B. 1. Мужчины обычно женятся в 27 лет, а женщины выходят замуж в 25.
2. Самый распространенный способ узнать друг друга – ходить на
свидания. 3. На невесте обычно белое платье и фата, а жених надевает
костюм. 4. Во время церемонии жених надевает кольцо на палец невесте,
или они обмениваются кольцами. 5. Судья или религиозный представитель
провозглашает жениха и невесту мужем и женой. 6. В конце свадебной
церемонии гости осыпают молодоженов рисом, а невеста бросает букет
подружкам. 7. Обычно перед свадьбами бывают мальчишники и
девичники.
II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
Task 9. Complete the story about Ruth. Put in have (not) got or has (not) got.
Ruth is 21. She has got fair hair and blue eyes. She _____ two brothers,
William and Phillip, but she _____ any sisters. Her brothers _____ brown hair
and brown eyes. One of her brothers, Phillip, is married and _____ two children,
so she’s an aunt. Ruth lives with her parents in an apartment. It _____ five
rooms but it _____ a garden. She _____ her own room in the apartment. In it she
_____ her computer and a TV. She _____ a car but her parents _____ one
because they can’t drive.
Task 10. Here are some “contact” advertisements from a magazine. Write
sentences about some of the things people have got.
e.g. The man in the first advertisement has got an athletic build.
1. “Handsome, intelligent male, 6ft, 31, athletic build, Porsche, seeks attractive
girlfriend, under 30, for fun and friendship. Box 329”.
2. “Attractive woman, 37, intelligent, fun loving, tall, brown hair, blue eyes,
good sense of humour, enjoys cinema, theatre and travel, seeks sincere, well
educated, 35-55, for honest, caring relationship. Ring 093 22815”.
3. “Attractive, professional black lady, slim, 5ft, 6in, nice smile, own apartment,
likes long hair, brains in a man. Ring 038 9734”.
4. “Successful businessman, 35, attractive, tanned, nice home, yacht, requires
exciting, slim female. Photograph. Ring 045 37943”.
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Task 11. Complete the following sentences.
1. I’ve got plenty of … . 2. I haven’t got a … . 3. I haven’t got much … .
4. I haven’t got many … . 5. I haven’t got any … . 6. I’ve got too much … .
7. I’ve got too many … . 8. I’ve got enough … .
Task 12. Choose some or any.
1. I can’t find ___ butter, but I’ve got ___ margarine. 2. Emma has got ___ old
pictures of the house to show us. 3. There aren’t ___ buses on Sunday. 4. Helen
brought me ____ beautiful roses from her garden. 5. Can I offer you ___ wine?
6. Shall we listen to ___ music? 7. Have you got ___ children? 8. Do you know
___ German?
Task 13. Put in some or any.
Dan: Let’s go for a picnic by the river tomorrow.
Ruth: Ok. We’ll make ___ sandwiches. What do we need?
Dan: We haven’t got ___ bread. Can you buy ___?
Ruth: Yes, sure. What about butter?
Dan: We’ve got ___. I’ll buy ___ cheese.
Ruth: Ok, and is there ___ orange juice in the fridge?
Dan: No, I’ll get ___.
Ruth: Good. Do we need ___ apples or cherries?
Dan: Just ___ apples.
Ruth: Oh dear! I haven’t got ___ money to buy the bread!
Dan: Don’t worry. I’ll lend you ___.
HOME, SWEET HOME
(Unit 7)
I. READING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPIC
Task 1. Read the text “The House and the Flat I Live in”.
I live in a 9-storeyed block of flats in one of the newest districts of Samara
(right in the centre of Samara) in Pushkin Street. It looks quite modern. It stands
a little back from the busy road.
On the ground floor in the centre of the front there is a café. The two gates
lead into a spacious yard. Our yard is a large open space with trees and shrubs. It
has a number of playgrounds. There are also sand pits for young children.
Comfortable benches give rest to grannies and mothers, taking their babies out
in their prams.
Our block contains 216 flats varying in size. The smallest type is the one-
room flat or the bedsit, the largest is the four-room flat. We occupy a three-room
flat on the fifth floor. We usually go up in a lift. There are three more flats on
our landing. There is a number plate on our door. It says Flat 22.
