a r t i c l e s ; 3,

E
parts of a houso

mmy house
Thisis
1 voCABULARY
words and look the pictures
A What things are important to C Cover thenumbered parts?
you when choosi the
a
place to live? name

(number of rooms, rent, location, words to talk

parking. D Use the vocabulary
about vahie
.

transportation, etc.) you live.

live in a five-story
apartment building I i
B1-50 Look at the pictures. Write the correct
There isn't a balcony, but there's a big winen the
number for each word.
Then listen and cheCK.

6
5

A House

garage
4 window
LZ yard
steps
2 roof
tvo-story house

An Apartment Building

balcony
first flo0or
second floor
8 top floor
Ufour-story apartment building
LUgIn British English, the first fioor is called the ground
loor and the second floor is called the first floor.
AmE BrE
4th floor 3rd floor
3rd floor 2nd floor
2nd floor 1st floor
1st floor ground floor

30 36 Unit 4
2 LISTENING
live. Check () the picture that best fits
each description.
A 151 Listen to two people talk about where they

B 5 7 Listen again. ChecklV) the things that each home has.

1 a balcony Mwo bathrooms a yard a garage
2 big windows á balcony a garag0 a flat-screen TV

3 GRAMMAR 4 SPEAKING &WRITING

A 1-52 Listen and complete the sentences with a, an, or the. A Think of your dream home and answer
1 live in a two-story house. the questions.
2 lm going to buyC flat-screen TV and _ Y armchair.
Is it a house or an apartment?
3 There is h e garage. Ipaintedhe garage door white.
Where is it? In the city or in the
4 My favorite place ishebalcony. cOuntry?
5 I like to look at Oy_sky from my window.
How many rooms are there?
Is there a yard/a balcony/a garage?
BDiscuss the use of articles. When do we use an instead of a?
When do we use the? What color is the house?
(roof, walls, doors, etc.)
Learn more about articles. Grammar Reference p. 126
What's special about
C Circle the correct articles. your dream home?

1 Ilive ina/ an dormitory on campus. I havea the roommate. Our

room is very small, so we don't have many things in a Xtheyroom.
2 I live ina/ an old house in the country. There isa/ the freplace
in the living room. AThe fouse stays warm in a thewinter
3 1live in a tan smallapartment. There is ajan enormous closet B Ask and answer the questions above
in my room. eloset is for my clothes and bags. with a partner. You can also make your
own questions.

Pronunciation
C #2 Write about your dream home.
1 1 3 Listen and repeat. Notice how the is pronounced before vowel Share your writing with the class.
and consonant sounds.
the house the old house the apartinent the nodern apartrnent
lis is my dream
2 E Practice the pronunciation cf the. home
's a two-story house with
We live on the tenth floor of the apartment. 3 0of and white walls.
Please move the armchair to the living room Hi the first foor, there is.
Unit 4 37
 5 READING O
A Read the introduction at the top of the article and look at the
pictures. Where is McMurdo Station? Who do you think lives
there?

B Read the McMurdo Station and Weather

paragraphs. Mark the
sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the false sentences.
1 McMurdo Station is the biggest community in
2
Antarctica.
Around 1,000 people ive there year round.
3 The average
temperature is above 0°C in summer.
4 There are 24 hours of
sunlight per day during summer McMurdo Station
C Read the rest of the article. McMurdo Station is the
Answer the questions. largest
1 What do the community in
Antarctica. The
scieptists at McMurdo Station study? station is located on Ross
2 What other YESe Island
jobs are there at MeMurdo Station? and it is run by the United
What can people
do mtheirfree thme onimalS anc gedoau States
Antarctic Program, or the
4
How many peals does.the cafeteria serve each USAP
day? Around 1,000 people live
5 Where'and how dofesidernso l e v ondnt ghd ie meal. there in
the summer and around 200
mo people
D What is thehoes, Cooumbexs
most interesting
Uee ard hevlos live there in the winter
you had the
thing about McMurdo Station? If
opportunity to work in Antarctica, would you do it?
Why or why not?
Weather
6 LISTENING Antarctica
The average
is a giant frozen land
temperature in
summer is
OL53 Listen to the video that Mark is filming and slightly below zero
what each person says. complete degrees Celsius, but the
makes it feel much colder. In
wind
the
Im
Summer months, there are 24 hours
a
e in Antarctica of sunlight each
Ive been here for day. In the
winter
Lo months months, however, there
Mark hours of darkness.
are 24

work the_ shift

I cant
e k wel because of the sunlight
Jason

Ir's hard to couk betous

D STATI
Nicole
enough 2t2
tte
Es
RTARCTICA
OVER TOYOU
1 How would your daily life change if you lived in
Do you think you would
enjoy living there?
Antarctica?
2 Have you ever
experienced a harsh climate? If so, share
your
experience with the class

