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READING

1 Read text A and look at the picture. Answer the questions.

1 When was this house displayed?

2 Does The House of the Future look modern today?

3 In your opinion, is the house a comfortable place to live?

4 In your opinion, what is the most unusual thing in it?

5 Did any of the architects’ ideas about the future really happen?

2 Read text  and match subjects 1-5 with paragraphs A-D. There is one extra heading.

1 The future is here today

2 The history of the intelligent house

3 Inside the intelligent house

4 What is an ‘intelligent’ house?

5 How technology helps outside the house

3 T041 Read text  again and complete it with sentences a-d. Then listen and check.

A that comes to your door

b where technology controls

c which are in every bedroom

d whose jobs require a lot of travel

4 Look at the texts again and decide which house the sentences describe, A or B. There are two sentences

which describe both houses.

1 This house can open the front door for you.

2 This house can clean the bath for you.

3 You don’t have to go outside to water the garden.

4 The outside of the house is not very unusual.

5 This house has some unusual furniture.

6 It is easy to control the lights in this house.

5 Work in groups. Which of these things would/ wouldn’t you like to have in your home? Why?/ Why not?

A bath that cleans itself

lights you control with a remote control

a camera that tells you who’s at the front door

a washing machine that finds lost socks

cameras which show you what is happening in all the bedrooms

a fridge that makes its own shopping list

a bedroom door that can be programmed to keep out brothers/sisters/parents

an alarm clock that understands your commands

I would like to have a bath that cleans itself, because I’m very lazy!

VOCABULARY

1 Think Back! Put these words into the table. In groups, add other words to each category.

Armchair

drive

hall

study

attic

DVD player

kettle

TV

freezer

kitchen

vacuum cleaner

toilet

video

cupboard

bathroom

garage

living room

wardrobe

statue

fountain

porch

dining room

garden

sofa

washing machine

balcony

Rooms/ places in the house

Ball

Furniture

Armchair

Appliances

DVD player

Things outside the house

Drive

2 Check the meaning of the new words and put them in the table in Exercise 1.

Basement

stairs

bookshelf

heater

chest of drawers

microwave

doorbell

letter box

lawn

3 Do these adjectives have a positive (+) or a negative (-) meaning? Use a dictionary to help you. Some words have a positive and a negative meaning.

Adjectives to describe homes

bright

expensive

comfortable

roomy

tasteful

cosy

spacious

tiny

tasteless

attractive

original

elegant

modern

ugly

uncomfortable

4 T042 Read the text on page 113 and choose the correct words. Then listen and check. What kind of room is the person describing?

Òåêñò àóäèðîâàíèÿ:

1 really love this room — it’s very bright and cosy. It’s upstairs on the first floor. You get a wonderful view of the trees in the back garden from the window. There’s a big skylight too, so you get a lot of sunshine in here in the mornings which I love. It’s not very roomy, but I think it’s big enough for one person. It can be rather cold in winter, so I have to turn on the heater sometimes.

I like the decoration; it’s quite tasteful. There are a lot of colourful posters on the door and an attractive old Indian rug. There’s a lamp in the corner, a large desk where I keep my computer and printer and a bookshelf for my books. I keep all my CDs and records and I have my DVD player in here as well. There’s a comfortable old armchair too. Sometimes I sit and listen to music in the evenings, especially when my girlfriend goes to bed early. But most of the time I work in here. I'm finishing my studies so I’ve got a lot of work to do. I used to just work in the bedroom, but we decided it was better to have another room where I could work in peace.

5 Write a description of your bedroom. Look at the text on page 113 to help you. Include the following information.

Paragraph 1

1 Do you like it? Why?/Why not?

2 Is the room big/comfortable/warm/sunny (enough)?

3 What can you see from the window?

Paragraph 2

1 Do you have any decorations like pictures or posters on the wall/door?

2 What kind of furniture/appliances have you got in the room?

SPEAKING

1 In pairs, look at the pictures and answer the questions.

What type of accommodation does each picture show? Choose from the ideas below.

A semi-detached house

terraced houses

a villa

a cottage

a block of flats

a detached house

What type of accommodation do you think is:

the most attractive?

The most modem?

The most comfortable?

What kind of accommodation is most common in your country?

What kind of home does your family live in?

2 T043 Listen and decide which picture in Exercise 1 the speaker is describing.

Òåêñò àóäèðîâàíèÿ:

The picture shows a street of terraced houses in a city. I don’t know where it is exactly. Perhaps it’s in Germany, but it’s probably in Britain or Ireland somewhere. The houses are quite small and they haven’t got front gardens. But some of the houses look very colourful. In the foreground there are some young kids who are playing football in the street. And there are two old men on the right who are chatting to each other in front of one of the houses. Perhaps they’re gossiping about the neighbours! Oh, and there’s someone washing his car in the background. It’s not a very beautiful street, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and relaxed.

3 Read the description on page 113 and answer the questions.

1 What does the speaker talk about first –small details or a summary of what the picture shows?

2 Which tense does the speaker use to describe actions?

3 Which phrases does the speaker use to describe where something is in the picture?

4 Does the speaker have a negative or a positive reaction to the picture? Why?

4 Study Speak Out and check your answers to Exercise 3.

SPEAK OUT

Describing pictures

Start by saying what the picture shows in general.

The picture shows a street of terraced houses in a city.

Use the Present Continuous to describe what people are doing.

There are two old men on the right who are chatting.

Talk about what you can see in more detail. Use the following phrases to describe where things are:

in the background/middle/foreground;

at the bottom/top;

on the right/left.

There’s somebody washing his car in the background.

Use phrases like perhaps and (it) might be if you are making a guess.

It might be in Britain.

Perhaps it’s in Germany.

Use it looks + adjective to show how you feel about the picture.

It looks very friendly.

5 Look at picture 3. What does the picture show in general?