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As you come in through the front door you find yourself in a large hall
with a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas. There are two built-in closets in the
hall too. We use them as utility rooms. One of them is just for a washing
machine and a freezer. The other, big enough to walk in, is for household things
and garden tools. My mother is a fantastic gardener, you know. We have a
wonderful garden in the country, full of fruit trees, beautiful roses and other
flowers.
One of the doors on the right of the hall leads into the living room. This
room faces south, so it is very sunny. The dominant feature in the room is a
large table with chairs around it. The other essentials are two big sofas with soft
cushions and plants – lots of large, healthy green plants. Of course, there is a TV
set and a music centre there. It is the room where we can entertain and relax.
To the left is my bedroom which I also use as a study. It has a large
window, a wardrobe, a sofa and a desk with a chair. There are posters with my
favourite music groups on the walls. My parents’ bedroom adjoins my room. At
the end of the hall there is a bathroom and next to it is a lavatory. A door on the
right leads into the kitchen. We also use it as a dining-room. In the kitchen the
floor is covered with linoleum. The flooring is parquet in all the rooms. In the
bathroom and lavatory both the floor and the walls are tiled.
Our flat is modern and spacious. We keep it clean. The living room has a
high ceiling. The bedrooms in the flat are papered. There are all modern
conveniences in the house such as electricity, gas, central heating, cold and hot
running water. There is also a chute in the house.
There is another thing that I like about the house – its location. Buses and
trolleybuses run every ten minutes and it never takes me more than 20 minutes
to get to the University.
Active vocabulary
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a storey – этаж
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the ground floor – нижний, цокольный, первый этаж
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the first floor, the second floor, etc. – второй этаж, третий этаж и т.д.
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spacious – просторный, вместительный
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to vary – разниться, отличаться
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a bedsit – однокомнатная квартира
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a number plate – номерная табличка
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a hall – коридор, холл, фойе
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a utility room – подсобное помещение, кладовая
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a kitchen – кухня
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a living-room – зал, гостиная
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a bedroom – спальня
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a study - кабинет
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a dining-room – столовая
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a bathroom – ванная комната
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a lavatory – туалет, уборная
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a door – дверь
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a window – окно
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a wall – стена
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the floor – пол; этаж
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the ceiling – потолок
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to face south (north, east, west) – выходить окнами на юг (север,
восток, запад)
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conveniences – удобства
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a location – расположение, местонахождение
Apartment / Жилище
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a house – дом, жилище, здание
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a home – дом, домашний очаг
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a flat – квартира
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a room – комната
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a lift – лифт
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a garage – гараж
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a roof – крыша
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a chimney – труба (печная)
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a balcony – балкон
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furniture – мебель
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a porch – крыльцо
What kind of … / Какой…
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convenient – удобный, пригодный
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comfortable – удобный,
комфортабельный
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cosy – уютный
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modern – современный
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old-fashioned – старомодный
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old – старый, старинный
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new – новый
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small, little – маленький
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big, large – большой
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wide – широкий
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narrow – узкий
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high – высокий
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low – низкий
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long – длинный
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short – короткий
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thick – толстый
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thin – тонкий
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clean – чистый
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tidy – опрятный
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light – светлый
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dark – темный
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expensive – дорогой
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cheap – дешевый
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rich – богатый
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poor – бедный
Where? / Где?
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behind – сзади, позади, за чем-л.
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in the middle of – в середине
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near – около
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next to – рядом с
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in front of – перед
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opposite – напротив
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in the corner – в углу
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on the right – справа
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in the left – слева
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under – под
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over, above – над
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at – у
Task 2. Transcribe the following words and practise their pronunciation.
A district, quite, spacious, a yard, comfortable, to contain, varying, to occupy, a
closet, utility, a machine, a freezer, fantastic, dominant, a feature, essential, a
cushion, to entertain, a wardrobe, to adjoin, a lavatory, linoleum, flooring,
parquet, convenience, electricity, heating, a chute, a location.
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Task 3. Are these statements true or false? Use the phrases from the table.
True False
I fully agree with you.
That’s all right.
That’s it! Just it! Exactly so!
Looks like that.
I think so.
I disagree with you.
Far from it.
Nothing of the kind.
Just the reverse.
By no means.
