Ex. 8. Translate into English, paying your attention to the italicized words. Choose the right word in the brackets.

1. Вы часто пропускаете занятия в последнее время. Они поздно ложатся спать. В том году была поздняя весна. (late, lately)

2. Что-то было не так. Он набрал не тот номер телефона. Он дал неправильный ответ. Она неправильно с ним поступила. (wrong, wrongly)

3. Мы едва знаем друг друга. Они упорно работали. Она упорный работник. (hard, hardly)

4. Мы почти опаздали на поезд. Рядом с нашим домом есть небольшое озеро. Он всегда интересовался историей Ближнего Востока. (near, neraly)

Методические указания по изучению данного раздела:

1. Дать необходимую фоновую информацию предложенного текста.

2. Лексические задания направлены на актуализацию словарного запаса по теме, поэтому необходимо формировать умения определять смысловую релевантность английских слов.

3. Извлекать необходимую информацию и структурировать ответ и формулировать свою точку зрения;

уметь рассуждать логически, используя необходимые лексические выражения.

4. Формирование грамматических навыков пройденного материала

Unit 7.

DWELLING (II).

Grammar: The Present Indefinite (Simple) Tense.

Практические цели: Обобщение и закрепление лексического материала по теме “Dwelling”, закрепление навыков устной речи и изложения текста, ознакомление с новым грамматическим материалом.

A View of the Dunes' House

The Dunes' House was sixteen miles outside of Burlington, a narrow road was the only access to the property. We took a bus to get there. The bus turned off the main road before we reached the road to the Dunes' home, so we had to walk the last two miles. We stopped at the gate to the private road leading up to the Dunes' home. We sat on the rock and surveyed the peaceful surroundings. This place was so quiet, so beautiful.

We turned up the drive and slowly climbed what we hoped would be the last mile to the house. Soon we were out of the forest and came into a clearing, so we could see the house across a broad expanse of lawn. It was an unusual house for the area. Instead of being one story high and spread out across the lawn, this one was compact and rose like a tower on the hill. From the windows you must have a view of the entire valley.

It was a two-storied building with an attic. Its brick walls were plastered and whitewashed. It had a red tile roof and a deep veranda which ran along its front. There was a graveled driveway to a two-car garage which Was to the right of the house. One could see a wonderful orchard with blossoming apple-trees and a small vegetable garden near the house.

Nobody was in sight. So we climbed the low concrete steps and rang the entrance door bell.

Topical vocabulary.

1.narrow road узкая дорога

2.only access единственный проезд

3.property собственность

4.gate ворота

5.to survey исследовать

6.surroundings окрестности

7.clearing участок леса расчищенный под пашню

8.expanse широкое пространство

9.one story high высота в один этаж

10.compact компактный

11.tower башня

12.hill холм

13.view of something вид

14.two-storied building двух-этажное здание

15.attic мансарда, чердак

16.brick walls кирпичные стены

17.to be plastered заштукатуренный

18.to be whitewashed побеленный

19.tile roof черепичная крыша

20.gravelled driveway засыпанный гравием подьезд к дому

21.orchard фруктовый сад

22.entrance door bell звонок у входной двери

Ex. 1. Answer the questions.

1.Where was the Dunes' house situated?

2.Was it possible to get there by bus?

3.Was it a usual house for that area?

4.What view can one have from its windows?

5.What can one see around the house?

6.What was the house built of?

Ex. 2. Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers:

1. We had to walk the last two miles to the Dunes' house.

2. This place was so quiet and beautiful.

3. It was a compact building and rose like a tower on the hill.

4. The windows faced the entire valley.

5. It was a two-storied building with an attic.

6. A two-car garage was to the right of the house.

7. There was an orchard and a vegetable garden near the house.

8. We climbed up the steps and rang the door bell.

Ex. 3. Give a short summary of the text.

Ex. 4. Find Russian equivalents to the following:

1) an estate agent; 2) to purchase a house; 3) landlord/landlady; 4) to get a mortgage; 5) down payment; 6) to rent a studio apartment; 7) to inherit a property; 8) a tenant; 9) a room to let; 10) a newspaper ad; 11) to pay interest; 12) full board; 13) an apartment owner.