- •А кадемия управления при Президенте Республики Беларусь с истема открытого образования
- •Improve your speaking skills in english
- •Учебно-методическое пособие
- •Часть I
- •Предисловие
- •Unit I people as they are Starting – Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •Discussion Focus
- •Graphology Speed
- •Practicing Vocabulary
- •Jack’s Real Character
- •Ann Johnson – a Confidential Report
- •A What is Smart?
- •B Being Superstitious
- •C Loneliness
- •Read and Discuss
- •It’s Me, Oh Lord!
- •Calling All Eccentrics
- •The Joys of Eccentricity
- •Who’s Nuts? Who’s Reserved?
- •Many Britons Prefer Pets to People, Children, Money and Jobs
- •Happiness
- •Attitude is Everything
- •Unit 2 home, house and facilities Starting-Up
- •Vocabulary Focus
- •1) To start to live in a place (after moving from somewhere else)
- •Discussion Focus
- •What Do You Need in Your Neighbourhood?
- •3) Do you think the never-never or hire-purchase system is really helpful for many people, young couples in particular?
- •5 Country or City?
- •Back to Nature
- •6 What I like and dislike about my own town or city
- •Flats in the Clouds
- •Multi-storeyed buildings
- •8 The Place of My Dream
- •1) Housing, e.G. Flat; 2) facilities, e.G. Shop; 3) communities,
- •Practising Vocabulary
- •Moving House
- •4) At home, while I make some tea.
- •8) Furniture from the street market near the cathedral.
- •A House in the Country
- •3 My friends live in a small .................................. House in a street where all the houses look alike.
- •14 The most important thing about a house or flat is that it should be .................................. .
- •Read and Discuss
- •Reading
- •Accommodation
- •Post-Reading
- •Just What We Are Looking For!!!
- •Post-Reading
- •Text IV
- •Post-Reading
- •References
- •Improve Your Speaking Skills in English
- •Часть 1
- •220007, Г. Минск, ул. Московская, 17.
Discussion Focus
1 Work in small groups and find out from your partners:
if they like or dislike their present home
what differences between homes in their country and Britain are
about the advantages and drawbacks of living with your (one’s) parents
2 Which of the facilities in the list do you use often? Which ones do you think are important? Are there any other facilities not mentioned which you would like to have in your neighbourhood?
What Do You Need in Your Neighbourhood?
Important Useful Not important
launderette ________ _____ ___________
library ________ _____ ___________
cinema ________ _____ ___________
supermarket ________ _____ ___________
bank ________ _____ ___________
post office ________ _____ ___________
swimming pool ________ _____ ___________
tennis courts ________ _____ ___________
newsagent’s ________ _____ ___________
football pitch ________ _____ ___________
basketball pitch ________ _____ ___________
park ________ _____ ___________
restaurant ________ _____ ___________
clothes shop ________ _____ ___________
art gallery ________ _____ ___________
bus stop ________ _____ ___________
video hire shop ________ _____ ___________
hairdresser ________ ______ ___________
pharmacy ________ ______ ___________
pub/cafe ________ ______ ___________
3 Describe the location of the house you live in. Make use of the vocabulary given below.
A The house you live in can be located
in a superb modern complex
in a side street
in a lane
in the city centre
in the suburb
in a residential area of the city (select area)
on the main road
off the main busy road / with heavy traffic
far from the city centre
convenient for public transport
near the metro station
close to the bus stop
about ….. metres from …..
some minutes’ walk from .....
handy for .....
a stone’s throw from .....
B A house can:
overlook the river .….
look over the public library …..
face the garden .….
have a lovely/pleasant view on…
C Name essential services/facilities that make life in your neighborhood easy and pleasant, i.e. a park, a shopping center, a cinema, etc.
4 A Discuss with your partners what your ideal living room should contain.
B Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.
We were to move in in a week and we spent every spare minute we had in the house making preparations. We got some wallpaper and paste, and borrowed buckets and brushes. We stripped the walls, and papered them, and I cleaned the place out and polished the big metal grate in the living-room. When we’d done that, on the Sunday evening, we looked round with pride. “Of course,” Charlie said doubtfully, “it would look better if we had a bit of furniture.” We had bed linen and towels that Charlie’s mother had given us as a wedding present and some odds and ends of cutlery and crockery. Joe urged us to buy our furniture on the never-never system, and offered to lend us the money. Even though I hated taking it we agreed to accept the loan. We got a bed, oil-cloth for the living-room floor and a rug. That was all. We needed a table, but decided to get one second-hand. My grandfather gave us a chair and a small dresser. Nora and Joe gave us a little chest-of-drawers and another chair. We had newspaper curtains and a newspaper table-cloth but we were pretty pleased with ourselves and our new home.
Jane Walsh
1) Make a list of the furniture items and other household things the newly married couple got for their first home.
2) If you were in their place, would you need anything else essential for starting a family life?