1. Innovative High-tech house Idyllic village To graze To the full Massager Lawn mower To regret Sample To warn Chore Device Worth Cellar Wireless Touch pads To initiate To forward Bin Bar code Courier Scale Compartment Ceiling Software

2. Fill in the words: 1.A Swiss family have decided to test an innovative … house, so smart it can even do the shopping. 2.The … village in Hunenberg with old farmhouses and grazing cows doesn’t seem like the …. setting for high-tech innovation. 3.The house looks after Ursi and Daniel Steiner so well it can even check their health by taking samples to test every time they use the bathroom. 4.Ursi says: “ The house looks like a … house from the outside, which shows that you can have a normal life with top …” 5.All household …s are connected to a server in the cellar by a wireless local area network. 6.And if shopping seems like too much of a chore, the … can do that too. 7.… …s of empty food packets are read in the bin and the shopping list is …ed to the nearest supermarket. 8.When nobody is at home, the courier leaves the products in the “Skybox”- a large scale post box with special …s for food products.

3. Correct the sentences: 1)Ursi says: “ Lots of things are much more difficult than in my old home. I got used to it very quickly, by reading instruction booklets. 2)For her 13-year-old daughter Grace the home is simply disappointing. 3)Especially the television, which is watched cinema- style with Dolby sound via the projector in the floor that puts the images on the walls. 4) The home is secured, the front door is opened by a toe print system, and the entire house can be monitored, even being quite near, by mobile phone. 5)Ursi adds: “The devices in the house, such as the washing machine in the front garden, don’t let me know when they are finished. I get the call on my mobile phone or computer. 6)The Futurelife house is owned and operated by James Beishem Holding, in co-operation with 50 partner firms. 7) Despite all the ultra-modern appliances, Ursi Admits she misses 1 thing about her old home- doing the shopping.