There are three main types of houses in Britain:
terraced several houses, usually two-storey, joined together in a row or terrace;
semi-detached a pair of houses joined together;
detached a single house, completely separate from any other.
This house is over 600 years old.
A big problem in England is the rising cost of houses.
Write a composition.
1. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a house ( in a flat ).
2. My dream house.
3. I like old-fashioned houses.
Words for help: a candle, our family room, the air of crowded family life, plants in pots, picturesque, a room of my own, with a view over the sea (forest), cracks, pechka
2. In groups, act out a conversation. The situation: Youre having a housewarming party. Information for help:
When youre invited you are expected to arrive at exactly the time or some minutes later. Its good manners to take a small present. It could be a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates or a few flowers. Some useful phrases:
Hello, nice to see you.
Ive brought you a small present.
Come in, please. Thats very kind of you. You shouldnt have bothered.
Make yourself comfortable. (Устраивайтесь поудобнее.)
Would you like to come to the table?
What a nice house ( flat, room) youve got!
Help yourself to mushrooms ( fish, bisquits, ) ( Попробуйте грибы, )
Would you like some more salad, ( brandy)? Oh, no, thanks no more for me.
Thank you very much. The dinner has been delicious.
Im glad you liked it.
I must go. Thank you for a wonderful evening.
There is work to do.
Чтение буквосочетанияExercise 1. Read correctly.
Photo, phase, phone, telegraph, photosynthesis, philosophy, physics, atmosphere, phenomenon, sphere, graphically, geography, topography, biography, pheasant, phantasm, emphasize, emphatic, alphabet.
Чтение согласной s
Exercise 2. Read correctly.
a) say, skate, surname, salt, south, pass, space, crops, species, silver, combustion, state, swallow, ducks, books, cats, suppress, west, spring, summer, smile,
b) bags, foxes, matches, please, rise, exercise, phase, daisy, cause, because, rose.
c) sheep, she, shelf, shower, shovel, shine, mash, mushroom, show, cash, flesh,
Чтение буквосочетаний с буквой o
Exercise 1. Read correctly.
a) coat, road, roast, boat, board, boar, cold, mold, old, sold, bold, molder, older.
b) boil, point, boy, toy, moisture, poison, decoy, voice, employ, employment, destroy.
c) took, hook, look, book, undertook, rook, brook, Brooklyn, shook.
d) fool, soon, scooter, too, moon, cool, tool, retooling, boot, tooth.
e) mouse, house, bought, thought, ought, fought, brought, aloud, cloud, cloudy, out,
f) [ou] know, grow, show, bowl, flow.
g) [au] Flower, cow, down, brown, power, tower, shower, frown, plow, plowing, now, tower.
В предложениях с вводным словомthere (конструкция: there is/there are)слово:thereявляется формальным элементом и на русский язык не переводится. Данная конструкция употребляется для указания на наличие или отсутствие лица или предмета в определенном месте. Глаголto beобычно согласуется с подлежащим, непосредственно следующим за ним..Если за конструкцией следует цепочка существительных, то выбор формы глаголаto beзависит от числа первого существительного.Eg. There is a cooker, two chairs and five plants. There are five plants, a cooker and two chairs.Перевод конструкции следует начинать с обстоятельства места. Если обстоятельства места нет, то перевод начинают со слов: существует, имеется, есть, различают и т. д.Eg. There is a big library in the new building.( В новом корпусе находится большая библиотека ).There are many different crops.( Существует много с/х культур ).
В данную конструкцию, кроме глаголаto be, могут входить и некоторые другие непереходные глаголы, например:to exist существовать,to come приходить,to live жить и другие, а также глаголы в страдательном залоге.Eg. There exist a great number of butterflies.( Существует огромное количество бабочек ). Если словоthereупотребляется самостоятельно и не участвует в конструкции, то оно является наречием и переводится: там, туда.Eg. I have to go there.( Я должен пойти туда ).