Unit 2. What is the difference between “home” and “house”?

Ex. 1. Read and translate the following text.

A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures. In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings. The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep and for other activities. A growing point of interest is the energy consuption of a house; while many houses in Japan have no insulation at all, in Europe from 2018 all houses built should have no energy consumption at all.

home

1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

2. the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.

3. an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.

4. the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.

5. the place or region where something is native or most common.

house

1. a building in which people live; residence for human beings.

2. a household.

3. (often initial capital letter ) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg.

4. a building for any purpose: a house of worship.

5. a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house.

Ex. 2. Read the following idioms with the words “home” and “house”, translate them and use them in the sentences of your own.

Idioms

bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house.

dress the house,

a. to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house.

b. to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is.

keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household.

like a house on fire / afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire.

Conclusion: a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included.

Unit 3. Inside the house

Ex. 1. Read and translate the following text.

Ideally, architects of houses design rooms to meet the needs of the people who will live in the house. Such designing, known as "interior design", has become a popular subject in universities. Feng shui, originally a Chinese method of moving houses according to such factors as rain and micro-climates, has recently expanded its scope to address the design of interior spaces with a view to promoting harmonious effects on the people living inside the house. Feng shui can also mean the "aura" in or around a dwelling. Compare the real-estate sales concept of "indoor-outdoor flow".

The square footage of a house in the United States reports the area of "living space", excluding the garage and other non-living spaces. The "square meters" figure of a house in Europe reports the area of the walls enclosing the home, and thus includes any attached garage and non-living spaces. How many floors, or levels, the home is will play a big role in determining the square footage of a home.

Parts

Many houses have several large rooms with specialized functions and several very small rooms for other various reasons. These may include a living/eating area, a sleeping area, and (if suitable facilities and services exist) washing and lavatory areas. Additionally, spa room, indoor pool, indoor basketball goal, and so forth. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as chickens or larger livestock (like cattle) often share part of the house with human beings. Most conventional modern houses will at least contain a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen (or kitchen area), and a living room. A typical "foursquare house" (as pictured) occurred commonly in the early history of the United States of America where they were mainly built, with a staircase in the center of the house, surrounded by four rooms, and connected to other sections of the house (including in more recent eras a garage).

The names of parts of a house often echo the names of parts of other buildings, but could typically include:

Atrium Attic Alcove Basement/cellar Bathroom (in various sense of the word) Bath/shower Toilet Bedroom (or nursery, for infants or small children) Box-room / storage room Conservatory Dining room Family room or den Fireplace (for warmth during winter; generally not found in warmer climates) Foyer Front room (in various senses of the phrase) Garage Hallway / passage / Vestibule

Hearth – often an important symbolic focus of family togetherness Kitchen Larder Laundry room Library Living room Loft Nook Window Office or study Pantry Parlour Pew/porch Recreation room / rumpus room / television room Shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family Stairwell Sunroom Workshop Some houses have a pool in the backyard, or a trampoline, or a playground.