Act as Sally. Answer the questions using the conversational formulas trained.

1. What do you think: must Florence find a single room all for herself? 2. Why do you think so? 3. Is it hard to find a room now? 4. What do you advise her to do for a start? 5. Are there any advertise­ments there? 6. What do you think: is Florence right in her decision to move away from the hostel? 7. Why do you think so?

0-11. So, Florence sees an advertisement in the local paper and rings up. Let's see and remember what she asks the landlady about Find in the dialogue: a) 1) how she tries to make sure that the right number is on the line; 2) how she tries to make sure there is a room to let; 3) how she asks about the rent; 4) how she asks the permission to have a look at the flat; b) what the landlady answers to these four questions.

O-12. Functional dialogue: asking for clarification, details. Mind: keep strictly to the point Connect the questions logically. Make the subject of interest clear. Read the dialogue. Memorize how Florence and the landlady develop their conversation.

The Landlady

-That's right.

-It is.

- Yes, it is.

-Yes.

-That's right.

-Yes. -It is. -Yes.

-... 7... a week (a month, per month).

О-13. a) You are Florence. You have come to.see the flat and speak with the landlady about it. Get as much information from her as possible. Then make up another conversation, exchange roles, b) Sally and Florence after Florence's visit Sally wants to know as much as possible about the flat and the impression the landlady produced upon Florence. Give two varia­tions of the dialogue: 1) Florence likes the flat and is going to rent it 2) Florence doesn't like the flat, she is going to look for another. O-14. Role play. Personages: Landladies and tenants. Stimulus: Asking for a furnished room. Arrangement: Students are divided into 2 teams: "tenants" and "landladies". Expected activity: All move about the room speaking (every "tenant" to every "landlady") till the suitable variant is found. Speech skills and functions developed: Clarification, introducing opinion, disagreement, approval, favour. Brushing up the language stuff. Supplement: Cards with fixed information and word structures.

- How much is the room per

month (week)? -- What's the rent, please?

- Can I know the rent,

please?

-What about the rent, please?

-How much do you charge for the room?

4. - When can I have a look at

the flat?

- May I see the room,

please?

5. - Must I have my own

sheets? -What about kitchen things?

6. - Can I use the bookcase?

7. - Is it warm here?

- Is there hot water supply?

- vVhy, of course....

- Tomorrow, say about 12.20. ]

- Certainly. Can you comej
say, at 12.20?

- No, you needn't.

- You can use mine if you
like.

-Why not? Ar\d that book-1 shelf, too. I guess, you've! got a lot of books.

- Sure. There's central heating¹;
and an electric heater at
that.

- Certainly. We've got all conJ
veniences.

0-15- Try your hand in dialogue striking. Take this for basis.

Furnishing

1.-Are you going to buy anything for the lounge?

- Yes, a coffee table, a standard lamp and a few pictures.

- What kind of pictures would you like (do you want)?

- I'm fond of landscape, you know.

2. - Wriat kind of mirror do you want?

-A big one for the hall and a chest of drawers for shoes, too.

- Going to buy a new coat rack?

- No, the old one is quite all right, I think.

3. -1 understand you need a bookcase?

-A bookcase and a few bookshelves. You know, George is just crazy about books. We've lots, lots of them but he goes on buying new ones.

- Where do you keep them?

- Oh, there are books everywhere: in the lounge, in the bedroom, in
the study. All the bookcases are packed full.

4. - What is better for a bedroom, do you think: a double bed or two

single twin beds?

- For your bedroom? Neither. The room is very small. Better buy a
sofa, it doesn't take so much place.

5. - Have you got a tape-recorder?

- Yes, a tape-recorder, and a stereo-system, and a video, too.

- When do you study, I wonder?

6. - Where are you going to hang this carpet?

- Hang it? I'm going to put it on the floor. I hate carpets on the
walls.

7. - How are you going to furnish your room?

-1 wouldn't like to place much furniture. Just the most necessary pieces (things).

8. - Follow my advice and place a bedside rug near the bed. It'll make

the room much cosier. -1 believe, you're right.

9- - Don't put that vase there. -But where? -Onto the shelf.

- Here?

- Yes, here it looks much better.

10.

- What are you doing, where are you placing the bed, old man?

- What's wrong?

- Well, not there near the window, we'll catch cold there.

