TYPES OF DWELLINGS 1 Match the following expressions to the pictures. Put a number in each box. 1 semi-detached house (GB) duplex/two-family house (US) 2 chalet 3 terraced house (GB) row house (US) 4 block of flats (GB) apartment building (US) 5 detached house (GB) (single-farnily) house (US) 6 bungalow (GB) ranch house (US) 7 caravan (GB) trailer (US) 8 half-timbered house Tudor-style house (GB) 2 Where would you be most likely to find each of these houses? Can they all be found in your country? What kinds of people do you think live in each? 3 Which type of house do you live in and what other type of house might you like living in? 4 Describe the house of the future. What wil! be different? What will stay the same? P1IKII iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii smmf.k*ii=i ■lllllll 111 mi Types of Dwellings redbrick house (without plaster) housing estate council houses and Hats (GB) / housing project (US)/public housing (US) condo(minium) (US) high-rise / towerblock / multi-storey buiiding skyscraper town house country house mansion manor house castle chateau stately home palace half-timbered house / Tudor-style house (GB) cottage summer cottage weekend cottage / "second home" log cabin grass hut igloo teepee mobile home a squat halls of residence (GB)/ dorm(itory) (US) flat (GB) / apartment (US) bachelor flat / bachelor pad bedsitter / bedsit studio basement flat Positive qualities comfortable cosy luxurious / exquisite pleasant roomy / spacious large tidy / spotless well-kept attractive elegant magnificent newly built Negative qualities dilapidated haunted ramshackle hideous cramped shabby dingy poky leaky damp Activities to move into to move out of to move house to rent (out) to lease to (re)decorate to furnish to renovate to refurbish to alter to pull down/ demolish 20 Topic-based Vocabulary 1 2 40)> Listen to the telephone conversation about a flat that is for rent and fill in the missing information in Peter's notes. 3 Choose one of the advertisements on the preceding page and with a partner roteplay a similar phone conversation. You can take the part of Joe or Jamie. Your partner is the landlord/landlady. Ringmer Road, Brighton - 01273-946192 1_-bedroom flat in a 2_house 3_flats in the house, the 4_ one of them. Special features: 5_floors lives in tall 6_ 7_ 8 . in the garage - share with other tenants in the back that leads to a 9_ with a 10 They are looking for someone who is 11_ 12_, 13_ 4 Complete the paragraphs on the right choosing some of the following comments. It was very cramped. It Is nice and cosy. It was so spacious you could get lost in it. It had a kitchen corner. ! had to share the bathroom with the other tenants. There was a large swimming pool and hot tub in the back. The commute to work was too long. The couches folded down into a double bed. The living room doubled as my office, so it was rather messy. It was in a bad part of town. The walls were so thin you could hear everything your neighbours said. It was right up the street from the university. 5 What other advantages and disadvantages of each kind of house can you think of? f THESE ARE THE FLATS OF OUR LIVES When I was at university, I hardly had any money at all. I couldn't get a room in the halls of residence, so I had to live in a bedsitter. There were some nice things about it. For example, ... But it also had its disadvantages. When I graduated from university, I found a job as an accountant and started to earn decent money. My girlfriend and I moved into a flat in a housing estate. It was much nicer than my previous place. But it still wasn't perfect. My girlfriend eventually broke up with me and moved out because she said... My career went ahead very well, and soon I was a rich stockbroker. I got married, and when my wife became pregnant we decided to buy a house in the suburbs. It was very expensive and luxurious. ... Having such a large place, however, presented some problems. For instance, ... When I retired, we decided that we needed a change of pace, so we bought a nice mobile home, with a piece of land in the country where we could park it when we weren't travelling. It was perfect for our lifestyle. Now I'm dead and I rest in a pine box, apparently.... LyivWULPuyL. jjrf*" j^kjxMjJs^ J ^ • ^KcIma^&u^j i ^ • U£ Math Made Easy: Introduction to Angles and Angle Types http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVLxXcfNWfE Listen to and watch the video and answer these questions. 1) Angles are formed when two situations are present. List them. a) ....................................................................... b) ....................................................................... 2) What is the property of two perfect horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other? 3) There are three types of angles mentioned in the video. List them, give their properties, and state examples of their use. a).............angle properties................................................ use........................................................ b)..............angle properties................................................ use........................................................ c)..............angle properties................................................ use......................................................... Listen for the second time and answer more specific questions. 1) Which figures in geometry are based on right angles? 2) Why did the teacher of the speaker think that acute angles were "cute" ? 3) Why are gables important in the roof? 4) Which angles can be found in the store shed?