8. Use Text b to tell about yourself and your family

About myself and my family.

Let me introduce myself. My name is __ . My surname is __ . I am from Russia. I live in Kursk. I am ___{___} years old. I study at South-West State University. I am a __-year student .My hobby is __. I am also fond of__ … As for sports, I go in for __.

As I have mentioned I am a student and my life is full of different events. Every day brings me something new. Recently I became a student and got acquainted with my new friends. They are different that's why it is very interesting for me to associate with them. Being the students of the University, we help each other not only in training but also in our everyday life.

As a rule, every person has a family. I have a family too. It consists of... members: my mother, my father__ and me. My mother's name is __ She is __ years old. She is a __ (profession). She is food of__. My father's name is__. He is__ years old. He is a __ (profession). He is fond of __ My sister's (brother's) name is __. She (He) is __.

My grandma and grandpa are also my relatives. They are pensioners. These elderly people tell me often about their life and our genealogical tree and these facts are very interesting and useful for me.

Our family is (not) large. We love each other very much and help each other at home.

Unit iiat home

Vocabulary:

detached house –отдельный дом (как правило на одну семью);

semidetached house – одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом

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

block of flats – многоквартирный жилой дом

two-storey house – двухэтажный

own -- владеть

rented accommodation – съемное жилье

sheltered accommodation – приют

council house – муниципальный дом (построенный местными органами власти и являющийся их собственностью;

tower block – башенный дом; высотный дом; односекционный дом;

tenant – квартиросъемщик

allotment – участок земли (сдаётся местными органами власти в аренду лицам, не имеющим собственного садового участка)

1. Read and translate text a

There's no place like home

About 80 per cent of British people live in houses. Detached houses are usually in expensive suburbs, quite far from the town centre, near to the countryside. Semi-detached houses are often in suburbs which are nearer the town centre. Terraced houses and blocks of flats are mostly found in town centres. They can either be very small two-storey houses with one or two bedrooms or large houses with three to five floors and four or five bedrooms.

About 67 per cent of the people in Britain own their houses or flats. Most of the rest live in rented accommodation (2 per cent live in sheltered accommodation). People in Britain buy houses or flats because there is not enough rented accommodation and what there is can be expensive.

^{Council housing}

Council flats and houses are built and owned by the local council. After the Second World War, a lot of high-rise council flats, known as tower blocks, were constructed. Some were as high as 20 storeys and so badly built that they had to be pulled down only thirty years later.

Modern council housing estates are built differently now. There might be a mixture of two-storey terraced houses, together with a four-storey block of flats. There are play areas for children and there is often a community centre where people who live on the estate can meet.

Since the 1980s, council tenants have been able to buy their own homes very cheaply if they have lived in them for over two years. By 1993,1.5 million council houses had been sold, but only 5000 council houses or flats were built to replace them. This means that it is now very difficult to find cheap housing for rent - a real problem for the poor and unemployed.

^{In the garden}

Most British houses have a garden and many British people spend a lot of time in it. Most gardens, even small ones, have flowers and a lawn. If you don't have a garden, it is possible to grow flowers and vegetables on an allotment, which is a piece of land rented from the local council.

2. Copy and complete the sentences,

a Most British people live in a ....

b Most people in Britain .... their house or flat,

с Most British homes have a ....

d Detached houses are usually in the....

3. Make a list of the differences in housing types between your country and Britain.

4. Match the following descriptions 1-5 with the type of house or home (a-c).

1 A single (muse dial is completely separate from any other.	Terraced house
2 A pair of houses joined together.	A detached house
3 Several houses joined together in a row.	A flat
4 It is sometimes found in high-rise buildings	A cottage
5 Usually a small house with a thatched roof.	Semi-detached houses

5. Form the opposites of the following words by putting un, im, or dis in front of them. Then translate the words into your own language.

1. __ agree

2. __ friendly

3. __ obey

4. __ appear

5. __ possible

6. __ employed

7. __ comfortable

8. __ advantage