодёжной или церковной)

Communal– принадлежащий общине; общий, совместный

Communal property– общественная собственность

Convenience– удобство, комфорт

Modern conveniences (= mod cons) – современные удобства

Convenient– удобный, подходящий

Drawback– недостаток, отрицательная сторона

Drawbacks of smth

Facilities– возможности, средства; удобства, средства обслуживания; приспособления, оборудование

athletic/sports facilities– спортивные сооружения

recreational facilities– место отдыха и развлечений

leisure facilities– условия для проведения досуга

medical facilities– медицинские учреждения

private facilities – личные удобства

To provide facilities for smth.– предоставлять оборудование для чего-л.

Lock– замок, затвор

Combination lock– замок с цифровой или буквенной комбинацией

Under lock and key– под замком

To lock– запирать ключом, запирать на замок; запирать (дверь, сейф)

Resident– житель, постоянно проживающее лицо

Residential – жилой

Residential area – жилой район

Residence– местожительство

Permanent residence– постоянное местожительство

Share– доля, часть

Toshare– делить, делиться; разделять; использовать совместно

to share a house with four other people – жить в одном доме вместе с четырьмя другими людьми

I share your opinion. – Я разделяю ваше мнение.

Suburb– пригород, окраина

In the suburbs– на окраине, в пригороде

Suburban– пригородный; загородный

suburbanbus– пригородный автобус

suburbantrain– пригородный поезд

Word combinations

Monthly charge– ежемесячная оплата

Types of houses

Apartment block (=block of flats)– многоэтажный дом, многоквартирный дом

Detached house – отдельный дом, особняк

Holiday home– дача

Semi-detached house– особняк из двух квартир, дом на две семьи

Terraced house– дом ленточной застройки (стоящий в ряду одинаковых домов с общими стенами)

Vocabulary exercises

Ex.1 Match the types of dwellings with the correct pictures.

Ex.2 Read the following definitions and match them with active words and expressions.

1. Someone who lives in a particular place

2. Something (such as a room or pieces of equipment etc.) that is provided at a place for people to use

3. a house in a row of similar houses joined together on both sides

4. a feature of something that makes it less useful than it could be

5. to fasten something such as a door or a container, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it

6. a house that is joined to another house on one side by a common wall

7. a group of people who live in an area

8. a house that is not joined to others

9. an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle-class people

10. easy to do, or not causing problems or difficulties

1. community

2. resident

3. to lock

4. convenient

5. facilities

6. detached house

7. terraced house

8. semi-detached house

9. suburb

10. drawback

Ex.3 Replace the words in italics using your active vocabulary.

1. His family lives in a separate house.

2. After many years of living in Paris he returned home.

3. Once we have kids we’ll probably move out of the city centre.

4. There are a lot of blocks of flats in Moscow.

5. They live in a house that has two flats.

6. The amount of money that we payfor our rented flat every month is quite low.

7. That poor dog has been shut up in the house all day while the owners were out.

8. Their new house has all modern facilities.

9. There are a lot of disadvantages of living in the country.

10. Many inhabitants of large cities suffer from stress.

11. He chose a very opportune moment to talk to her.

12. These houses belong to the community.

13. I always use a lock with a secret set of dials.

14. Many English houses are row houses.

Ex.4 Fill in the gaps with active words and expressions.

Community, apartment block, terraced house, detached house, holiday home, drawback, facilities, sport facilities, to lock, combination lock, under lock and key, monthly charge, residence, residential area, residents, convenient (2), to share, modern conveniences, suburb

1. – Does he live in a country house? – No, he doesn’t. He lives in a very modern ____________________ in the city centre.

2. Sally has always dreamt of living in a ____________________ but she can’t afford to buy one and she has to share a flat with her parents and her sister.

3. The hotel has excellent leisure ____________________.

4. Rock Creek is a close-knit ____________________ of several hundred people.

5. I can’t afford renting this house. The ____________________ is very high.

6. Her father is very strict. He keeps her ____________________.

7. This flat is very ____________________ for the train station.

8. They are both _____________________ of the same village.

9. A house that is part of a terrace is called “row house” in America and “____________________” in Britain.

10. Does this school have good ____________________? – Yes, it does. There is a spacious gym, a stadium, a tennis court and a heated in-door swimming pool.

