Topical vocabulary

1.	narrow road	тар жол
2.	only access	бір ғана өтетін жол
3.	property	жеке меншік
4.	gate	дарбаза, қақпа
5.	to survey	зерттеу
6.	surroundings	төңірек, маңай
7.	clearing	жырту үшін тазартылған орман бөлігі
8.	expanse	кең көлемді
9.	one story high	бір қабатты
10.	compact	шағын, тұтас
11.	tower	мұнара
12.	hill	жота, төбе
13.	view of something	көрініс
14.	two-storied building	екі қабатты ғимарат
15.	attic	мансарда, шатырдың асты
16.	brick walls	кірпіш қабырға
17.	to be plastered	сыланған, шеберленген
18.	to be whitewashed	ақталған
19.	gravelled driveway	қиыршық тастармен төселген подьезд
20.	orchard	жеміс-жидек бағы
21.	entrance door bell	кіре беріс есіктің қоңырауы

Ex.1. Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Dunes' house situated?

2. Was it possible to get there by bus?

3. Was it a usual house for that area?

4. What view can one have from its windows?

5. What can one see around the house?

6. What was the house built of?

Ex.2. Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers:

1. We had to walk the last two miles to the Dunes' house.

2. This place was so quiet and beautiful.

3. It was a compact building and rose like a tower on the hill.

4. The windows faced the entire valley.

5. It was a two-storied building with an attic.

6. A two-car garage was to the right of the house.

7. There was an orchard and a vegetable garden near the house.

8. We climbed up the steps and rang the door bell.

Ex.3. Give a short summary of the text.

Ex.4. Find Kazakh equivalents to the following:

1) an estate agent; 2) to purchase a house; 3) landlord/landlady; 4) to get a mortgage; 5) down payment; 6) to rent a studio apartment; 7) to inherit a property; 8) a tenant; 9) a room to let; 10) a newspaper ad; 11) to pay interest; 12) full board; 13) an apartment owner.