Вопросы для обсуждения в режиме диалога и полилога

1. Do you live in a house or in a block of flats?

2. Which floor is your flat on?

3. Is your flat well-planned? Is it comfortable?

4. How many rooms are there in your flat?

5. Have you got a dining room (a sitting room, a study)?

6. Where do you usually have your meals?

7. Is there much furniture in your flat? Do you change it round from time to time?

8. What is there in your room?

9. Are there any pictures on the walls of your flat?

10: What is your kitchen like?

10. How often do you redecorate the rooms?

Допонительный вокабуляр

Have you got a flat or a house of your own ?

I have a nice cottage in the country-side .

They have a semi-detached house .

468. He lives in a block of flats .

Do you have a two-room or a three-room flat ?

I've got a studio .

on the first floor = on the ground floor

on the second floor = on the first floor

in the basement

in the attics

There is an elevator (lift) in our house .

There are two bedrooms a sitting-room and a kitchen in my flat .

a bathroom

a lavatory

Have you got a nursery for your children ?

I'd like to have a study .

In the kitchen there are two tables .

... four stools.

... a gas-cooker.

... a fridge.

... a sink.

... some dish racks.

... a drawer.

... a cupboard.

489. In the living room we have a sofa .

490. ... two armchairs.

491. ... a coffee table.

492. ... a TV-set.

493. ... a bookcase.

494. ... four chairs.

495. ... a standard-lamp .

496. ... a carpet.

497. ... curtains.

498. ... a picture.

499. ... a video player.

500. In the bed-room one can see beds .

501. ... bedside-tables.

502. ... a wardrobe.

503. ... a (house) plant.

504. ... a fireplace.

505. in the middle of the room

506. in the right-hand corner

507 .in the left-hand corner

508.at the wall

509. opposite the window

510. near the door

511. a neighbour

512. a room-mate

2. Текст для ДОПОЛНИТЕЬНОГО чтения и ОБСУЖДЕНИЯ.

The American Home

American apartments are usually described as one-bedroom (studio apartments), two-bedroom or three-bedroom apartments. Two- and three-bedroom apartments usually have a connecting living-room; frequently they have two bathrooms. Virtually all apartments have built-in closets with doors, which are used instead of wardrobes. Frequently apartments are without lights but have several outlets for table and floor lamps. The walls are often painted rather than wall-papered. The entrance generally is directly into the living-room area; halls are rarely in evidence. Floors are generally covered with wall-to wall carpeting. Apartment buildings usually have laundry facilities on the ground floor. Almost all apartments have refrigerators; most people now use microwave ovens, which provide very convenient and fast cooking. There are two types of apartments: a rented apartment and a condominium, which an individual owns rather than rents. In addition there are town-houses which are joint houses or apartments in a compact planned group in a town. Town-houses can be purchased or rented. Rented apartments can range from a few hundreds to thousands of dollars per month. The purchase price of condominiums and town-houses can range from thirty thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars. A mobile home is the cheapest form of housing that can be purchased. Mobile homes can be moved from place to place by truck. Mobile homes are located in special mobile home parks, which are sometimes called mobile villages. They are usually on the outskirts of the cities. Retired people and young people with low income reside in mobile homes which can be purchased or rented.