11. The burglar wanted to steal money from the safe but he couldn’t open ____________________.

12. He took up ____________________ in Hollywood in 1999.

13. They live in a London ____________________.

14. The main ____________________ of the scheme is its expense.

15. They spend every summer in their beautiful ____________________ in the country.

16. The kitchen was equipped with a range of ____________________.

17. Bill and I __________an office for years.

18. They live in a very quiet ____________________. There are only small houses and several shops in their place.

19. Did you _____________________ the door?

20. If it is ____________________, call me tomorrow morning.

Ex.5 Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

accommodation community detached

facilities local residents

1. In addition to the usual _________________ the hotel also offers internet access and conference rooms.

2. She's going to move into a flat that belongs to the __________________ authority.

3. The area has a large__________________ of refugees from West Africa.

4. There is not enough__________________ for students in this town.

5. There will be a meeting for all _________________of this apartment block this afternoon.

6. This marvelous _________________ house is surrounded by an enormous garden.

Ex.6 Complete the sentences with a word or a phrase from the box.

rented accommodation terraced house holiday home mobile home suburbs apartment block flat tree house

1. My parents wanted to escape the English winters, so they bought a _________________ in the south of Spain where they are going to live for four months a year.

2. We want to buy a house, but because we don't have enough money, we're living in_________________.

3. Living in the _________________ is so much quieter and greener than living in the town centre.

4. I live in a two-bedroom _________________ on the third floor.

5. I hated living in an _________________ because you had neighbours above and below you.

6. I like living in a__________________ neighbours on both sides of you.

7. The thing we love about our _________________ because you have is that we can drive wherever we want and always know we have our own beds to sleep in.

8. My dad built me a _________________ at the bottom of the garden.

Ex.7 Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Some people prefer rented accommodation to buying a house.

2. The owners don't allow smoking in the flat, but you can smoke in the garden.

3. I want to sell my flat in the town centre and move out to the suburbs.

4. Our holiday home allows us to spend four months a year in Italy.

5. The owners make you pay a two-month deposit before you can move in.

6. Please state your occupation and place of residence.

7. These files should be kept under lock and key.

8. There were confrontations between local residents and the police.

9. She locked her passport and money in the safe.

10. You can’t keep me locked in.

11. Valuable items should be locked away.

12. We have provided seats for the convenience of our customers.

13. The house had all the modern conveniences that were unusual at that time.

14. The hotel has special facilities for welcoming disabled people.

15. My best friend lives in the suburbs.

16. The local community was shocked by the murders.

17. This is the one major drawback of the new system.

18. Travelling by underground is fast, convenient and cheap.

19. She's very possessive about her toys and finds it hard to share.

20. Will you share your sandwich with me?

21. It's nice to have someone you can share your problems with.

Ex.8 Translate the following sentences using your active vocabulary.

1. – У вас есть дача? – Да, конечно. Мы проводим там каждое лето и часто ездим туда на выходные.

2. Эта территория и дома на ней – общественная собственность.

3. На окраине городамного красивых парков.

4. – Когда мы встретимся с Вами? – Выбирайте любое удобноедля Вас время.

5. Местные жителистали свидетелями (towitness) сильного урагана.

6. Я всегда хотел жить в отдельном доме, но мне приходится делитьквартиру с моими родственниками.

7. Они заперлисобаку в доме и уехали на вечеринку к друзьям.

8. Этот город такой маленький! Здесь есть какие-нибудь спортивные сооружения?

9. – Я был на даче, и у меня сломалась машина. – Как же ты доехал до дома? – Я воспользовалсяпригородным поездом.

10. - Майкл купил новый дом в очень тихом и красивом жилом районе. Ты слышала об этом? – Нет, но я очень за него рада.

11. Англичане не любят многоэтажныедома, поэтому большинство домов в Лондоне – этодома ленточной застройки.

12. Сожалею, но я ничего не знаю о местеегопостоянного проживания.

13. Наш дачный поселок очень большой, но в нем нет мест отдыха и развлечений.

14. Прошлым летом я выполнил ряд общественных работ.

15. Брауны купили новую машину. На ней очень удобноездить за город. Единственный еенедостаток– это то, что она потребляет много бензина.

16. Квартиры в многоэтажных домахоснащены (tobeequippedwith) всемисовременными удобствами.

17. Ежемесячная оплатаза квартиру постепенно растет.

18. Алекс очень жестокий. Он держит собственную жену под замком.

19. – Как выглядит особняк из двух квартир? – Это небольшой дом, в котором 2 квартиры имеют одну общую стену и отдельные входы.

20. Она мечтала уехать на какой-нибудь остров и жить в маленьком домике под пальмами, но ее реальностью была крохотная квартира в многоэтажном домевпригороде, откуда ей было не оченьудобнодобираться до работы.

Phrasal verbs and idioms.