Level 2.3, Unit 6, Lesson 2 "THE HOME OF MY DREAMS"
Ex.1 (p.95)
Vocabulary and Speaking
In pairs, find 16 house-related words in the wordsearch below.
Ex.2 (p.95)
Fill in the table with the words you have found in Exercise 1. What other words will you add in each column?
Ex.3 (p.95)
Look at the following pictures representing places to live.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in such places. Which one would you prefer? Why?
Ex.4 (p.95)
In pairs, describe the home of your dreams. Report your partner’s dream to the rest of the class. Use the words from Exercise 2. Consult the Vocabulary Building section, p. 114.
Ex.5 (p.95)
Read the poem and say what the difference between the words home and house is.
A Home Song
by Henry Van Dyke
I read within a poet’s book
A word that starred the page:
‘Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!’
Yes, that is true; and something more
You'll fi nd, where'er you roam,
That marble fl oors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest.
Ex.6 (p.96)
Read the poem again and answer the following questions.
1. What kind of information did the author read in books?
2. Why do you think the author believes that a beautiful and rich house is not a home?
3. What kind of home is the home of his dreams?
Ex.7 (p.96)
In pairs, match the following expressions. Discuss the meaning of the proverbs.
Ex.8 (p.96)
Pronunciation: /a:/
Listen, repeat, transcribe and translate.
Ex.9 (p.96)
In pairs, fill in the missing words. Choose from: rooms, table, conditions, home, garden, dinner. Listen and check your answers.
Ex.10 (p.97)
In pairs, answer the following questions.
1. What kind of house does Daria have?
2. Where is the house?
3. What makes Daria particularly happy?
4. What is her room like?
Ex.11 (p.97)
Choose the order in which Daria mentions them in her email. Which picture does not belong here?
Ex.13 (p.97)
Listen to Claire’s voice message on WhatsApp and say what she can see from her balcony.
Ex.14 (p.97)
Listen to the recording again and mark the following sentences true (T) or false (F).
Ex.15 (p.97)
In her voice message Claire mentions Tron Kirk. Read the text and say what it is and what it is famous for. Would you like to visit it? Why? / Why not?
Tron Kirk is a very beautiful, old building in the heart of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was a church in the past, but now it is the place of the Edinburgh World Heritage Exhibition. It is so majestic. The other buildings around it make it very special. A person who walks this place can think that they are in a fi lm from Harry Potter series.