11. - Is this mirror for the bathroom?

- Yes, I'm going to hang it above the wash-basin. And to the right
of the basin - a towel-rail.

12. - Are you going to buy some more house plants?

- Oh, yes, I'm fond of them. I want to have them everywhere: or
the shelves, on the walls, on the window-sills.

About Students' Living Conditions

1. - You're lucky to live at the hostel.

-1 shouldn't say so. Everything is so different from home here.

- But you've got all modern conveniences!

- All? No telephone, no hot water, bath. I don't like it very much
here.

2. - You look depressed. Anything the matter?

- Nothing special. It's just that I'm getting fed up with my room­
mates. Music and amusement days and nights. I can't stand it any
more.

- Isn't it possible to change to a different room?

-1 don't know if it's possible, but I'd do anything to get away from here.

3. - Do you like the place you live in? What's it like?

- The room itself isn't bad, but the landlord is awful. And the rent isi
very high, you know.

4. - How do you find this furniture?

- Pretty nice, but I'm afraid, the size is too large. I prefer this
suite [swift].

- Let's buy a carpet and curtains to match.

- Don't mind. That'll be really fine.

5. - That corner seems bare. Let's place the bookcase there.

- Oh, yes, that's surely better.

6. - Have a look at my dining-room. How do you find it?

- It's not bad, but why did you put so many armchairs here? It'd be.
better to place some of them in this study, I think.

7. - Do you like this armchair?

- Yes, it looks comfortable.

- But I think we've put it in a wrong place. Let's move it nearer
window.

8. - How nicely you've furnished your rooms! I like the furniture an(

the way it's arranged.

- Oh, do you? I'm glad you do.

9. - What did she put in the middle of the room?

- Two armchairs.

- Armchairs?!

Ю. - Miss White has such a good taste! Her room is wonderful!

- Wonderful? What's so extraordinary about it?

- Oh, I don't know... the wallpaper, the curtains, the furniture are
simple, but everything is so clean and in quiet colours.

- I'd like to have a look.

11. - I've come about the room to let.

- Come in, please.

-1 see. It's not very bright, is it?

- It looks very nice in the morning, though.

- How much do you charge for it?

- The price is reasonable, as rooms go these days.

- Very well, I'll take it.

12.-What a surprise to run into you! You look great! How are you?

- Thanks, I'm doing well. Tell me about yourself. Where do you
live now?

-1 found a beautiful one-bedroom apartment not too far from the University.

- Great! Sure you're happy.

13. - You're going to buy a summer house, aren't you? -Yes.

- What kind of house?

- Not a very big one. We haven't got much money, you know.
0-16. Now speak about yourself.

A. 1. Where do you live now: at home, at the hostel or rent a room? 2. Do you like the district you live in? 3. Is it in the centre or on the outskirts? 4. Is there a supermarket, any other shops, a cinema, a library in the neighbourhood? 5. Is it a busy shopping street? 6. Are there always many people around? 7. Is the traffic heavy? 8. Is it a long way from the Institute? 9. Is there a bus or tram stop, or an un­derground not far from your house? 10. Is your street green? 11. It's lined with trees, isn't it? Is there a nice yard behind the house? 12. Are there any old trees and flower-beds in the yard? 13. What kind of house do you live in: detached, semi-detached, a cottage or a block of fiats? 14. What conveniences have you got? 15. Is there a rubbish chute? 16. What about a telephone? 17. What can you say ^about the room you live in: is it large, small, light, warm? 18. Is it square or long and narrow? 19. Is the ceiling high? 20. Is the floor parquetted? 21. Are the walls papered or whitewashed? Are there any carpets on the walls? 22. Is there a carpet on the floor? 23. Are there many things in your room? 24. How is the furniture arranged? 25- Have you got a TV-set? A stereo-system? What kind of music do

you like? 26. Have you got much time for amusement? 27. Do уош watch TV or listen to music every day? 28. Are you up to your earl in studies? 29. Have you got many textbooks at home? 30. Where do you keep them? 31. How many shelves are there in your room? Whal things do you keep there? 32. Is there a bookcase and a wardrobe'! Where do they stand? What things do you keep in your wardrobe? Is the bookcase full of books? 33. What kind of table is there in youfl room? 34. Where does it stand? 35. Are there any chairs and armchairs? 36. Is there a wall mirror in your room? Where does it hang? 37. Is there a bed or a sofa in your room? 38. Are there any pictures above? What kind of pictures are they? 39. Do you understand much about painting? 40. Have you got an album with your family photos?

