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3b Read the questionnaire and do it with a partner. Who lives the greenest
life at home? Check your score.
A Personal energy use in the house
Count your points:
Always = 5 Usually = 4 Sometimes = 3 Occasionally = 2 Never = 0
1.
I turn off lights when I leave a room.
2.
I turn off my TV with the on/off button. I have showers, not baths.
3.
I turn off the tap when I brush my teeth.
4.
I cover saucepans when I cook.
5.
I recycle old paper.
6.
I recycle cans and plastic.
7.
I recycle glass.
B Green technology
Answer Yes or No. (Yes = 5 points, No = 0)
8.
I buy green electricity.
9.
My home has solar panels.
10.
My home has a wind turbine.
11.
My home has low-energy light bulbs.
3c Listen to three interviews with people who did the questionnaire (audio
file 9). Match the people with the descriptions below (1-3). Who is the
greenest?
1.
Vicky lives alone in a small house.
2.
Martin, a single man, shares a flat with a friend, Richard.
3.
Simon and Rachel, married live together in a large house with two young
children.
3d Are these sentences true or false?
1.
Richard is greener than Martin.
2.
Richard decided to recycle things in the future.
3.
Simon and Rachel want a solar panel because it is cheaper.
4.
Simon and Rachel never have showers.
5.
Vicky does not want to change her life.
6.
It will be difficult for Vicky to buy green electricity.
4 Speaking
4 Work in pairs. Look back at the questionnaire and make plans to improve
your score. What can you do to use less energy?
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5 Writing
5a When you write a letter to a close friend, it is better to use informal
language. Read the letter and answer the questions below.
1.
Where do you write your address?
2.
Where do we put the date on an informal letter?
3.
Do you write the address of the person you are writing to in the letter?
4.
How do we begin and end an informal letter?
5.
Do we use long forms or contractions (short forms)?
y
our address
date
greeting
opening
sentence
closing
sentence
ending
671 NW 81
st
Street # 226
New York
NY 89445
October 6, 2009
Dear Eleanor,
Thanks for your letter about my old friends in London!
Everything is fine here. I arrived in New York last month and I
moved in to my new apartment. It’s got one bedroom, a big
living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. There’s a small terrace.
I started my new job three weeks ago. The office is in Manhattan
on the thirteenth floor of a huge building! My new colleagues
are very friendly and my work is interesting. We all work very
hard – we start at eight in the morning and we usually finish at
seven in the evening. My only free time is at the weekend!
What is your new house like? Has it got a garden?
Write to me soon and tell me all your news.
Love,
Diana
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5b Match the functions (a-c) with the sentences and phrases 1- 3.
a)
ending a letter
b)
thanking someone for writing
c)
opening a letter
1)
I am just writing to tell you my news. This is just a quick note to tell you my
plans. How are you? Long time, no see! How are things? / How is life?
Thank you for your letter/ postcard. I am sorry I have not written.
2)
Thanks very much for your letter. Thanks for your letter.
3)
Best wishes. See you soon. Hope to hear from you soon. Write soon, it`d be
great to hear from you. Take care. Bye for now.
5c You are going to write a letter to your friend telling him/her about the
house you have bought/rented. Use the phrases from ex. 5b in your letter. You
can find some useful phrases in Appendix 3.
6 Extra activities
6a What of these are common in houses in your country?
o
a study
o
a real fire
o
an air-conditioning
system
o
a basement
o
a garden
o
a security system
o
carpets
o
a barbecue
o
central heating
o
a swimming pool
6b Read the magazine article on the next pages. Which house (the English
one or the American one) has got:
1.
other houses attached to it?
2.
the most bedrooms?
3.
small bedrooms?
4.
a feeling of warmth inside?
5.
lots of colours inside?
6.
a pretty garden?
7.
a lot of electronic systems?
6c Match the people with their opinions of the house they stayed in.
a)
George Miller
1)
"It was strange not having separate rooms for
using the computer and playing games."
b)
Sandy Miller
2)
“I loved playing and eating outdoors”
c)
Helen Miller
3)
“The house was so big it looked like it belonged
to a famous person!”
d)
Daniel Miller
4)
“I was really impressed by the garden."
e)
Tim Keane
5)
"Two of the bedrooms were too small."
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f)
Katy Keane
6)
"The house was warm and colourful."
g)
Bethany Keane
7)
"I didn't like the garden or the decor much."
6d Discuss these questions with the partner.
1.
Which house sounds nicer to you - the English house or the American one?
2.
Would you like to try living in another family's house for two weeks?
3.
How do the Millers' and the Keanes' houses differ from homes in your
country?
Our 'Home Swap' this month concentrates
on the Keane family from England, and the
Miller family from south Carolina, USA.
As usual, our families had a two-week
holiday in each other's houses, and we
interviewed them at the end of the stay. So
how did they cope?
The Millers
So was there anything
positive
about
the
experience? "The house
was
beautifully
decorated," said Sandy,
"and it was very cosy.
It was April when we
stayed in the house, but
the weather was terrible.
We were very grateful
for the carpets, the
central heating and a real
fire in the living room."
Another good point for
George was the garden.
"We were very surprised
by the large, long garden
the back of the house.
George and Sandy Miller and their children,
Helen(17) and Daniel(8), had a shock when they
first saw the Keanes' three-bedroom terraced house
in Gloucester. " It's Small! "said Sandy. Where will
we all sleep?" But inside, the house was more
welcoming. "It's bigger than it looks from the
outside, and we were pleased to find that there were
three bedrooms," said George. But the kids weren't
impressed. " Mum and Dad's room was OK, but our
bedrooms were really small!" complained Daniel.
The Millers found it difficult to live in a house with
We couldn't really enjoy
it
because
of
the
weather, but it was
obvious that the Keanes
put a lot of work into it.
It was well designed and
full of beautiful plants
and flowers. Actually, I
think British people have
a bit of an obsession
with houses and gardens
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only one bathroom . At home they have two
bathrooms and three toilets! " And we have a study,
where we keep the computer, and a playroom in the
basement, "said Helen. "In Gloucester we had to all
stay in the living room together or go to our
bedrooms."
_ there are so many TV
programmes
about
them!"
The Keanes
Tim and Katy Keane and their
children,
Bethany (8), Charles (9) and Joe
(16), couldn't believe their luck
when
they
arrived
at
Washington Drive, Greenville.
"The
houses
were
all
enormous,"
said
Tim.
"I
expected to see film stars
coming out of them!"
The Millers' house has five
bedrooms,
a
study,
two
bathrooms
and
an
extra
downstairs toilet. "Our bedroom
was huge, and it was lovely
having an a ensuite ," said Katy.
"It was like staying in a hotel!"
"We didn't see much of the
children for two weeks!" says
Tim." They were either in the
computer room, in the basement
or outdoors." The weather was
fine for the Keanes' visit to
South Carolina, so they made
good use of the Millers' yard.
"The
Millers
had
sports
equipment and a permanent
barbecue in their yard," said
Joe.
"And their neighbours had a swimming
pool, which we used once. It was
great!" "The children really enjoyed
the yard," said Katy, "but I found it a
bit dull. I like nice English gardens
with lots of flowers. All the Millers
had were a few trees." And Katy didn't
think much of the decor, either. "It was
all very smart and clean," she said.
"But it wasn't very colourful. It's
obvious that Americans spend more
time outdoors than the British! We had
good weather, but luckily we didn’t
need to use the air-conditioning
system. The Millers had lots of
security systems and alarms that we
had to fiddle with every night and
morning - that was complicated
enough!"