
- •Contents
- •Unit 1. My flat
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •For at in on of into with
- •Text: “Home, sweet home.”
- •Text: “My flat”
- •Unit 2. Rooms in the house
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “My Favourite Room”
- •Unit 3. Arranging the house
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •I. Answer the questions.
- •II. Make up dialogues:
- •Dialogue: “Arranging the House”
- •Discussion
- •Why was She Angry?
- •As Cool as Cucumber
- •Unit 4. British and American Houses
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “Patterns of housing in Britain”
- •Discussion
- •Text: “Somewhere to live”
- •Discussion
- •Text: “New homes”
- •Text: “Homelessness”
- •Discussion
- •Dialogue: “a visit to an American house”
- •Unit 5. Russian houses and flats
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Text: “Russian houses and city flats”
- •Modern Russian House
- •City Apartment
- •Communal Apartment
- •Country House
- •Supplement reading Unit 1. What is “home”?
- •Unit 2. What is the difference between “home” and “house”?
- •Unit 3. Inside the house
- •Types of houses Boarding house
- •Earth sheltering
- •Home automation
- •Lodging
- •Lustron house
- •Mobile home
- •Modular home
- •Unit 4. Mortgage loan
- •Basic concepts and legal regulation
- •Mortgage loan types
- •Unit 5. Mortgage industry of the United States
- •Unit 6. Mortgage industry of the United Kingdom
- •Unit 7. Renting
- •Reasons for renting
- •Rental agreements
- •Renting apartments in Russia. Overview
- •The guide to renting an apartment in Russia
- •Russian apartments for rent - Interim flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Cheap flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Medium prices flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - High prices flats
- •Russian apartments for rent - Expensive and very expensive flats
- •Topical vocabulary
- •Detached House
- •Types of Dwelling
- •Living Room
- •Bedroom
- •Dining Room
- •Tableware and Cutlery 1
- •Tableware and Cutlery 2
- •Kitchen
- •Kitchen Utensils and Appliances
- •Flat (Apartment)
- •Children's Room (Nursery)
- •Baby's Care and Layette1
- •Baby's Care and Layette2
- •Bathroom and toilet
- •Household Appliances and Utensils
- •Bibliography
- •626150, Г. Тобольск, ул. Знаменского, 58.
ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ТОБОЛЬСКАЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ ИМ. Д.И. МЕНДЕЛЕЕВА»
Засорина Марина Евгеньевна
Вычужанина Анна Юрьевна
Учебный практикум
для студентов языковых и неязыковых факультетов
по дисциплине
«ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС ИНОСТРАННГО ЯЗЫКА»
(тема «HOME, SWEET HOME»)
Тобольск
2011
Печатается по решению Редакционно-
издательского совета ТГСПА им. Д. И. Менделеева
УДК
ББК
С30
Home, sweet home = Дом, родной дом: учебное пособие для студентов филологического факультета профиль подготовки «иностранный язык» / Сост. М. Е. Засорина, А.Ю. Вычужанина. – Тобольск: ТГСПА им. Д. И. Менделеева, 2011. – с. – 50 экз.
Данный учебный практикум предназначен для студентов языковых и неязыковых факультетов. Он направлен на совершенствование знаний, умений и навыков английского языка в рамках изучения темы “Home”.
Данное пособие содержит подборку материалов по теме «Houses, homes, flats», а также комплекс лексико-грамматических упражнений, способствующих приобретению и развитию умений и навыков иноязычного общения. Пособие может быть использовано для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы.
