Unit 6 Lesson A

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A.     The man talks about three apartments. Number the apartments 1 to 3 as you listen.

Ethan: Hi, my name is Ethan. Welcome to City Rentals.

Ashley: Nice to meet you, Ethan. I am Ashley.

Ethan: So, Ashley, you want an apartment.

Ashley: Yes.

Ethan: Okay. Let’s see…This first apartment has one bedroom, a kitchen, a living room a dining room and a bathroom. There is no garage. The rent is 900$ a month.

Ashley: Oh…that’s expensive.

Ethan: Well, the second apartment is cheap, but it’s small.

Ashley: How small is it?

Ethan: There are only three rooms.

Ashley: Wow, that is small.

Ethan: Okay. The third apartment has four rooms. There is a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Ashley: Is there a garage?

Ethan: No, but there is a small yard. And the apartment is only 500$ a month.

Ashley: Wow, that sounds great.

Ethan: Okay, let’s go and see it.

 

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B.      Listen again. What apartment does Ashley like?

 

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Listen to Graciela talk to an adviser at her school. Then answer the questions.

Mr. Jenner: Come in!

Graciela: Mr. Jenner?

Mr. Jenner: Oh, hi, Graciela. Please, come in.

Graciela: Thanks a lot.

Mr. Jenner: So, how’re you doing?

Graciela: Uh, okay.

Mr. Jenner: Really? Are you doing well in your classes?

Graciela: Yes, I am.

Mr. Jenner: Well … what’s wrong?

Graciela: It’s my housing …

Mr. Jenner: Uh-huh …

Graciela: I like the house, and my host family is very nice. But the house is far from school. It’s a 45-minute bus ride to come here every day. And all my friends live on campus.

Mr. Jenner: I understand. Let’s see … there’s a room in the school dormitory.

Graciela: Okay …

Mr. Jenner: But you share the room with another student.

Graciela: Sounds good!

 

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A. The Davids family wants a new home. Listen to the programme”Places for rent”.You will hear four ads, A to D. Fill in the table. What things does each place have? Check the boxes.

 

A. Here is a big house with a big yard. It's for big families. It has four bedrooms, three bathrooms,     a big living room, a great kitchen, and a garage. It’s only $4000 a moth. Call Mrs. Tranh at 456-0987.

B. Here is an apartment at a great location! It is a nice new apartment building with a swimming pool and a tennis court. Inside the apartment, you can find a big living room, one bedroom, one bathroom, and a beautiful kitchen. All this for only $1200 a month. Phone 761-0201, and ask for Dana.

 

C. Here is a house you can afford. For only $1200 a month, you get a living room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a big kitchen, and a great yard for your children. Please call Nathan at 475-2300.

D. Here is another apartment for relaxed, elegant living! A big apartment with three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, and a big garage and no yard work for only $1400 a month. Call Rolando at 533-0202.

 

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B. The Davids family wants a new home that has a dining room, a yard, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a big kitchen. Listen to the ads again. Which home is right for the Davis family? Why?

 

 

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A. Now listen to the passage. Then choose a title for the passage.

I'm Yaopeng Wong. This is my third month as a student in Denver, Colorado. I'm learning a lot in English class.

I’m living with a host family. Patricia, my host mother, is really nice. She’s divorced and has two kids—a seventeen-year-old son, Jason, and a twelve-year-old daughter, Clarissa. We live in a large apartment. I have my own room. It has a bed, a desk, and small closet. We share a bathroom and a computer in the living room. I can also use the kitchen or watch TV in the living room.

Living with an American family is interesting. On the first day here, Patricia showed me the house and my room. She said, "Make yourself at home." At first, I didn’t understand, but now I do. The apartment is like my apartment. I usually make breakfast for myself. I do my own laundry. I clean my own room. Patricia is my host mother, but she’s like a friend or a roommate. But, there are rules. It’s OK for my friends to visit, but only on the weekend. Jason’s friends come to the apartment on the weekend. They hang out in his room and listen to music or watch videos. Sometimes my friends from school have dinner with my family.  

