Read the text. Using information from ex.15 give the main idea of each paragraph

Bedrooms. Bedrooms should be so arranged in the house plan that each one will have cross-ventilation, that is so, that the fresh air can enter the room through one window and the foul air escape through another. This should be accomplished in such a way that the air will not blow directly over a bed. To meet this requirement, it is necessary that at least two of the walls of each bedroom be outside walls with a window. This means that each bedroom must be a corner room. Another requirement is that the bedroom door should open out of the hallway or a corridor, never out of another bedroom. Besides the entrance door, there is always one closet door, and a door to a bathroom.

Kitchens. —In a properly planned kitchen there are three principal centres of activity, as follows:

1. the preservation and storage centre,

2. the cooking and serving centre,

3. the preparation and cleaning centre.

These can be comfortably accomodated in a kitchen 7 feet 6 inches by 10 feet.

Dining room.— Such a room should be next to the kitchen with only a partition between them. It should be at least 11 feet by 12 feet and preferably 12 by 15 feet in size. Dining room should be well lighted by a large window or windows facing so as to let the morning sunshine come into the room.

Living room. —The room which is. used more than any other during the afternoon and evening is the living room. This room is also the one most often seen by guests, and may be said to be the show room of the house. For these reasons the living room is usually the largest room and the most handsomely furnished. In the smaller houses it is used by all members of the family as reception room, library, music room, study, entertainment room, and play room, and at times it becomes a spare bedroom. The room should be as large as can be allowed, ranging from 12 feet by 16 feet up to 20 feet by 26. The entrance should be of good width and centrally located. Often there is no door, but only a door opening which may be closed by means of curtains or by folding or sliding doors.

Utility room. — Equipment such as the heating plant and laundry tubs are in a small room (about 7 feet by 8 feet) called a utility room, near the kitchen on the ground level. Laundry equipment should be located with thought for ef­ficiency and light, as some of the hardest work in the house is done in this room.

Bathroom. —Any present-day house has at least one bath­room. The three plumbing fixtures which an ordinary bath­room usually contains are the bathtub, the water closet, and the wash basin.