Рецензенты:
к.ф.н., доцент Ю.С.Воротникова (ТГСПА им. Д.И. Менделеева,
г.Тобольск)
к.ф.н., доцент А.М.Тимофеева (ГОУ ВПО «ТГНУ»
филиал «Тобольский индустриальный институт», г. Тобольск)
Засорина Марина Евгеньевна, 2011
Вычужанина Анна Юрьевна, 2011
ТГСПА им. Д.И. Менделеева, 2011
Contents
Unit 1. MY FLAT……………………………………………………………………5
Vocabulary practice…………………………………………………………………..5
Text: “Home, sweet home.”.....................................................................................12
Text: “My flat”……………………………………………………………………….13
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………….17
Unit 2. ROOMS IN THE HOUSE………………………………………………..18
Vocabulary practice………………………………………………………………….18
Text: “My Favourite Room.”…………………………………………………………21
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………….22
Unit 3. ARRANGING THE HOUSE………………………………………………22
Vocabulary practice………………………………………………………………….22
Dialogue: “Arranging the House”……………………………………………………28
Discussion……………………………………………………………………………28
Unit 4. BRITISH AND AMERICAN HOUSES…………………………………34
Vocabulary practice………………………………………………………………….34
Text: “Patterns of housing in Britain”………………………………………………37
Text: “Somewhere to live”……………………………………………………………39
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………….40
Dialogue: “A visit to an American house”……………………………………………41
Discussion…………………………………………………………………………….43
Unit 6. RUSSIAN HOUSES AND FLATS…………………………………………43
Vocabulary practice………………………………………………………………….43
Text: “Russian houses and city flats”……………………………………………….45
Supplement reading……………………………………………………………….48
Unit 1. What is “home”?........................................................................................48
Unit 2. What is the difference between “home” and “house”?...................................49
Unit 3. Inside the house…………………………………………………………….51
Unit 4. Mortgage loan……………………………………………………………….61
Unit 5. Mortgage industry of the United States…………………………………….64
Unit 6. Mortgage industry of the United Kingdom………………………………….66
Unit 7. Renting………………………………………………………………………..68
TOPICAL VOCABULARY……………………………………………………….74
BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………...95
Unit 1. My flat
Vocabulary Practice
Ex. 1. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word combinations.
снимать квартиру у (кого-л.), сдавать квартиру (кому-л.), обставлять квартиру, произвести косметический ремонт квартиры, отремонтировать квартиру, квартира без горячей воды, штаб-квартира, квартиры, построенные для сдачи в аренду, многоэтажный дом, однокомнатная квартира, квартира, расположенная в двух этажах с внутренней лестницей, рентабельное жилье, рентабельная квартира, квартира в доме без лифта
Ex. 2. Give Russian equivalents of the following English words and word combinations.
garden apartment, high-rise apartment, landlord, renter, elevator, kitchen unit, dish washer, living room range, laundry washer, to do the laundry, drier, lawn, air conditioner, standard lamp, attic, basement, garage, parking lot
Ex. 3. Translate into Russian the following English proverbs. Make up situations to explain their meaning.
1. An Englishman’s home is his castle.
2. Every bird likes his own nest best.
3. Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.
4. Everything has a skeleton in their cupboard
5. There’s no place like home.
6. Charity begins at home
7. East or West, home is best.
8. Home is where the heart is.
Ex. 4. Translate into English the following Russian proverbs.
1. Дома и стены помогают. .
2. У каждой избушки есть погремушки.
3. Сухой хлеб дома лучше, чем жареное мясо за границей.
4. Мой дом – моя крепость
5. Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит
6. В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.
Ex.5. Read the text and say which proverb gives the main idea of it.
The English are stay-at-home people. When they don’t work they like to spend their days off at home with their families. The open fire is something that the English are very much fond of it. English people like to live in small houses for one family with a small garden.
Ex. 6. Give definitions to the following words:
lounge, sky-scraper, freezer, lift, carpet, self-contained flat, semi-detached house, share a room with smb., single bed, sky-scraper, spacious, spy hole, storeroom, washing wallpaper, washing machine, wash-basin.
Ex. 7. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct position in the passage below:
deposit, landlord, rent, flat, fee, advertisements, self-contained, references, accommodation agency, block
The first thing I had to do in Belfast was find somewhere to live, if possible a small, one-bedroomed (a) …………………………………….. . I didn’t want to share a kitchen or toilet; I wanted to be independent in my own (b) ……………………………………place. I decided I could pay a (c) ………………… of £50 a week. I couldn’t find what I wanted in the newspaper (d) ………………… so I went to an (e) …………………. . They offered me a nice place. It was in a modern (f) ……………….. on the third floor. I had to pay the agency a (g)………………… , and the (h)………………… wanted a big (i)………………… and (j)…………… from my employer and bank manager.
Ex.8. Match the words and phrases in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column:
1. a housewarming party |
а) перешагнуть через порог |
2. plaster |
b) примыкающая (соседняя) комната |
3. central heating |
с) оклеивать стены обоями |
4. upholstered furniture |
d) детская (комната) |
5. to paint window-frames white |
e) кабинет |
6. a tap. a fauce |
f) ввернуть лампочку |
7. a study
|
g) шкаф со стеклянными дверцами, тумбочка, комод |
8. to cross the threshold |
h) штукатурка |
9. to paper walls |
і) кран |
10. a nursery |
j) красить оконные рамы в белый цвет |
11. an adjoining room |
l) мягкая мебель |
12. a cabinet |
m) новоселье |
13. to screw in a bulb |
n) центральное отопление |
Ex. 9. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below: