1. Lesson 4
Dream Houses
Period 2

2. Vocabulary American and British words
☆ Find words in American English in the text which mean the same as these: garden (line 8), to repair (line 12), toilet (line 13)
Answers: 1 yard 2 to fix
3 washroom

3. ☆ Match the American words with the British ones (underlined) in the text below.
After the (1)holidays I moved into my new (2)flat. It’s not in the (3)centre of the city, but it’s near an (4)under-ground station. It’s on the
vacation
apartment
downtown area
(a) subway

4. (5)ground floor of an house
(5)ground floor of an house. It’s got a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom. The only problem is the (6)lorry which goes past at 7 o’clock every morning to collect the (7)rubbish and which wakes me up!
first floor
truck
garbage

5. 常见单词表达区别 A. E 美语 B. E 英语 罐头 can tin 糖果 candy sweets 饼干 cookie biscuit
橡皮擦 eraser rubber
电梯 elevator lift
汽油 gas, gasoline petrol
生气 mad angry
数学 math maths
人行道 sidewalk pavement

6. 常见拼写区别 A. E B. E 文明 civilization civilisation 颜色 color colour
荣誉 honor honour
珠宝 jewelry jewllery
组织 organization organisation
练习 practice practise
轮胎 tire tyre

7. Exercises
☆ How many of the objects below can you see in the photo of the room from Fallingwater House?
Key words
ceiling, walls, floor, door, window, French windows, curtains, chair, table, sofa, desk, bookshelves, bed, plants, lamp, closet.

9. beside
over
under by
between
next to

10. Functional Sentences Words you may need
My bedroom is large/lovely…
The color of room is…
There is a …beside ...
Between …and …is…
The shortcoming of my is…
Words you may need
in, under, behind, beside, next to, in front of, by, opposite, against, between, at, over.

11. Work in pairs to describe your bedroom using the functional sentences .
Example
A: Where is the bed?
B: It’s in the center of the room. Next to it there’s a …
Do you like your bedroom? Why or why not?

12. Group Assessment Content Evaluation General level Description
Excellent Good So-so
General level: A+ A B+ B C+ C
Group ___:
Words
Sentence patterns
Linking words