 

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B .Listen again. Then circle True or False for each sentence. Change the false sentences to make them true.

 

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A.     Now listen to the talks. Then fill in the blanks of the following sentences about each unusual house.

The Guitar House

 

In Fayetteville, Georgia, there is a house that is shaped like a guitar. It was built by a song-writer and country music lover, Elvis L. Carden, in the 1970s.

It’s right on the road and is brown. It’s not that strange, when you look at it from ground level. You probably would really notice it just driving by. In fact, you can’t really tell what it is from the street. But if you stop and look, the roof has a very slight slant, and then you can tell.

It’s basically a modified ranch house with a long narrow walkway or hallway leading to the garage, thus the guitar shape. It has a flat roof with the electrical wires running along the top to mimic guitar strings.

 

The Shoe House

Hellam is a small town in south-central Pennsylvania. In this town, there is a shoe house. The house was built in 1948 by shoe magnate Mahlon N. Haines to advertise his business.

The shoe House is a wood-framed house, which is 48 feet long and 17 feet wide at its widest point. It is a replica of high-top work boot. Besides a sole, heel, and toe, this shoe house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.

Originally, Haines used Shoes House as a guesthouse. He invented elderly couples to spend the weekend and live like “kings and queens” at his expense. He also let honeymooners stay there for free, as long as they came from a town that they had a Haines shoe store.

After Haines passed away, the Shoe House was sold. Now it has been turned into an ice cream parlor and is open to tourists. 

 

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B.      Listen again. Then answer the following questions.

 

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A. Listen to the conversations. Pay attentiont to the rising and falling intonations. Then practice the conversations with a partner.

A: How many rooms are there in you apartment?

B; Ten.

A;Ten?

B;Yeah.

A:Wow. You have a large apartment.

A: Is there a garage?

B:No.

A:No?

B:No. But there is a yard.

 

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B. Listen to the conversation. Then practice with a partner.

Justin: Hi, Ashley.

Ashley: Hi, Hustin. Come in.

Justin: Thanks. Hey, this is a nice apartment!

Ashley: Yea, and it is only 400 dollars a month.

Justin: Really? That’s not bad! How many rooms are there?

Ashley: There are five. There is a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and my bedroom.

Justin: Is there a garage?

Ashley: No, but there is a small yard.

Justin: That’s great!

 

 

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B .Listen to a tour guide talk about the Winchester Mystery House and fill in the table with the right numbers.

Hello, everyone! Welcome to Sara Winchester’ house in beautiful San Jose. Sarah died in 1922. Now people like you can visit her strange and wonderful house. The house is very big. It has 160 rooms. There are 40 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 3 elevators, 40 staircases, 2000 doors, and 10000 windows!

Now let’s begin the toour.

As you can see, the house is strange. In some rooms, like this one, there are doors and windows on the floor. Many of the bathrooms have glas doors.

Follow me, please.

Look at this staircace. It doesn’t go anywhere. Many of the staircases stop at the ceiling, just like this one. Now, some people think the house is haunted. They think there are ghosts in the house. What do you think?

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C. Listen again. Then answer the questions with a partner.

 

 

Lesson B  Unit 6

 

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Alejandra: I live in a one-bedroom apartment. It is a small apartment in an old building. In my apartment there is one bedroom, a kitchen, one bathroom, and a living room.

Jackie: I live in a small house. There are four bedrooms, and a living room…kitchen, a dining room.

Jose Luis: I live in a house with my parents in Mexico City.

Jonathan: I live with six other people and there are six rooms, everyone has their own room.

Catherine: Right now I live with two other roomates. We have three different rooms and a kitchen and that’s it. My favorite room in the house is my bedroom.

 

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Hana: I live in a dorm in my school.

Dave: I live in a dorm with my roommate. There is not much in it besides myself, my roomate and two beds. That’s all there is room for.

