My Flat. My Home.

Pre-reading activity.

Read and learn corresponding words and expressions on the subject “My home”.

Harbor притулок

Dwelling житло

To render надавати допомогу (послугу)

Basement підвальне приміщення

Garret горище

Frame будова

Shed сарай

Closet комора

Rent платня

Conveniences зручності

Spacious просторий

Separate окремий

Apartment квартира

To pay the rent платити за квартиру

Multi-storeyed building багатоповерхова будівля

Residential area житловий район

Nicely Furnished чудово мебльований

Garbage disposal сміттєпровід

Cellar погріб

Old-fashioned старомодний

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Learn the Famous Proverbs and Expressions about Home:

• There is no place like home.

• East or West, home is best.

• My home is my castle.

• Happiness is sleeping in your own bed and sharing your dreams with your own pillow.

• Every house has its own particular smell that reflects the nature of the people who live there.

• It is always pleasant to come back home.

I. Read the text and render its idea into Ukrainian.

My Flat

My native town is Makiyivka. I live in a new district of the town. My flat consists of three rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. My flat is full of conveniences such as gas, cold and hot water, central heating, a telephone. My mother, my sister and I do our best to make our flat comfortable and cosy. My duty is to clean the rooms. As all the floor in our flat is covered with carpets my elder sister uses a vacuum-cleaner, when we help our mother on Saturdays. Our furniture is new and modern.

I like music that’s why I have a tape-recorder in my room between my bed and the wardrobe.

My family is fond of reading. We have a good family library. There are many bookshelves in our sitting-room.

The kitchen is a kingdom of our mother. It is rather small but has all the necessary things: a gas-cooker, a refrigerator, a dinner table and cutlery. Our flat is a real harbour for me and for my family after the working day where we can relax and have a rest.

Our flat is near the dwelling of the elderly married couple. They are pensioners. My sister and I study at the Department of Sociology; we are going to

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be sociologists. That’s why we want to understand the needs of these seniors. They face different social problems such as housing, shops, public transport. We try to

render them a real help in difficult situations to change their life for the better. We are sure our future speciality of a sociologist is really important and necessary.

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