8. Find in the dialogue English equivalents for the followings.

прибираться в комнате

приводить комнату в порядок

я остановился у друга

квартирная плата

самому открывать дверь

я могу вас приютить

это меня очень устраивает

закрывать парадную дверь

гасить свет

заранее

приходить

выпроваживать

снимать башмаки

обговорить

звонить друзьям

передавать ключ

9. Answer the questions.

1) Is Mike`s room ready? What does Mrs. Green want to do?

2) Where is Mike staying at the moment?

3) Is Mike going to take the room on now or is he ready to wait until the room is cleared out and done up?

4) What must Mike remember before Mrs. Green hands the key over?

5) When will Mike have to let himself in?

6) Who will make Mike`s bed in the morning?

7) Can Mike take baths?

8) Is there a telephone in Mike`s room?

9) Does Mrs. Green mind Mike`s inviting guests to his room?

10) Both Mrs. Green and Mike are pleased, aren`t they? Why are they pleased?

10. Paraphrase these sentences using the word combinations from the talk between Mrs. Green and Mike.

1. I shall need a week or so to tidy the room.

2. Don’t trouble, I`m staying at my friend`s at the moment.

3. Before I give you the key, I hope you don’t arrive too late at night.

4. I`ll remember to close the door, remove my shoes and turn off the lights before going upstairs.

5. You can telephone your friends from here.

6. Baths are part of the rent.

7. You`ll have to make your friends leave the house by eleven.

8. I`m glad I can give you a place to stay.

9. I`m glad we`ve been able to discuss things.

11. Match the left-hand and right-hand columns.

1) a sum of money paid regularly for the use of a room 2) to close the front door 3) to make smth stop burning 4) before (in time) 5) to provide smb with smth 6) to repair a house or decorate it 7) to telephone smb 8) to tidy and clean the room 9) to allow smb to stay at your place for some time

a) to put out the lights b) to put smb up c) to ring smb up d) to do a house up e) to pull the front door to f) rent g) to fix smb up h) in advance i) to clear out a room

12. Say if phrases below are true or false. Correct the false phrases. If they are true, repeat them.

1) Mike is putting up at the hotel at the moment.

2) Mike`s room is quite ready for him to move in.

3) Mike wants to take the room on immediately, he is ready to pay the rent in advance.

4) It is all the same to Mrs. Green if Mike returns home late at night.

5) Mike assures Mrs. Green that he will never get in too late at night.

6) The landlady tells Mike that she lets him telephone his friends and use the bathroom.

7) Mrs. Green says that Mike`s friends may stay the night in his room.

8) Mrs. Green and Mike are displeased with each other.