What will there be in my flat

Every young man wants to live independently. And I’m not an exception. Of course, the time will come, when I will be alone in my flat. I wait for this moment and imagine, that my new flat will be at least three roomed. There will be a study, a bed-room, a dinning-room. Of course, there will be a kitchen and a bathroom. The dinning-room will be a big comfortable room with a big table in the centre. There will be also several armchairs, and a big TV set in it. In this room, I shall receive guests. I shall also put a piano in one of the corners of the room and shall start taking a piano lesson course. I like this musical instrument very much.

The bedroom will become my favourite one because it is a room of rest where everybody can spend several hours without noise and fuss. There I shall put my PC that helps me very much.

Another room – the study will be the place where I shall do all my work. There will be a large table full of papers and several shelves. I am going to gather a big collection of books, so they will not stay empty.

That’s how I imagine my future flat. I hope that these dreams will become true.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions.

1. Do you prefer to live independently or with your parents?
2. Are you a city lover or a country lover?
3. What kind of house would you like to live in?
4. What conveniences must be in your flat?
5. What will your flat be like?

Exercise 3. Complete the following sentences.

1. I'm fond of our new flat because.... 2. It's very convenient to.... 3. There are nine storeys in the house, that's why it.... 4. The room looks very small because.... 5. The best place for the TV set is.... I. There are all modern conveniences in the flat, such.. 7. Our flat is not very large, there are.... 8. Let's place the sofa....

Exercise 4. Choosing the words from the list below furnish your study, bedroom, living room, kitchen, dining room.

A sideboard, a cupboard, a piano, a bed, a night table, a dressing-table, a sofa, a bookcase, a wardrobe, a small table, a TV set, a tape recorder, a writing desk, shelves for household things, stools, chairs, armchairs, a refrigerator (fridge), a kitchen table, books-shelves, a carpet, some pictures, a vase with flowers.

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and post verbal adverbs wherever necessary.

1. My sister is married. She has a family... her own. 2. They all live... her husband's parents. 3. They live... Sadovaya street. 4. Their house is... a five-storey building. 5. Their flat is... the third floor. 6. There are all modern conveniences... the flat. 7. There is not much furniture... the living room. 8. A square table is... the middle... the room. 9. There are six chairs... the table. 10.... the right-hand corner there is a small table... a TV set... it. 11.... it there is a piano, … the opposite wall there is a sideboard where we keep dishes and glassware. 12. There is a beautiful carpet... the floor. 13.... the walls there are some pictures and my grandmother's portrait. 14. My friends have moved... a new flat. 15. Now they live rather far... the centre... the city. 16. They live... a ten-storey building. 17. There is a lift... the house. 18. Their flat is... the sixth floor.

Exercise 6. Translate into English.

У моей сестры - отдельная квартира недалеко от центра города. Квартира не очень большая, ноудобная. В ней две комнаты, кухня, прихожая, ванная. В доме современные удобства. В кухне стоит газовая плита, холодильник, стол, несколько табуреток, шкаф и полки для посуды. Кухня очень чистая и уютная. Она служит одновременно и столовой. На мытье посуды у сестры уходит мало времени, потому что есть горячая вода. В прихожей стоит вешалка для одежды и небольшой столик для телефона. У двери лежит небольшой коврик (rug). Одна комната служит гостиной, вторая - спальней. В гостиной стоит круглый стол, шесть стульев, сервант, столик с телевизором, два кресла и тахта. Над тахтой висят книжные полки. В спальне стоит кровать, туалетный столик, платяной шкаф и ночной столик. На полу лежит большой толстый ковер. Сестра очень довольна своей квартирой.

Text 4

Exercise 1. Look through the words. You will hear them in text 4.

1. lounge [laundз]- холл, комната для отдыха
2. turn on- включать (свет)
3. valuable[`væ ljuə bl] ценный, дорогой.
4. pull down- сносить (здание)
5. majority – большинство
6. to be used- использоваться
7. suburb –пригород
8. cedar [`si: də ]-кедр
9. rhubarb[`ru: ba: b]-ревень

Exercise 2. Listen to the text and be ready to do exercise 3.

Exercise 3. Choose the right variant

1. A typical house of this kind is built with … floors.

A. one; B. two; C. three; D. four;

2. The most modern name for … is the lounge.

A. the dining room, B. the kitchen, C. the bathroom, D. the bedroom

3. Very many houses of this type were built in British cities in ….

A. early 20^th, B. 17^th, C. the 18^th, D. the 19^th and early 20^th

4. … make the postman's work much easier, but this is not important.

A. names, B. numbers, C. colours, D. people

Exercise 4. Answer the questions

1. What do you think about British homes?
2. Why do some people give names to their suburban houses?
3. Is it so useful and necessary?

Text 5

Exercise 1. Read the text and do the test given after it.

