Lesson 2 My Flat

adjacent			примыкающий
armchair			кресло
apartment (Am.E.)			квартира
balcony			балкон
bathroom bath-tub			ванная комната ванна
basement			подвал, фундамент
bedroom			спальня
bedside table			тумбочка
blind			штора
block of flats			многоквартирный дом
bookcase			книжный шкаф
building			здание
carpet				ковёр
ceiling				потолок
cellar				подвал, погреб
central heating				центральное отопление
chair chandelier				стул люстра
chest of drawers				комод
china				фарфор
closet				стенной шкаф, чулан
coffee table				журнальный столик
communal flat				коммунальная квартира
convenience				удобство
cosy				уютный
cooker				плита
cooker hood				вытяжка
corridor				коридор
cottage				коттедж, домик
country-house couch				загородный дом диван, софа, кушетка
crockery				фарфоровая и фаянсовая посуда
crystal				хрусталь
cupboard				шкаф, сервант
curtain				занавеска
cutlery				ножевые изделия, металлические столовые приборы
decorate				оформлять, украшать
detached house				отдельный дом
dining room				столовая
dish-drainer disposal dishwasher (dishwashing machine)		сушилка для посуды измельчитель остатков пищи (устанавливается под раковиной на кухне) посудомоечная машина
do the decorating		делать косметический ремонт
double bed		двуспальная кровать
feel at home		чувствовать себя как дома
fence		забор
fireplace		камин
floor polisher		полотёр
flowered		цветастый
freezer		морозильная камера
fridge		холодильник
furniture		мебель
hall		прихожая
housewarming party	новоселье
kitchen	кухня
lamp	лампа
living room	гостиная
lounge	гостиная
mansion microwave (microwave oven)	особняк, большой дом микроволновая печь
one/two/...-room flat	одно/двух/... комнатная квартира
one/two/...-storeyed house	одно/двух/...этажный дом
oven	духовка
refrigerator				холодильник
repair				ремонт
rent a flat rubbish chute				снимать квартиру мусоропровод
running water share a flat shelf				водопровод жить вместе с кем-либо полка
self-contained flat sink				отдельная квартира раковина
sofa				диван
standard lamp stool				торшер табурет
tap				кран
tea set					чайный сервиз
vacuum cleaner					пылесос
wall units					стенка
wardrobe					шкаф
washing machine					стиральная машина
yard					двор

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Home, sweet home. It does not matter what your home is like – a country mansion, a more modest detached or semi-detached house, a flat in a block of flats or even a room in a communal flat. Anyway, it is the place where you once move in and start to furnish and decorate it to your own taste.

We have a nice flat rather far from the centre of the city. It is a new sixteen-storeyed building in Gagarin Street. As there are so many storeys in the building it has two lifts. Our flat is on the fourth floor. It has all modern conveniences such as central heating, gas, electricity, cold and hot water and a chute to carry rubbish down. There are three rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a hall in our flat.

The living room is the largest and most comfortable room in the flat. In the middle of the living-room there is a square dinner-table with six chairs round it. To the left of the dinner-table there is a wall-unit which has several sections: a sideboard, a wardrobe and some shelves. At the opposite wall there is a piano and a piano stool before it. To the right there is a little table with colour TV set on it. Opposite the TV set there are two cosy armchairs. A divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. In front of the armchairs there is a small round table for newspapers and magazines. There is a thick carpet on the floor. Two water-colours hang on the wall above the divan-bed. In the evening we usually draw the curtains across the windows, and a red lampshade gives a warm colour to the room.

Between the two large windows there is a little table with a colour TV set on it. Our TV set is of the latest model. Near the TV set there are two cosy armchairs. Nothing is more pleasant in rainy weather than to sit in a comfortable armchair and watch TV programmes. A small round table, a divan-bed and a standard lamp are in the left-hand corner. This table is for newspapers and magazines. The walls of the living-room are light-green and there are a few water-colours and photos on them.

The bedroom is smaller than the living-room and not so light as there is only one window in it. In this room there are two beds with a bedside table between them. An alarm-clock and a small lamp with a pink lamp-shade are on the table. In the left-hand corner there is a dressing-table with a big-mirror. In this room we have a built-in wardrobe with coat-hangers to hang cloths on. There is a thick carpet on the floor and plain light-brown curtains on the window.

The third room is the study. It is not so large as the dining-room but it is as cosy as all the other rooms. There isn't much furniture in it, only the most necessary pieces. There is a writing table, an armchair and a bookcase full of books. A small round table with cassette-recorder is standing in the right-hand corner of the study. Besides there is a small sofa near the wall opposite the bookcase. In my opinion the study is the best room in our flat.