- •Contents
- •Unit 1. My flat
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •For at in on of into with
- •Text: “Home, sweet home.”
- •Text: “My flat”
- •Unit 2. Rooms in the house
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Unit 3. Arranging the house
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “My Favourite Room”
- •I. Answer the questions.
- •II. Make up dialogues:
- •Dialogue: “Arranging the House”
- •Discussion
- •Why was She Angry?
- •As Cool as Cucumber
- •Unit 4. British and American Houses
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “Patterns of housing in Britain”
- •Discussion
- •Text: “Somewhere to live”
- •Discussion
- •Text: “New homes”
- •Text: “Homelessness”
- •Discussion
- •Dialogue: “a visit to an American house”
- •Unit 5. Russian houses and flats
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “Russian houses and city flats”
- •Modern Russian House
- •City Apartment
- •Communal Apartment
- •Country House
- •Supplement reading Unit 1. What is “home”?
- •Unit 2. What is the difference between “home” and “house”?
- •Unit 3. Inside the house
- •Types of houses Boarding house
- •Earth sheltering
- •Home automation
- •Lodging
- •Lustron house
- •Mobile home
- •Modular home
- •Unit 4. Mortgage loan
- •Basic concepts and legal regulation
- •Mortgage loan types
- •Unit 5. Mortgage industry of the United States
- •Unit 6. Mortgage industry of the United Kingdom
- •Unit 7. Renting
- •Reasons for renting
- •Rental agreements
- •Renting apartments in Russia. Overview
- •The guide to renting an apartment in Russia
- •Russian apartments for rent - Interim flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Cheap flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Medium prices flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - High prices flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Expensive and very expensive flats
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Detached House
- •Types of Dwelling
- •Living Room
- •Bedroom
- •Dining Room
- •Tableware and Cutlery 1
- •Tableware and Cutlery 2
- •Kitchen
- •Kitchen Utensils and Appliances
- •Flat (Apartment)
- •Children's Room (Nursery)
- •Baby's Care and Layette1
- •Baby's Care and Layette2
- •Bathroom and toilet
- •Household Appliances and Utensils
- •Bibliography
- •626150, Г. Тобольск, ул. Знаменского, 58.
Unit 4. British and American Houses
Vocabulary Practice
Ex. 1. Replace the words in brackets with the corresponding English words:
We have no (место) for this wardrobe.
He has а (с двумя спальнями) apartment.
She lives on the second (этаж) of а (многоэтажный) house.
I’m afraid we’ll have to whitewash (потолки).
Come to my place. You should see my new (мебельный гарнитур).
Could you help me (расставить) furniture in my (гостиная)?
(Встроенная мебель) saves a lot of space.
Your kitchen is very well (оснащенный) with modern (бытовые электроприборы).
I prefer (паркетный) floor rather than (покрытый ковром).
What brand of (стиральная машина) and (посудомоечная машина) could you recommend?
The house has all modern (удобства), such as (центральное отопление), electricity, (горячее водоснабжение).
I don’t think these (занавески) match the colour of (обои).
Ex. 2. Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B.
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Ex. 3. What do we call:
a chair with supports for the arms;
a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering roofs, floors, walls etc.;
a cloth bag filled with feathers or other soft material that you put on a chair to make it more comfortable;
a structure that you can stand on, that is attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level;
a large container outside your house, used for holding waste until it is taken away;
piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window.
Ex. 4. Match the following words and their meanings:
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Ex. 5. Complete the following sentences.
1. In front of the house ... . 2. I live in a flat. We have three rooms. They are .... 3. In the middle of the room .... 4. On the walls .... 5. On the left .... 6. To the right of the TV-set ... . 7. Next to the sofa ... . 8. Next to the door ... . 9. In the kitchen ....10. In the bathroom ... . 11. In the study .... 12. Next to the ... there is ... . 13. There is ... between .... and .... 14. To the right of the ... . 15. In the sitting-room ... . 16. Opposite the fireplace .... 17. Under the window ... . 18. In the chest of drawers ....19. In the sideboard ... .20. At the back of the house ....
Ex.6. Match the following proverbs and their meanings:
1. East or West, home is best. |
a) Home is the best, the most pleasant place. |
2. Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad. |
b) An Englishman can do as he likes in his own home and nobody may enter it without his permission. |
3. There's no place like home. |
c) Your home (house) is where you are likely to be happiest, especially in comparison with other places you may be at the time. |
4. Home is home, though it be never so homely. |
d) Everything is better when at home. |
5. Englishman's home is his castle. |
e) Home is always dear to everybody whatever it can be. |