Notes:

1. public housing - жилье
2. a smattering - небольшое число разбросанных
3. a dwelling - жилище, дом
4. a thoroughfare [`qÙ rə feə ] – проход, проезд
5. an indigenous community [ in`did¥ inə s] - местная община
6. rubbish [`rÙ biò ] - мусор, хлам
7. employment [im`ploimə nt] - служба, работа, занятие.
8. semi [`semi]- pref. полу;
9. retired [ri`taiə d] - отставной, в отставке
10. a bloke [blok] - квартал

My name is Tropicooley. I live in Tolentino Street. Our street is in a part of Broome that is called locally " The Bronx". The Bronx comprises mainly public housing sold to private buyers and a smattering of dwellings built by private owners. It is a great street to live in even if it is the main public thoroughfare to the local cemetery for foot traffic.
We live in a corner block. We have a number of neighbours from the indigenous community and yet others from Europe and Asia. I am Australian born but from the bottom right hand side of the country not here in the top left hand side.
We live here because it has a great climate, cool nights and warm days when the south wind is breezing.
Our street has a lot of kids and even more dogs, including our two dogs. It is a wide street with some really great gardens, and some that have rocks of rubbish growing from them, but that just adds to the colour of our street.
We have people who are from many types of employment in our street. At least one works at the prison, others have spent time there for other reasons, there's at least one other public servant, and others who work from time to time. I'm semi retired myself.
We have wonderful cooling breezes blowing up our street in the wet season, and light winds to keep us cool in the dry.
Neighbours here are fairly supportive, but generally private with it so there is a feeling of not being quite sure about the block across the road, or the woman up the street, or...well you get the picture.
I guess our street has a mixed history. There are characters hidden behind each door. We all have our eccentricities and it is nice to know that people can live together belonging to different social strata and respect each other. Next to Broome, Darwin is also my favourite place in Australia, (I have been to each state and territory over the years looking for a little bit of paradise). I think the tropics, wherever they are, tend to make people relax fairly quickly into acceptance of difference, and that's what makes my street and town wonderful.

Exercise 2. Do the grammar test, consult the text

Text 6

Exercise 1. Look through the text and get ready to do the tasks.

Notes:

1. fascinating [`fæ sineitih]-очаровательных

2. a whole heap-целое множество

3. a franchise [ `fræ ntò aiz]-специальное разрешение, выданное или проданное кампанией одному лицу или группе людей на продажу товаров или услуг, производимой данной кампанией.

4. yuppie shops [jÙ pi]-магазины для хорошо обеспеченных людей

5. to pop up-v. внезапно появляться, возникать

My name is Sara O'Connor. I live in Newtown, Sydney.

... I work just down the road in Woolloomooloo. I have lived in Newtown for 5 years... and have lived right in King Street for almost 6 months.
There are some fascinating characters that live in King Street. There is the old Man with the little dog who sits outside the Post Office every single night. Some of the shops have been there for years and years and now there is a whole heap of new franchises and yuppie shops popping up. Newtown has changed so much that I think it would be really interesting to know what the real locals think about their street. Those people that live right in the heart of it. Exercise 2. Do the tasks

1. Which of these is not true.

1) Sara O’ Connor is a citizen of Sydney.

2) She has lived on King Street for 4 years.

3) The old Man who sits outside the Post Office is a fascinating character.

2. What is popping up?

1) new hotels

2) new pubs

3) new franchises and yuppie shops

3. What would be interesting for Sara O’ Connor to know?

1) what the real locals think about the street

2) what the real locals think about new franchises and yuppie shops popping up

3) what the real locals think about her work

Text 7

Exercise 1. Read the text and answer the question:

What conclusion can we draw about Sarah Parker?

1) she misses her life in Mudgeeraba street.

2) she misses her relatives

3) she lives in the city

Notes:

Gum trees - Эвкалипты

Big Red Kangaroos [kæ hgə `ru: ]

a gradual influx [ `inflÙ ks]-постепенный приток

to escape over- ускользать

hectare[ `hekta: ]-гектар

paddock [`pæ də k]- лужайка, выгон, 2. австрал. Поле, участок земли

mud- грязь, слякоть

neighbourly [`neibə li]-добрососедский, дружественный

gossip-болтовня, беседа

innocence [`inə sns]-невинность, простота, наивность

My name is Sarah Parker. I have lived in my street for 16 years. With my grandparents we were the first people to build in that area, this was around the 1970's. Over the 16 years, there was a gradual influx of people into the area. All the kids would get together while the parents would be drinking at a neighbour’s house; we would escape over to the 1000 hectares of horse paddocks or swim in the mud rivers, we would talk about our dreams and tell some lies; I often wondered if I would leave this area of Gum trees, Big Red Kangaroos and neighbourly gossip.
I now live in the city and have not stepped on fresh cut grass or smelt the leaves of a gum tree since I was a child, but every now and then, I miss that country innocence, and that time when you wondered what was going to happen next or you would go out exploring and have great adventures.
I'm all grown up, but Mudgeeraba street is never too far away

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