1. You live in a 12-storeyed block of flats.
2. On the ground floor there is a shop.
3. Your yard is spacious.
4. Your block contains flats of the same size.
5. There are two lifts in your block.
6. There is no number plate on your door.
7. Your hall is small and there are no built-in closets in it.
8. Your living-room faces south, that’s why it is so sunny.
9. You use your bedroom as a study.
10. Your parents have their own bedroom.
11. The flooring is parquet in all the rooms.
12. Your rooms are modern and spacious.
13. There are only some modern conveniences in your flat: central heating, cold
running water and electricity.
14. It takes you an hour to get to the University.
Task 4. Fill in prepositions and adverbs where necessary.
1. The block ___ flats I live ___ is in Green Street.
2. ___ the ground floor ___
the centre __ the front there is a photographer’s.
3. ___ one ___ the walls ___
the hall there is a small table ___ a telephone and ___ it a large oval mirror.
4. ___ left is my bedroom which I also use as a study.
5. ___ the kitchen the
floor is covered ___ linoleum.
6. As you come ___ you can see a large hall ___ a
stand ___ hats, coats and umbrellas.
7. This room faces ___ south.
8. One ___
the doors ___ the right ___ the hall leads ___ the living-room.
Task 5. Listen to the description of the kitchen and fill in the gaps.
It’s a modern kitchen, nice and clean with a lot of cupboards. _____’s a
washing machine, a fridge and a cooker, but there isn’t a dishwasher. There are
some lovely _____ on the walls, but there aren’t any photographs. There’s a
radio _____ the cooker. There are some flowers, but there aren’t _____ plants.
On the table there are some apples and oranges. Ah! And there are cups and
plates next to the sink.
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Task 6. Look at the picture of the living room (ask your teacher for it). Put
a preposition from the box into each gap.
near on next to in front of behind under
1. The telephone is _____ the table. 2. The table is _____ the sofa. 3. The chair
is _____ the stereo. 4. The lamp is _____ the chair. 5. The dog is _____ the fire.
6. The telephone is _____ one of the lamps.
Task 7. Study the types of English houses. Then listen to five people talking
about where they live and fill in the chart below.
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a row of terraced houses/terrace
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a semi-detached house
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a detached house
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a bungalow
Anne-Marie
Harry Dave
and
Maggie
Thanos
House or flat?
Old or new?
Where?
Number of bedrooms?
Garden?
Live(s) with?
Task 8. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary.
1. Наш дом находится на улице Садовая. Мы переехали туда пять лет
назад. 2. У него двухкомнатная квартира на втором этаже. 3. На первом
этаже все квартиры без балконов. 4. Все комнаты: гостиная, спальня и
кабинет - небольшие, но уютные и чистые. 5. В гостиной находится
большой цветной телевизор, два мягких дивана, кресло и журнальный
столик. На полу лежит толстый ковер. 6. На столе стоит ваза с цветами. 7.
Наша кухня – довольно большая. Там есть плита, холодильник, шкафчики
для посуды, стол и несколько стульев. 8. На стене в коридоре находятся
вешалка и зеркало. 9. Мы поддерживаем порядок в комнате. 10. У нас в
квартире есть все современные удобства: газ, электричество, водопровод с
горячей и холодной водой, лифт и мусоропровод. 11. У нас есть маленький
дом в деревне с большим фруктовым садом и клумбами с прекрасными
цветами. 12. Наш дом очень удобно расположен: автобусы ходят каждые
пять минут, поэтому я добираюсь до центра за пятнадцать минут.
Task 9. Read the text “Buckingham Palace” and do the following tasks.
Before reading the text check the meaning of new words in your dictionary.
inside (prep)
the whole world
famous
grow up
like (prep)
to prepare
a piper
outside (prep)
to do the washing-up
everybody
during (prep)
course (food)
The Palace
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There are two addresses in London that the whole world knows. One is 10
Downing Street, where the Prime Minister lives. The other is Buckingham
Palace. This famous palace, first built in 1703, is in the very centre of London.
It is two places, not one. It is a family house, where children play and grow up.
It is also the place where presidents, kings, and politicians go to meet the Queen.
Buckingham Palace is like a small town, with a police station, two post
offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema and a swimming pool.
