Basic English _Fisrt year_Булатова -31-10-11

6.You and your friend are planning to do things at different times. Write a sentence about each of you, choosing a time expressions from the box.

Try to use all the expressions.

Saturday morning / next Monday / in the summer / Tomorrow afternoon

15thJanuary / Thursday 6.30 / Friday evening / Saturday afternoon / Sunday morning

7. Work in groups. You are building a café near you house. Discuss the

following.

the size

name of the cafe the decorations a sample menu

what kind of music special features

how to attract clients

Tell other groups your ideas. Vote for the group with the best project.

8.Imagine that you won a lottery and became a millionaire. How is your life changing? Fill in the table. Make a plan of what you are going to do this month.

Reading: Living in the narrowboat

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Imagine that money is not a problem, what kind of house do you want to live in?

9.Read the text about the most unusual place to live and say what makes living in it unusual.

Living in the narrowboat

Nicole Fayolle lives on a narrowboat. She bought it in Belgium almost five years ago and has travelled around Europe a lot ever since.

―I love travelling, and in a narrowboat you can see lots of different places without leaving home!‖ What Is very important, Nicole can take all her painting equipment with her wherever she goes. ―I love sitting on the deck and painting!‖ says Nicole.

The narrowboat is called Liberté. It is just over 20 metres long and inside the rooms are low and narrow. The small kitchen has a boiler that heats up the radiators. There‘s a small bedroom and a tiny bathroom. ―There are many cold days to be outside so I wanted to feel good being inside a small space for a long time. Otherwise I prefer sitting up on the deck here with Candy.‖ At the mention of its name a small dog appears. Does she need the dog for company?

―The narrowboat community is very sociable. We keep in touch either by phone or email. When it starts getting colder we meet in the same place. We then stay there together until the spring. Most of us stay about five or six months, it helps to make and keep friends. However, I do like dogs and having Candy means never feeling alone.‖

Nicole has a bicycle and often rides to the nearest villages for food. ―I usually cook for myself and love using home grown herbs, but it is difficult to grow things

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on the boat – there isn‘t too much space for many pots unfortunately.‖ Nicole is

more than happy with her lifestyle.

(From www.onestopenglish.com.)

10.Read the text again and fill in the table.

What does the person do?

What is their main reason for choosing this type of home?

What adjectives are used to describe the place?

What does he/she do for companionship?

What words would you use to describe the person‘s personality?

Listening: Living in a lighthouse

11.You‟re going to listen to a story about a person who lives in a lighthouse.

Look at the picture below and think about the following:

The person living there (name, job, character)

The building (how old, does it still work)

Living in the building (What can be seen/heard/any neighbours)

Problems

12.Listen to the first part of the text and fill in the table.

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What does the person do?

What is their main reason for choosing this type of home?

What adjectives are used to describe the place?

What does he/she do for companionship?

What words would you use to describe the person‘s personality?

13.Listen to the second part of the text and describe the inside of the

lighthouse.

Rooms:

Furniture:

14. What do you think? Ask and answer these questions with another

student:

•Where do you want to live – in a lighthouse or on a narrowboat?

•What are the main differences between the two homes?

•What kind of person may want to live in these homes?

•What kind of person may want to live in a usual home?

•How will your friends and family react if you start to live in a very different kind of home?

Speaking

15.Look at the picture of a house. Who do you think lives there? Would you want to live there? Why/why not?

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18.Get into two groups to talk about home safety. Share opinions on the

following ideas. How effective are they?

~not opening door to strangers unless a parent is around ~keeping doors locked

~fire safety: fire escape plan

Burglary is always a worry for home owners. What kinds of things can we do to make houses safer?

How important is safety? How do you make a house safe?

Independent assignment

1.Write a story titled "Living in an Igloo" (substitute other buildings).

2.Write your opinion on one of the questions:

What do you like about your house? What don‘t you like about your house?

3.Imagine that you are tired of living in a house. Where will you live?

4.What is your favorite part of your house? What do you like to do there?

5.Draw/describe your dream house (money is not a problem) where, materials, design, interior, landscaping etc

6.Make a poster about the world‘s millionaires. How did they get their wealth? What do they do with their riches? Share your work to your classmates.

7.You are a billionaire. Write about one day in your life. Read your writing to your class.

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How do you help at home?

Do you share part of your duties with siblings/roommate?

Vocabulary: Household chores

8. Read the sentences below.

Household chores are tasks we do around the house to keep it clean. Some chores you do every day. Others you do several times a week or just once a week.

E.g.: I wash the dishes every day, but I wash my clothes just once a week.

9.Which household chores do you do every day and which once a week?

10.Match the phrases below to the pictures:

Water the plants

Wash the car

Go shopping

Wash the dishes

Take out the trash

Vacuum the carpet

Mow the lawn

Wash the laundry

Make the bed

Lay on the bed

Walk the dog

Have a dinner

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11. There are chores we like to do and chores we don't like to do. Most

people don't like to take out the trash.

Which chores you like doing and which not?

Pronunciation

12.Read the phrases from exercise 3 to your partner.

13.Listen to the phrases and check the pronunciation.

Reading: Working mothers

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14.Answer the questions:

Why are household chores important?

Who does most of the household chores in a typical family?

15.Read the text below and say if the following sentences are True or False:

5.Driving a bicycle for an hour you use up more calories than working in office for three hours.

6.Most of women don‘t eat breakfast at all.

7.59% of women have only 5 minutes for breakfast.

8.25% of women don‘t have time to rest.

9.44% of women eat unhealthy food because they like it.

10.Breakfast is very important for working mothers as they need

much energy for the whole day.

Working mothers spend three hours doing household chores before they get to the office – during this time the number of calories they use up is the same as during an hour-long bicycle ride.

Activities such as ironing, making the bed and brushing their children's hair means they use up about 500 calories.

Six in ten women say their day starts at 7am and ends when they go to bed just before 11pm.

15% of working mums don‘t have breakfast at all, 59 % try to eat something in less than five minutes and 25% don't sit down.

The research shows that as a result 44 per cent of mums eat unhealthy food such as crisps and pastries in hope to fight with hunger until lunch.

An expert says, "For a working mother with many things to do before work, a healthy breakfast is even more important."

16. Is the situation described in the text familiar to you? Was your mother‟s day like in the text?

Speaking

17.Answer the questions

Who are your roommates?

Do you get along well with your roommates? How well do you know them?

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18.Complete the sentences with the words below.

snore, messy, noisy, share, diligent, enjoy

19. Discuss with your partner if you agree/disagree with the statements above. Then answer the questions below.

What kind of roommate do you want?

What kind of behavior you don‘t like?

What things are you ready to share?

What things you don‘t want to share?

Listening: Bad roommates

20.What are the most common things people complain about their roommates?

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