unit eight

Housing

6 Read the paragraph and complete the complete information below. Then compare with a partner.

Housing in the United States

apartments 15%

mobile homes 5%
Average cost of a house: $ 117,000
condominiums
or coops 3% Most expensive cities for houses:
New York City, Los Angeles, Boston
houses other 6%
The typical American house:
71% 1,600 square feet with 3 bedrooms
a living room, bathroom, and kitchen

Number of times people move in a

lifetime: 30.
Main types of housing

Main types of housing in my country: the main houses in my country are 60% bricks
A typical house in my country (size, rooms): a typical house inmy country it is two floors three bedrooms,two bathro

The kind of place I live in: house apartment

condo other

Read the paragraph and complete the chart. What do these people do in their favorite room? What
7 are the good features of the room?

What's your favorite room?

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Robert Stevens Jessica Adams Linda Johnson

My favorite room is the kitchen. We
have a big kitchen, with a modern
stove and refrigerator. There's a
big dining table, so we always eat
dinner here together. I cook every
evening and weekend. My children
cook, too, but they only use the
microwave oven.
My favorite room is my bedroom.
It's my "private study". I have a desk,
a bookcase, and computer in here.
I also have a bed, of course. It's the
room where I read, study, play
computer games, and sleep.
The living room is my favorite room.
It's the room where I relax at night.
The are some beau ful pictures on
the wall. There's a confortable sofa.
I sit on the sofa and watch TV every
evening. Some mes I listen to mu-
sic on the stereo system.

Favorite room Activities Good features

KITCHEN he cooksin the after his kindt o his children they have plenty of
Robert Stevens noon nad on sunday kitchen accesory refrigerator microwave
with his children
BEDROOM read play study and maybe she is a lonely person whereher study
Jessica Adams sleep is everything she love her computer
LIVING ROOM la living room is where it has a beatiful sofa where you wacth movies
Linda Johnson relax with pictures bea- on tv at ninght and also listento music
tiful

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For Rent
A. Look at there rental ads on a supermarket bulletin board. Which ads are for "Housing Needed"
8 (mark N) and which are for "Housing Available" (mark A)?

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n 4 - Bedroom house
available. Only a
3 blocks from
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B. In pairs, look at the ads you marked N. Can you find them an appropriate apartment under the
ads marked A?

9 In groups of three write your awn ad. Give as much information as possible.

A. You have a house or an apartment for rent. B. You are looking for a house or an apartment

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Write an ad for it. to rent. Write an ad for the kind of place
you want.

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