Mindset 1

READING

Unit 2:
Places and Building
Work in pair and describe the house or apartment
that you are living in.

You should say:

1. Is it big or small?
2. How many rooms/ floors are there?
3. Is it old or new?
4. Does it have a garden/ a balcony/ a garage?
5. Do you enjoy living in your house?
What kind of house would you like to live in?
 Advantages
• peaceful
• fresh air
• close to nature

Disadvantages
• inconvenient
• insecure
 Advantages
• well-equipped
• comfortable
• secure

Disadvantages
• isolated
• expensive
 Advantages
• affordable
• close to nature
• flexible

Disadvantages
• quite small
• not well-equipped
caravan
 Work in team.
Each team can look at their
paragraph for 1 minute. Try
to remember as many details
as possible
 Perfect match with similar meaning

– Houseboats – Not being watched by others

– Permanently – Not feeling pleasant
– Privacy – Homes on water
– Surrounded by the nature world – Nordic countries
– Uncomfortable – Forever, always
– Sweden, Norway and Finland – Having nature all around
 Best paraphrased sentences

The tree house had everything we needed.

a. We needed some more things for our stay in the treehouse.

b. The treehouse was very well equipped.
c. We needed everything for the treehouse.
 Best paraphrased sentences

Some houseboats can be moved to other parts of the river.

a. Not all houseboats are permanently fixed in one place.

b. Only some parts of the river have houseboats.
c. You can move to a houseboat in another part of the river.
 Best paraphrased sentences

One house in Chile was built from 12 containers.

a. There are 12 houses in Chile made from containers.

b. 12 containers were used to make one house.
c. You need 12 containers to make a house in Chile.
 Recall and fill in the blank.

suit everyone
draw attention

reindeer skins
busy lives
The two people who live in the transparent house love it, but it wouldn’t
______________.
The designer of the smallest house hopes to ________ to the lack of houses
all over the world.
People who stay in igloos sometimes protect themselves from the cold by
making use of _____________.
People who have ___________ would find a holiday in a treehouse ideal.
Home from home

Text 2
Read the 1st paragraph:

– The writer’s mother often cooks _____________________________.

Read the 2nd paragraph:

– She thought the visit to Germany would make her feel ____________.
Read the 3rd paragraph:

– Brigitte came to pick up the

girl with _____________.
 Read the 4th paragraph:

– The Schmitt family’s pets’ names are ________.

 Read the 4th paragraph:

– From her bedroom the girl could see a ____________.

 Read the last paragraph:

– The girl and her family tried hard to make Brigitte _____.
Sentence completion skill
Skim the reading text
Types of global houses

Sum up