Практичне заняття 9. Тема «Housing»

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THE ENGLISH HOME

Many English families live in flats, but most live in tneir own houses. On the ground-floor they usually have the dining-room, the sitting-room, the kitchen, and the hall. In the hall there is a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas. A staircase leads from the hall to the landing on the first floor. On this floor there are bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory.

In front of the house they usually have a small garden, in which they grow flowers. At the back of the house there is a much larger garden with a lawn and some fruit-trees. There is also a vegetable garden where they grow all kinds of vegetables, such as potatoes, cabbages, onions and tomatoes.

Lots of people live in flats: sometimes the flat is one floor of a house, sometimes it is a big block of flats, when a person lives in one room, we call this a “bed-sitter” (a bed-sitting room): the bed-room, the sitting-room and the kitchen are all in one.

Although Britain has done much to improve the housing conditions in its country, there are two sides to every picture. One which is the face side, or the sunny side, and the other - the shady side of English reality, the slums of London’s East End and other big industrial centres, where none of the above mentioned features can he seen.

There you will not find flowers in front or behind the houses. Bad sanitary conditions, with practically no conveniences vhatsoever, no playgrounds for the children. The streets are long lines of brick houses black from soot that reminds one of the days that the houses were heated by coal. The inhabitants of East End have never known central heating/ Now instead of coal stoves there are gasheaters which the family budget cannot allow. So they only heated room in the house is the sitting-room. Rent in England is exceedingly high, so is electricity.

Mr. PLEYDON’S HOUSE

Mr. Pleydon is an employee and he lives with his family in a very nice house which is about ten miles from London. Mr. Pleydon’s house is a two storeyed building with a telephone, electricity, central heating, running hot and cold water.

When you enter through the front door you can see the hail (entrance hall). There is a stand for hats,coats, umbrellas and a mirror on the wall in the hall

Mr. Pleydon’s sitting-room is quite big. There are some watercolours and some oil-paintings on the walls. On one side there is a bookcase full of books. There is a sofa on the opposite side and the piano There are many flowers in the living-room. There are two comfortable arm-chairs and a sofa. The Pleydons rest in this room. In the evening they go to their sitting room. They sit there, talk, listen to music and watch TV.

Mr Pleydon’s bedroom is nice. There are many kinds of furniture in the bedroom. There is a bed opposite the door and nightbed too. There is a drawer to the right of the door. There is a big and wide window in the bedroom with a nice curtain on it. Two pictures and a modern clock are on the wall of the bedroom. On a small table near the bed there is a nice lamp. The bedroom faces the garden where there are a lot of trees, bushes and flowers and this room is always filled with sunshine.

The Pleydons have a kitchen. It is not large but it is light and clean. There is one window in it. The walls are pale-blue in it. There is a kitchen unit to the right side of the kitchen. There are many kitchen utensils. There is a table to the left side of the kitchen and three stools near it. They are white. Not far from the table there is a big white refrigerator. On the wall of the kitchen there is a picture. There are many flowers in the kitchen. Mrs. Pleydon likes the kitchen and cooks meals there.

The dining-room. It is a pleasant-looking room with a dinning- table, a cupboard and some chairs The room is full with sunshine too. There are many flowers there The Pleydons always have meals there.

There is a bathroom in their house. It is not very large but rather convenient. There is a bath opposite the door with a shower- bath and a tap for cold and hot running water above it. There is a large oval mirror over the wash-basin. There is a washing-machine to the left side of the bathroom. The bathroom is rather cosy. Ihe Pleydons like their house very much.

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