Do you want to live in a house like this ?

A beautiful kitchen Air conditioner A games room… A spacious sitting room A big garden with trees More than two washrooms

Cottage Different Kinds of Houses Flat/Apartment

Castle Palace

washroom bedroom dining room sitting room hall games room

balcony kitchen

Read the text quickly, and find out which of these things the girl’s dream house had as well as the main idea of each paragraph. Reading A swimming pool, a big garden (yard) with trees, a balcony, running water, a games room, three washrooms, “real” stairs, a basement

Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 (A)The advantage of the house on Mango Street (B)The description of the house on Mango Street (C)The advantage of the house on Loomis (D)The reason for leaving the house on Loomis (E)The description of their dream house (F)Frequent moving of the house

balcony running water basement swimming pool a yard with trees washroom games room “real” stairs

Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 (A)The advantage of the house on Mango Street (B)The description of the house on Mango Street (C)The advantage of the house on Loomis (D)The reason for leaving the house on Loomis (E)The description of their dream house (F)Frequent moving of the house

1. How many places has the girl lived in? 2. Where did she live before Mango Street? Why did they leave? 3. Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms? 4. Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house? 5. Do you think the girl was satisfied with the house on Mango Street? Read the text again, and answer the following questions:

1. How many places has the girl lived in? More than Where did she live before Mango Street? Why did they leave? A third floor flat on Loomis. They had to leave because the water pipes broke and the landlord refused to fix them. 3. Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms? So that, when she took a bath, she wouldn’t have to tell anybody.

4. Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house? To their children. 5. Do you think the girl was satisfied with the house on Mango Street? No, because it was far away from her dream house.

☆ Finish the multiple-choices. 1.A landlord is _________. A. a businessman B. a piece of land C. an owner of a house D. a cleaner

2.Can you find out the words in the text to replace them: garden, repair, toilet? A. yard, flat, pipe B. fence, fix, pipe C. gallon, fix, basement D. yard, fix, washroom

3. Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE? A. They need to pay rent to landlord. B. The house is a big improvement to the family. C. They must share the garden with others. D. They can’t make too much noise there.

4.What can we infer from the reading text? A. The girl had a happy childhood. B. The girl’s parents were poorly educated. C. They would probably live in the house on Mango street for a long time. D. The girl hated her parents.

5. The passage is mainly talking about________. A. the places where they lived before moved to Mango street. B. the life on Mango street C. a dream house and a real house on Mango street D. the reasons why they moved to Mango street.

Task: (1)Describe your present house to your partners. or (2)Describe your dream house to your partners, and then exchange( 交 换 ) your ideas. Talking

flat, villa( 别墅 ), cottage, garden, pond( 池 塘 )…bathroom, bedroom, dining room, sitting room, hall, games room, kitchen My house is a flat on the 8 th floor on the Yuan Lin Road. There are 4 rooms… My dream house is a villa/… with a big garden/… There are…

Homework Ex 5-6 in P43 Finish your remaining exercises on the 18 th English Times