There are 600 rooms and three miles of red carpet. Two men work full-time to look
after the 300 clocks. About 700 people work in the Palace.
The Queen’s Day
When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people look after her. One
starts her bath, one prepares her clothes, and one feeds the Royal dogs. She has
eight or nine dogs, and they sleep in their own bedroom near the Queen’s
bedroom. Two people bring her breakfast. She has coffee from Harrods, toast,
and eggs. Every day for fifteen minutes, a piper plays Scottish music outside her
room and the Queen reads “The Times”.
Every Tuesday evening, she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about
world news and have a drink, perhaps a gin and tonic or a whisky.
An Invitation to the Palace
When the Queen invites a lot of people for dinner, it takes three days to
prepare the table and three days to do the washing-up. Everybody has five
glasses: one for red wine, one for white wine, one for water, one for port, and
one for liqueur. During the first and second courses, the Queen speaks to the
person on the left and then she speaks to the person on her right for the rest of
the meal. When the Queen finishes her food, everybody finishes and it is time
for the next course!
True/False
1. The Palace is more than two hundred years old.
2. It is famous because it is in the center of London.
3. The same person starts the Queen’s bath, prepares her clothes, and feeds the dogs.
4. The dogs sleep in the Queen’s bedroom.
5. The Queen and the Prime Minister go out for a drink on Tuesday night.
Questions
1. “Buckingham Palace is two places, not one.” How?
2. Why is it like a small town?
3. Are there many clocks?
4. How many dogs does the Queen have?
5. What newspaper does she read?
6. What sort of music does the piper play?
7. Why do people have five glasses on the table?
8. Who does the Queen speak to during a meal?
9. What happens when the Queen finishes her food?
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II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
Task 10. Think of a certain room. Ask and answer questions about these
objects.
e.g. Is there a stereo? – Yes, there is. Are there any books? – No, there aren’t.
a clock magazines a table a fire lamps flowers a mirror
a dog photos an armchair a desk pictures a camera
plants newspapers
Task 11. Put in the correct form of there + (to) be.
1. ___ no water on the moon. 2. ___ no railways in the 18
th
century. 3. Once
upon a time ___ a beautiful princess. 4. ___ some soup, if you’re hungry. 5. ___
any potatoes? 6. I’m afraid ___ no time to see Granny.
Task 12. Put in there or it.
a. Mum: _____ is a good programme on TV tonight. _____ is about computers.
Dad: I’m not interested in computers. Is _____ a long programme?
Mum: No, only half an hour. Why?
Dad: Because _____’s another programme I want to watch at 9.30.
b. Juan: Excuse me. Is _____ a bank near here?
Mark: Yes, _____’s one on the corner of Broad Street.
Juan: Is _____ open at lunchtime?
Mark: Yes, I think so.
c. Jane: (standing outside a restaurant) This is the new Mexican restaurant.
Mary: Is _____ expensive?
Jane: No, I don’t think so. Look, _____’s an empty table. Let’s go in.
d. Dave: Mum, _____ isn’t any soap in the bathroom.
Mum: Yes, _____ is. _____’s a new packet on the shelf.
Dave: I can’t see _____.
Mum: _____’s next to the shampoo.
e. 1. ___’s a cat in your bedroom. 2. ___’s hard to understand him. 3. ___’s cold
tonight. 4. ___’s ice on the roads. 5. ___’s nice to see you. 6. ___’s somebody
on the phone for you. 7. ___’s a problem with the TV. 8. ___’s too late to go
out. 9. ___’s a funny smell in the kitchen. 10. “What’s that noise?” “___’s the
wind”.
Task 13. Paula has got a problem. She overslept in the morning and in a
hurry left her bag and her keys at home. Now she is standing in front of the
kitchen window. She can see her bag and her keys on the table. Use can or
can’t + the verb in brackets.
Oh dear! Where’s my key? I _____ (find) it. Oh look! It’s on the kitchen
table. I _____ (see) it. Now what am I going to do? I _____ (get) in. I _____
(climb) the tree to the window on the first floor. It’s too high. I _____
(telephone) for help because I haven’t got my money with me. Hey, what’s that
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noise in the room? I _____ (hear) something. Oh good, it’s Peter. He is at home.
I’m safe.
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