Unit 6 Lesson 4 Dream Houses

cottage

flat/apartment

House/villa

palace

castle

sitting room hall bedroom games room kitchen bathroom dining room

Work in pairs. Discuss what your dream house would be like. Use the Key Words ( on page 42 )to help you. Example : I’d like a big, modern house in central Lingbao. It would have a big garden with trees…

Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros is one of the most interesting ‘Latina’ writers in the USA. The author: The House on Mango Street was about a dis-satisfied little girl who was brought up in a poor family.

Read to Learn Step 1 Read the text quickly. Which of these things did the girl’s dream house have? a swimming pool a big garden (yard) with trees a balcony running water a games room three bathrooms(washrooms) ‘real’ stairs a cellar(basement)

Step 2 Match the paragraph with its topic Para1 A Our dream house Para2 B We moved a lot in my memory Para3 C The house on Mango Street is not our dream house Para4 D The house on Mango Street is ours Para5 E We had to leave the flat on Loomis

1.How many places the writer lived are mentioned in the text? A.one B.two C.six D.we don’t know the exact number. Step 3 Skimming the text and give the right answer.

2. Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE? A. We need to pay rent to landlord. B. The house is not a wanted house at all. C. We should share the garden with others. D. We can’t make too much noise there.

3.A landlord is _________. A. a businessman B. a piece of land C. an owner of a house D. a cleaner

4.Why did they leave the flat on Loomis? A. Because the house was too old. B. Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them. C. Because we should share the washroom with others and carry water by ourselves. D. All of the above.

5.Can you find out the words in the text to replace them: garden, repair, toilet? A. yard, flat, pipe B. fence, fix, pipe C. gallon, fix, basement D. yard, fix, washroom

6. The passage is mainly about________. A. the places where they lived before moved to Mango street. B. the life on Mango street C. a dream house and a real house on Mango street D. the reasons why they moved to Mango street.

Step 4 Read the text again and answer these questions: 1. How many places has the girl lived in? A lot / She can’t remember.

2. Where did she live before Mango Street? Why did they leave? A third floor flat on Loomis. They had to leave because the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn’t fix them. 3. Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms? If so, when she took a bath, she wouldn’t have to tell everybody.

Exercises ☆ How many of the objects below can you see in the photo of the room from Fallingwater House?

ceiling walls floor chair sofa plants desk

Group Work In group of four, design a house that you think is perfect and do the drawing on a piece of paper. Then describe it to other students. Try to use the key words on page 42 to help you.

Homework Write a composition about your dream house.

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