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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
4a Work in pairs. Look at the photo. This is your new apartment. What do
you think you need? Make a list and compare it with your partner. Agree on
ten important things and put the things in order 1-10 (1=very useful, 10=not
very useful).
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4b Now you have to furnish your apartment but you only have 40000 rubles.
Student A: you have the information from the Internet.
Student B: you have a catalogue.
Student C: you have information from a local shop.
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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)?
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our address
date
greeting
opening
sentence
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
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closing
sentence
ending
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
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?
2)
Thank you for your letter/ postcard. I am sorry I have not written.
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?
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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."
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, We couldn't really enjoy