Методическая разработка на тему "Where the British live" с упражнениями

Where the British live?

About 80 per cent of British people live in houses. Detached houses are usually in expensive suburbs, quite far from the town centre, near the countryside. Semi-detached houses are often in suburbs which are nearer the town centre. Terraced houses and blocks of flats are mostly situated in town centers. Terraced houses are usually very small two-storey houses with one or two bedrooms, and blocks of flats are large houses with three or five floors or higher and one, two or more bedrooms.

About 67 per cent of the people in Britain own their houses or flats. Most of the rest live in rented accommodation (2 per cent live in sheltered accommodation - it’s housing which provides homes for elderly and disabled people). People in Britain buy houses or flats because there is not enough rented accommodation and it can be very expensive.

Exercises:

I. Find the English for: сельская местность, находиться, двухэтажный, собственный, остальные, жилье, приют, снабжать, пожилой, нетрудоспособный, достаточно.

II. True or false:

1)​ Most people live in flats.

2)​ You won’t find a detached house in the town centre.

3)​ If you have no car it’s better to live in a terraced house.

4)​ If you like gardening a block of flats is the right place.

5)​ Two per cent live in rented accommodation.

III. Answer the questions:

1)​ Most British people rent houses, don’t they?

2)​ Where are detached houses situated?

3)​ What houses are nearer to the town centre?

4)​ What is situated in town centre?

5)​ Terraced houses are higher than blocks of flats, aren’t they?

6)​ How many people own their houses?

7)​ Is it cheaper to rent houses?

8)​ What is sheltered accommodation?

IV. Translate:

Я живу в отдельном доме (на одну семью) в пригороде Ливерпуля. Наш двухэтажный дом находится достаточно далеко от центра города. Наша семья владеет этим домом. Я люблю здесь жить.

Мы живем в многоквартирном доме недалеко от центра города. Мы снимаем небольшую квартиру. В ней две спальни и гостиная. Нам не нравится жить здесь, так как это очень дорого, но мы не можем купить дом.

V. Match the houses with their owners:

In the garden

Most British houses have a garden and many British people spend a lot of time in it. Most gardens, even small ones, have flowers and a lawn. If you don't have a garden, it is possible to grow flowers and vegetables on an allotment, which is a piece of land rented from the local council.

This is the back garden of a country cottage. Many British houses have front gardens too.

Exercises:

I. Find the English for: муниципалитет, проводить, участок земли, местный.

Translate:

1)​ В каждом районе города есть муниципалитет.

2)​ У меня есть небольшой участок земли, где я выращиваю овощи и провожу много времени.

3)​ Ты читаешь местные газеты?

II. Answer the questions:

1)​ Few British houses have a garden, don’t they?

2)​ What is usually there in a garden?

3)​ Where is it possible to grow flowers and vegetables?

4)​ How can you get an allotment?

5)​ There are only front gardens in Britain, aren’t there?