模块2 Unit 6 Design lesson4 dream house

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Unit 6 Lesson 4 Dream Houses
Pre-Reading
Work in pairs. Discuss what your dream house would be like.
Use the Key Words to help you.
Example I’d like a big, modern flat in central Shanghai. It would have…
Key Words
houses: cottage, flat, house, palace, castle
rooms: bathroom, bedroom, dining room, sitting room, hall, games room, kitchen
Different kinds of houses
cottage
flat/apartment
castle
palace
bathroom
sitting room
bedroom
dinning room
garage
basement
Reading
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 washrooms, “real” stairs, a basement
balcony
Running water
basement
Swimming pool
A yard with trees
Washroom
Games room
“real” stairs
Post-Reading
☆ 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 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
So that, when she took a bath, she would’t have to tell everybody.
4) Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house
To the children.
5) What do you think was the biggest problem with the house on Mango Street
Students give their own answers, with reasons.
Read the text and give the right answers.
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.
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
yard, flat , pipe
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.
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 4 basement
☆ 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
(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
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
Work in pairs. Find out about your partner’s room.
Example
A: Where is the bed
B: It’s in the bottom right hand corner. Next to it there’s a …
Do you like your partner’s room Why or why not
Writing
Write a passage to describe your own bedroom.
kind of furniture, position of furniture, colours (walls/ceiling/door/window)
Writing
Describe the house where you live now
Describe the house you dream of
Thank you