Unit 6 Housing

1. Unit 6 Housing

2. Vocabulary Link Vocabulary Link In the neighborhood For rent Match each word with a place in the apartment. a. a living room b. b dining room kitchen c. c bathroom d. d e. e bedroom f. f balcony g. g yard h. h garage

3. Part Two: Listening --- Apartment hunting Proper names Ashley Ethan City Rentals Other words garage rental yard Listen to the conversation on p.90, and figure out which apartment the speaker likes.

4. Speaking: This is my Apartment. Vocabulary Link Imagine that you have your own apartment or house. Describe it to your partner.

5. Speaking Possible words: A rug a wardrobe a blanket a desk a vase a CD play A tennis racket a cell phone a backpack a garden driveway

6. Part Four: Listening--- Optional Listening 1 A housing problem Listen to the listening material, and then complete the following exercises on the book. Repeat Graciela’s reason why she wants to change her housing.

7. Part Five: Listening--- Optional Listening 2 The Davis family wants a new home. Listen to the listening material and complete the exercise on the book.

8. Speaking Which home is right for the Davis family? Why?

9. Part Six: Video course 1 Where I live read the list of vocabulary items aloud Before Watching Part Six: Video course 1 While Watching After Watching match the letter for exercise A on P.66 and check the answers. watch the interview and repeat what the speaker said

10. Part Six: Video course 1 Where I live Global Viewpoints Where do these people live? Watch the interviews and match the names with the information. ■ _____ e • Alejandra • Jackie • José Luis • Jonathan • Catherine a. lives in a small house with four bedrooms. b. lives in a house in Mexico city. c. lives in a house with three different rooms and a kitchen. d. lives in a place with six rooms. e. lives in a one-bedroom apartment in an old building. _____ a _____ b _____ d _____ c

11. Part Seven: Speaking ---Where should I live? City Living Imagine that you want to study English at a school in Canada. Read the advertisement Housing for International Students carefully. After You Watch HOME HOUSING COUNSELOR CHAT/FRIENDS BULLETIN CAMPUS&MAPS Live with a host family! You get … breakfast and dinner a private bedroom. It has a bed, desk, closet, and bathroom. You share the living room and kitchen with your host family. Cost: $400 per month.

12. After You Watch_A2 Part Seven: Speaking ---Where should I live? City Living Imagine that you want to study English at a school in Canada. Read the advertisement Housing for International Students carefully. After You Watch HOME HOUSING COUNSELOR CHAT/FRIENDS BULLETIN CAMPUS&MAPS Live with other students in the Madison School dormitory! Rooms: • Dorm rules: • No smoking • No visitors • after 11:00 p.m. Single room: private room with a bathroom, TV, and telephone. Cost: $800 per month Double room: share with a roommate. The room has a telephone. Cost: $500 per month per person In the dormitory, there is… a cafeteria (students pay for food) a computer room a laundry room

13. Part Seven: Speaking ---Where should I live? Useful Expressions Expressing preference I like living in a dorm. I prefer to live alone rather than sharing a room with somebody. I’d rather live in a dorm. I won’t think of living with a host family. I’m rather more interested in living with a host family. It’s better to live with other students around my age. Would you prefer to live with a host family or in a dormitory? Discuss your preferences with your partner.

14. Part Eight: Video course 2 Cities and towns Global Viewpoints What do the people say about their student housing? Watch the interviews and fill in the blanks. ■ Hana: Dave: Vanessa: Calum: I live in a (1) in my school. I live in a dorm with a (2) . There’s not much in it besides myself, my roommate, and two (3) . That’s all there’s (4) for. In my room, I have one roommate and there are two beds, two (5) and two (6) . My dorm is very (7) and very (8) . There are a lot of people in my dorm so it’s very (9) , especially at night. My dorm room is very (10) and in the dorm room there is a desk, shelves, an alarm clock, a few books, and a rug. _____ dorm ________ roommate ____ ____ room beds ________ _____ desks dressers ___ old ___ big _____ noisy _____ small

15. Part Nine: Video course---Welcome to New York Main characters Mike Johnson Tara Greene Sun-hee Park Takeshi Mifune

16. Group work: go to your group. Look at the pictures on p.101 and talk about one picture according to the story from the video.

17. 3. Watch the video again and check the sentences that are true and correct the false sentences for exercise A on p.102.

18. City Living What’s the story? Watch the video. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. ■ • 1. Mike comes to / Los Angeles. • 2. Takeshi needs an apartment / . • 3. Mike and Tara go to / Tara’s apartment. • 4. Mike asks about / a job. • 5. Takeshi says the rent is / $900. • 6. Mike thinks the rent is cheap / . • Mike wants the apartment for only one or two / years. • Mike and Takeshi / are not roommates now. New York City ________________ _______________ a roommate _____________ ________________ Takeshi’s ___________ ________ the rent _________ _______ $800 ______ _______ expensive ________ ____________ months ________ ________ are _____ _________

19. 4. Watch the video again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear (exercise c).

20. Autonomous learning tasks New century book: unit 6 optional listening 3 & 4 New horizon book: unit 8 III. Listening in: task 1: Living with roommates; task 2: Interviewing a rental agent; task 3: Off-campus apartments; task 4: Roommate wanted New horizon book: unit 8 Part VI. Further listening and speaking tasks 1-3

21. Supplementary listening materials 1. Understanding movie clip I: Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Understanding movie clip II: Legally BLonde

22. Supplementary reading materials • 最新大学英语快速阅读 1 Unit 6

23. Suggested writing topic Roommate Wanted  

24. Thank You!