8 Unit 4
 CSWero

LIVING ON THE 1CE climates in the world.

in of the harshest
Imagine living one

almost all year,

and

he temperature stays
below freezing
These are normal
food has to be delivered by airplane.
who work at McMurdo Station.
challenges for the people

McMurdo
Station

Jobs Personal Life

There are many different jobs to do at People at McMurdo live in dormitories. They can control the
McMurdo. Some scientists are there to do temperature inside. Most people have a roommate in summer, when

research. They study the weather, Antarctic the station is more crowded. Each person's daily schedule depends
animals, geology, sea ice, and many on his or her job. In their free time, people can go to a bar, coffee
shop, or gym. At these places, they can participate in game nights
other things. They work in labs or collect
information from sites outside of the station. and free science lectures. They can also watch a few TV stations,
read, or play video games in their rooms.
Other people at McMurdo keep the station
maintenance
running. They include cooks,
and
workers, doctors, plumbers, carpenters,
Food
firefighters. The cafeteria prepares four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner,
and a nighttime meal for people who work night shifts. There is a

Small greenhouse in the station, and the residents grow tomatoes,

cucumbers, lettuce, and herbs. They can't fish or hunt in

Antarctica, so the rest of the food is delivered to

the station. The food usually comes from the
United States or New Zealand. In the summer, RCT
an airplane delivers dairy, eggs, and fresh
vegetables to the residents every week.
 4A 1 voCABULARY
This is my house 2

A Match the pictures with the words in the box.

Sreps
window
gatage balcony

2 Oe
3 ndous
9av&ae

a o 6Dalcenu
SteesS

B Look at the picture and complete the sentences.

1 It is three- kaNu
a building.
ASHION
2 There is a flower shop on the List looY
3 There is a café on the Se candlooY
BEADTY
4 The women's clothing store is on theniNc \ooY

20 Unit 4
2 GRAMMAR
A Choose the correct
answers.
1 Mary works in a /Bn bank. The (Abank is far
from her 3 Jake got me a thepainting for the housewarming
house It takes so long to get there that she party.I really liked a Athejpainting but didn't like the
always reads
a/the book on the way. frame 1will buy a {anawesome frame for it

2 Keith tives inja/ an old house in the country. The

ythe/movie last week. A (The movie
was
4 I watched a
garden is really big and beautiful. There is a fountain in abouna an eight-year-old girl
a Athf garden.

B Complete the sentences with a, an, or the.

1 Would you like C orange? 6 What is written on+he wall?
2 Imade CAvase and c_Cup myself, 7 Could you please close 4hc door?
butC cup cracked
3 Who lives
8 Iboughtan new armchair.
onhe second floor?n 9 Iwork as Cn English teacher in Japan.
4 She is
reading a book in ha living room.
5 He lives in
101.he girl in the red dress is beautiful.
house, but I live in
an apartment.

C Complete the conversation with a, an, or the.

A What is your new house like?
B It's nice! There's
C big yard, and there's Chn guest room. You
should come one day.
A That sounds good. Tell me more about your house.
B It's g one-story house, but it has plenty of room for us
A Do you have a picture of it?
B Let me see.. Oh, Ihave one. Here.
A Wow, it looks
like_enice neighborhood
B It is. It's convenient too. There's-he bus stop nearby. h g bus
stop is just a five-minute walk from my house
A That's nice. By the way, do you have a pool?
B No, there's no pool. But it has amazing kitchen. I like to spend
time in h e kitchen.
A How fun! Is this4a living room?
B Yes. Do you like e bookshelf on the wall?
A Ido! It looks like a tree. Did that come with ahouse?
B No, it's from my grandparents' old house. It was a present from one
of my uncles.

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