Vanessa: In myroom, I have one roommate and there are two beds, two dressers, and two desks.

Calum: My dorm is very big and very old. There are a lot of people in my dorm so it’s very noisy, especially at night. My dorm room is very small and in the dorm room there is a desk, shelves, an alarm clock, a few books, and a rug.

 

 

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Sun-hee: so, how did you two become roommates?

Takeshi: Us?

Mike: Well, Tara and I were old friends. So when I moved to New York…

Mike: Tara!

Tara: Mike! Welcome to New York! You will love it here! It’s great!

Mike: Maybe, just remember Tara-no apartment, no job-goodbye New York.

Got it?

Tara: Don’t worry. My friend Takeshi needs a roommate. I am calling him right now. (into phone)Hi, Takeshi. My friend Mike is in town. He’s interested in the apartment. Yes…yes..OK. (to Mike)It’s on the third floor. There are four rooms. There are two bedrooms. There is a big kitchen, and a great living room.

Mike: Is there a bed in the extra bedroom?

Tara: (into phone) Is there a bed for Mike? (to Mike) Yes. The bedroom is furnished. There is a bed, a table, a lamp, a desk… and uh…there are two chairs.

Mike: Sounds terrific! Let’s go!

Tara: (into phone) see you soon!

Takeshi: Hi!

Tara: Hi, Takeshi, this is my friend, Mike.

Takeshi: Hi, Mike.

Mike: Hi.

Takeshi: Come in you two.

Mike: Wow, this is a nice apartment.

Takeshi: Thanks. This is the living room. There is a sofa, a lamp, table…TV.

Mike: Nice.

Takeshi: Over there is the kitchen. We have a table. There are a couple of chairs…a microwave…a fridge.

Takeshi: And here’s the bedroom. There is a bed…a table, a lamp,a desk…and there are two chairs for you.

Mike: I will take it! Uh…How much is the rent?

Takeshi: It’s cheap. It’s only 8 hundred dollars.

Mike: Eight hundred dollars? That’s kind of expensive for me. I don’t have a job yet.

Tara: Believe me, for New York, that’s cheap.

Mike: Ok, I will take it, but just for one or two months.

Takeshi: Ok. Welcome home!

Sun-hee: So that’s the story.

Takeshi: And two years later, we are still rommates. (to Mike) One or two months, Hun? (they laugh)

 

 

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Mike: Tara!

Tara: Mike! Welcome to New York! You will love it here! It’s great!

Mike: Maybe, just remember Tara-no apartment, no job-goodbye New York.

Got it?

Tara: Don’t worry. My friend Takeshi needs a roommate. I am calling him right now. (into phone)Hi, Takeshi. My friend Mike is in town. He’s interested in the apartment. Yes…yes..OK. (to Mike)It’s on the third floor. There are four rooms. There are two bedrooms. There is a big kitchen, and a great living room.

Mike: Is there a bed in the extra bedroom?

Tara: (into phone) Is there a bed for Mike? (to Mike) Yes. The bedroom is furnished. There is a bed, a table, a lamp, a desk… and uh…there are two chairs.

Mike: Sounds terrific! Let’s go!

Tara: (into phone) see you soon!

 

 

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Takeshi: Hi!

Tara: Hi, Takeshi, this is my friend, Mike.

Takeshi: Hi, Mike.

Mike: Hi.

Takeshi: Come in you two.

Mike: Wow, this is a nice apartment.

Takeshi: Thanks. This is the living room. There is a sofa, a lamp, table…TV.

Mike: Nice.

 

 

 

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Mike: I will take it! Uh…How much is the rent?

Takeshi: It’s cheap. It’s only 8 hundred dollars.

Mike: Eight hundred dollars? That’s kind of expensive for me. I don’t have a job yet.

Tara: Believe me, for New York, that’s cheap.

Mike: Ok, I will take it, but just for one or two months.

Takeshi: Ok. Welcome home!