- •Part II. House. Flat
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Unusual Types of Houses
- •I. Pre-listening task
- •II. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •1. Answer these questions about yourself and, if possible, find out how someone else would answer them.
- •Self Check
- •Sharing a Room
- •A. Students’ Hostel
- •Active Vocabulary
- •A Letter Home
- •В. Renting a Room Active Vocabulary
- •In England many people let rooms in their houses to people who need somewhere to live. The people pay money for this and are called lodgers.
- •Imagine you are going to let / rent a room / flat. The questions below will help you get all the information you need.
- •Sharing a Flat
- •Phoning a Landlord
- •I. Pre-listening task
- •II. Listening and compehenstion tasks
- •III. Follow up activity
- •Self Check
- •Unit 3 Buying a House Active Vocabulary
- •Buying a House
- •Looking for a House to Buy
- •Unit 4 Furniture and Furnishing Active Vocabulary
- •Around the Home
- •House for Sale
- •Self Check
- •Unit 5 Your Ideal Home
Unit 5 Your Ideal Home
Read what Kate, Nick, Melinda, Richard and Karen think about their present homes in Britain and about places they would like to live in.
Richard
I like my present home because it’s in the country to start with and surrounded by fields and because it’s sort of the end of a no-through-road so very few people drive past, it’s on an old dirt track. Mind you, you hear them when they do. And because it’s an old cottage and it’s got an open fire and things like that and I’m a bit of a romantic.
If I had a lot of money I’d keep the house I’ve got but I’d get a nice flat in the middle of London, another one in the middle of Cardiff, because I work in those two places, and I think a small chalet in the Alps – that’d do me.
Karen
My ideal living room would contain absolutely everything that you need for everyday life. In fact it would even have the bed in it because I cannot stand having to go upstairs and downstairs having left something that I need upstairs to bring back down. So I’d have all mod cons and every single thing you could imagine that you might need throughout the day there.
Kate
I like my present home because it’s in the suburbs, in that there are a lot of trees around it but it’s only about half an hour’s ride from the centre of town. And it’s got this ridiculous patch at the end of the garden that’s owned by my next-door neighbour that has ducks and chickens and geese who are like guard geese and who quack in the night if there are strangers about. I like that.
Nick
I like my present home because it’s a flat near the City, about ten minutes out of the City and that’s very convenient for getting in, for cycling in, which is what I do. And it’s also got a lot of amenities close to it: there’s a swimming pool, cinema, library, theatres. And some very good markets as well: fruit and vegetables and clothes and that’s why I like the present flat that I’ve got. If I had a lot of money, I’d keep the flat that I’ve got in London and I’d buy one out in the country, probably up North which is where I came from originally. In fact, I could probably buy a house up there if I had a lot of money. So that’s what I’d do, I’d have the two places one for a ‘pied a terre’ in London and one for going up to at the weekends.
Melinda
I wouldn’t mind moving home if I had enough money to move into the country and live in the sort of house I’d really like to live in, something, preferably a beach, to wander on in the mornings. Yes, I’d move home for that!
WORK IN PAIRS
Discuss which of these homes you would like to live in and why. Give your reasons.
Share your opinions about your present home. Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of its location and the things you like and dislike in your home.
WORK IN TEAMS
1. Work out the project “My Ideal Home”.
2. In groups make a film about the place you live in.