To let

1. A separate flat facing the river, on the second floor, central heating, hot water, a bathroom, a big kitchen, a living-room with large windows, a bedroom. All the rooms are furnished and in perfect order. The landlady is friendly, kind, always willing to help. The rent is 100 pounds a month.

2. A separate room on the fifth floor for a single man, with furniture and a bathroom. There is a desk, a sofa, a TV set and a bookcase. The telephone is in the hall. There is no lift. The room is small but warm and cosy. The rent is only 50 pounds a month.

3. A two-bedroom apartment facing a park on the tenth floor, a big living room, furnished or unfurnished. A swimming pool and a laundry in the basement. The rent is 500 US dollars.

4. A one bedroom apartment for a single woman on the fifth floor. Furnished, warm and cosy. No elevator. Parking available. The rent is 250 US dollars.

Task 2. Renting a house. Choose a suitable word from the second column.

1. If you live in a house which is not

yours you a) tenant have to pay…

2. The man who receives the rent is your … b) rent

3. The person who rents the house is the … c) landlord

4. Council houses are houses built by the … d) lease

5. In a … apartment house the tenant pays rent to

a landlord each month. e) rental

6. The tenant signs a … f) municipal council

Buying a house.

1. When you want to buy a house look for

houses with a notice … a) owner

2. You can buy a house through an … b) bank

3. If you don’t have enough money you can borrow it from a … c) repaid

4. The money you have borrowed has to be … d) estate-agent

5. The man who designs the house is the … e) for sail

6. The man who has bought a flat is the …. f) architect

Task 3. Read and translate the text.

When inquiring about a room it is always a good idea to look in “the flats to let” column of an evening paper for advertisements like: 3d girl shr. s/c Hamilton flt. 1698 351897 evenings. This means that a third girl is required to share a self contained flat in the city of Hamilton, and that enquiries should be made by telephone in the evenings. If you decided to rent the room you negotiate with the landlord.

Task 4. Fill in the correct word from the list below:

Dining room, corridor, roof, kitchen, bedroom, swimming pool, balcony, staircase, bathroom, house, dining room, garden, attic, living room

1. Our mother cooks delicious food and washes dishes inside the … 2. We live in it and it is composed of many rooms such as the bedroom, the living-room … 3. It allows us to move from the ground floor to the first floor … 4. It is a small room under the roof and we usually use it to preserve some old things … 5. It usually contains a bed and a cupboard. We use it to sleep … 6. It is situated in the garden and we can swim there as long as we want …. 7. We usually watch television and entertain our guests inside this room …. 8. We can take a bath and get washed in it … 9. It is a passage for the rooms of the house … 10. We use it to serve and eat meals and it is connected with the kitchen … 11. My neighbours have a lot of beautiful flowers on their … 12. That house has got 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a huge … 13. It has been snowing the whole night. There is a lot of snow everywhere. Look at the …

Task 5. Match the words and phrases in column A with those in column B.

1. a house warming party a) подниматься по лестнице

2. plaster b) новоселье

3. central heating с) оклеивать стены обоями

4. upholstered furniture d) мягкая мебель

5. to paint window-frames white e) штукатурка

6. a nursery f) перешагнуть порог

7. an adjoining room g) красить оконные рамы в

белый цвет

8. a cabinet h) центральное отопление

9. to screw in a bulb i) принимать душ

10. a study j) кран

11. to take a shower k) ввернуть лампочку

12. to go upstairs l) детская комната

13. a tap, a faucet m) кабинет

14. to cross the threshold n) примыкающая (соседняя)

15. to paper walls o)шкаф со стеклянными

дверцами

Task 6. Read the texts and answer the questions.

Bill

Well, I'm the sort of person who doesn't bother too much where to live. I mean the area where the house is. It can be in the town or in the country - honestly I don't care. But I do like comfort. I reckon at my age I deserve it. Cold, that's the thing I really can't stand. I must have a place with a good heating system - central heating is the best because it's so easy. Yes, I suppose there's one more thing, I must have a place of my own. I don't want to be sharing with people at my age. Perhaps I am getting old. I'm too attached to my independence now; I couldn't give it up to go sharing with other people.

1. How old is Bill? 2. Is he married? 3. Where does Bill prefer to live? Does he want to have a house or rent a flat? 4. What are the most important things for Bill when he speaks about the place to live? 5. Does he prefer to live in the town?

Mary

I don't want to leave the place where I'm now. No, I don't really want to move at all. It's so cosy and I've got all my friends, round here. But they are going to pull them all down, all these old houses, so I suppose I'll have to move, I'd quite like to go out into the country actually, because I was born in the village and I do miss the country air. But the problem is that country places are so expensive. I can't afford it.

1. Why does Mary have to go? 2. Why doesn’t Mary want to leave her house? 3. Why doesn’t she want to live in the town? 4. Can she buy a house in the country?