Стр.46 Unit 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
READING
- Read text A and look at the picture. Answer the questions.
1 When was this house displayed?
2 Does The House of the Future look modern today?
3 In your opinion, is the house a comfortable place to live?
4 In your opinion, what is the most unusual thing in it?
5 Did any of the architects’ ideas about the future really happen? - Read text B and match subjects 1–5 with paragraphs A–D. There is one extra heading.
1 The future is here today
2 The history of the intelligent house
3 Inside the intelligent house
4 What is an ‘intelligent’ house?
5 How technology helps outside the house - Read text B again and complete it with sentences a–d. Then listen and check.
a) that comes to your door
b) where technology controls
c) which are in every bedroom
d) whose jobs require a lot of travel - Look at the texts again and decide which house the sentences describe, A or B. There are two sentences which describe both houses.
1 This house can open the front door for you.
2 This house can clean the bath for you.
3 You don’t have to go outside to water the garden.
4 The outside of the house is not very unusual.
5 This house has some unusual furniture.
6 It is easy to control the lights in this house. - Work in groups. Which of these things would/wouldn’t you like to have in your home? Why?/Why not?
- A bath that cleans itself
- lights you control with a remote control
- a camera that tells you who’s at the front door
- a washing machine that finds lost socks
- cameras which show you what is happening in all the bedrooms
- a fridge that makes its own shopping list
- a bedroom door that can be programmed to keep out brothers/sisters/parents
- an alarm clock that understands your commands
VOCABULARY
- Think Back! Put these words into the table. In groups, add other words to each category.
Armchair, drive, hall, study, attic, DVD player, kettle, TV, freezer, kitchen, vacuum cleaner, toilet, video, cupboard, bathroom, garage, living room, wardrobe, statue, fountain, porch, dining room, garden, sofa, washing machine, balcony.
Rooms/places in the house Ball Furniture Appliances Things outside the house - Check the meaning of the new words and put them in the table in Exercise 1.
Basement, stairs, bookshelf, heater, chest of drawers, microwave, doorbell, letter box, lawn. - Do these adjectives have a positive (+) or a negative (-) meaning? Use a dictionary to help you. Some words have a positive and a negative meaning.
Adjectives to describe homes: bright, expensive, comfortable, roomy, tasteful, cosy, spacious, tiny, tasteless, attractive, original, elegant, modern, ugly, uncomfortable. - Read the text on page 113 and choose the correct words. Then listen and check. What kind of room is the person describing?
- Write a description of your bedroom. Look at the text on page 113 to help you. Include the following information.
Paragraph 1
1 Do you like it? Why?/Why not?
2 Is the room big/comfortable/warm/sunny (enough)?
3 What can you see from the window?
Paragraph 2
1 Do you have any decorations like pictures or posters on the wall/door?
2 What kind of furniture/appliances have you got in the room?
SPEAKING
- In pairs, look at the pictures and answer the questions. What type of accommodation does each picture show? Choose from the ideas below.
A semi-detached house; terraced houses; a villa; a cottage; a block of flats; a detached house.
What type of accommodation do you think is: the most attractive? The most modern? The most comfortable?
What kind of accommodation is most common in your country?
What kind of home does your family live in? - Listen and decide which picture in Exercise 1 the speaker is describing.
- Read the description on page 113 and answer the questions.
1 What does the speaker talk about first – small details or a summary of what the picture shows?
2 Which tense does the speaker use to describe actions?
3 Which phrases does the speaker use to describe where something is in the picture?
4 Does the speaker have a negative or a positive reaction to the picture? Why? - Study Speak Out and check your answers to Exercise 3.
- Look at picture 3. What does the picture show in general?
1
- The House of the Future was displayed in 1956.
- No, it does not look modern today.
- In my opinion, it is not a very comfortable place to live.
- The most unusual thing is the furniture and the strange design of the house.
- Yes, some ideas really happened, for example, automatic doors and modern home appliances.
2
1 – 4, 2 – 2, 3 – 3, 4 – 1, 5 – extra heading
3
A that comes to your door
B where technology controls
C which are in every bedroom
D whose jobs require a lot of travel
4
- A
- A
- B
- A
- A
- B
5
I would like to have lights I can control with a remote control, because it would be very convenient. I wouldn’t like cameras which show you what is happening in all the bedrooms, because I value privacy.
Vocabulary
1
| Rooms / places in the house | Furniture | Appliances | Things outside the house |
|---|---|---|---|
| hall, study, attic, kitchen, toilet, bathroom, garage, living room, dining room, balcony, basement, stairs | armchair, cupboard, wardrobe, sofa, bookshelf, chest of drawers | DVD player, kettle, TV, freezer, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, microwave, heater, doorbell | drive, statue, fountain, porch, garden, lawn, letter box |
3
bright (+), expensive (-), comfortable (+), roomy (+), tasteful (+), cosy (+), spacious (+), tiny (-), tasteless (-), attractive (+), original (+), elegant (+), modern (+), ugly (-), uncomfortable (-)
Speaking
2
The speaker is describing picture 3.
3
- The speaker starts with a summary of what the picture shows.
- The Present Continuous.
- He uses phrases like in the background, in the foreground, on the right.
- The reaction is positive. The speaker says the street is not very beautiful, but the atmosphere seems very friendly and relaxed.
5
The picture shows a street of terraced houses in a city. The houses are quite small and they haven’t got front gardens. In the foreground, there are some young kids who are playing football in the street. On the right, there are two old men who are chatting to each other. In the background, someone is washing his car. It is not a very beautiful street, but it looks very friendly and relaxed.
