Lesson 4 Dream Houses

Objectives

☆ To practise using the vocabulary of houses and rooms.

☆ To practise intensive reading and understanding the inferences in a text.

☆ To assess the difficulty of reading texts and comprehension exercises.

☆ To to practise the differences between American and English vocabulary.

☆ To plan and talk about a design for a study or bedroom.

☆ To listen to a description of a room and take notes.

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

Show some pictures of some kinds of houses and rooms.

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

Answers:

A big garden(yard) with trees；Running water；three bathrooms(washrooms)；

"real" stairs；a basement.

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