1. Homes and Houses Lesson 33 The housing situation in China

2. Pre-Listening Exercises living conditions 住房条件，居住条件 squeeze people into 将人塞进 private developers 私人开发者 regulate v. 管制，控制 break promises 食言，不守诺言 construction workers 建筑工人

3. Listening Exercises  Look at the following questions and answers and check them as you hear them.  a. Do you think the housing situation has generally improved for most Chinese?  b. There are also a lot more... housing.  c. Flats are bigger now and there are more places for people to take their...  d. He had to share the... and the electrical power was limited.  e. How do you predict housing will change in the future?  f. I think apartment buildings will he..., and we'll be living in buildings as high as... floors.

4. Listening Exercises  Listen to Lesson 35 again. Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.( 听录音完成下 列句子，答案最多不超过三个单词 )  9.People will have more freedom to live.  10.They sometimes break.  11. I also think we need to find more housing for people.  12. We met people in our building that we'd never.

5. Speaking Practice  Now make your own sentences with each of the following words.  1. Construction 5. Optimistic  2. Private housing 6. Taller and taller  3. Building standards 7. Design  4. Improve 8. Living conditions

6. Speaking task What do you think of housing in China? Do you think it can he improved? How?

7. Suggested Expressions  Now there is more and more.  I think housing has improved. It is more.  There should he more.  I think we should.  I hope there will be.

8. Case study: Describe the housing situation in China. Words you may use: living conditions 住房条件，居住条件 squeeze people into 将人塞进 private developers 私人开发者 regulate v. 管制，控制

9. Useful sentences  1.housing construction speed can not catch up with the growing demand for houses.  2. More and more people can not afford the high house price.  3. Our government should take measures to regulate the housing market.