B. 1. Are you homesick at times? 2. Do you often write letters home? 3. When are you going to write a letter again? 4. Do your people know anything about your living and work conditions here? What can you say about them? 5. Are your living conditions at home better than here? 6. What kind of flat do your people live in? 7. Is it quite enough for the family? 8. What do you think: is the flat well planned? 9. Is there a spacious hall in the flat? What about the kitchen? 10. What kind of cooker is there in the kitchen? 11. Is it convenient to have a cooker like that? 12. Is your mother good at cooking? 13. Are you? 14. Have you got a fridge at home? 15. Does it keep the provisions fresh for a long time? What do you think: in what season is a fridge most necessary? 16. Where does your mother keep all kitchen things? 17. Are' there any built-in cupboards in the kitchen? 18. Are there any built-in wardrobes in the hall? 19. Do you think it's convenient to have built-in furniture? 20. Is there much furniture ii your flat? Is it all modern or are there any pieces of the past? Ho\ are your rooms at home called? 21. Which of the rooms is the cosiest? 22. What makes it so cosy? 23. What does it look like? Is it always in good order, is everything in its place? Is there a balcony in this room? 24. On what floor is your flat? What's your opinion: is it nice (convenient) to live on the ground or on the top floor? 25. Is there a lift in your house?

O-17. Summarize all your answers to the above given questions and say as muct as you can about your living conditions 1) here; 2) at home (explain whj you think so).

O-18. Conversational situations. Imagine:

1. You are a young married couple. Plan how to arrange the furniti

in your flat.

2. You move into a new 3-room flat. You are buying furniture. Yoifl

close friend helps you.

3. A friend comes to see you. She finds your room to be overcrowded!
with furniture. You disagree and give grounds.

4. You live in the hostel. Your group-mate rents a room. You don't
find it good because she pays much.

5. You visit your friend's new apartment. One of you likes it, the
other doesn't.

6. You are in need of accommodation. You apply to a landlady. She is
rather disagreeable.

7. You are a landlady. Someone asks for a room to rent. Inform about
your conveniences.

0*19. Read the joke and say what you make of the landlady.

Arriving home one evening Florence found the house locked up. After trying to get in at the windows on the ground floor Florence climbed upon the roof and with much difficulty entered through the balcony. On the dining-room table she found a note from her landlady: "I have gone out. Find the key under the door mat."

IV. READING AND COMPREHENSION

1. Scanning.

2. General understanding.

Scanning is the most widely used reading technique to get the information rapidly. It's the matter of good strategy and skill.

Close attention: Scanning is more effective when:

- the subject of interest is fixed in advance;
-you limit your interest to 2-3 items;

- you know how to manage the text.

RC-l. Read and mark in memory the information to search about:

A. the machine a lecturer brought to Canterbury;

B. the author's accommodation in Vincent Square;

C. the services the landlady provided him with;

D. the places he travelled when he was 20.

Looking Back on Eighty Years

(after 5. Maugham)

A. The world I entered when at the age of eighteen I became a medical student was a world that knew nothing of planes, motor-cars, ^movies, radio, or telephone. When I was still at school a lecturer came to Canterbury to show us boys a new and very inadequate machine ^hich haltingly reproduced the human voice. It was the first gramo­phone. The world I entered was a world that inadequately warmed it­self \vith coal fires, lit itself by gas and paraffin lamps, and looked

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upon a bathroom as a luxury out of the reach of all but the ve wealthy.

B. It was a very cheap world. When I entered St. Thomas's Hos»
pital I took a couple of furnished rooms in Vincent Square for which Я
paid 18 s. a week. My landlady provided me with a solid breakfast
before I went to the hospital and high tea¹ when I came back at half-
past six, and the two meals cost me about 12 s. a week.

C. Travelling was cheap, too, in those days. When I was twenty'•
went to Italy by myself for six weeks of the Easter vacation. Т went to
Pisa and spent a wonderful month in Florence, where I got a nice
room and my board in the house of a widow lady. It was a vet
cheap world.

Notes

1. high tea плотный ужин с чаем RC-2. Self-control questions.

A. What did the lecturer show to the boys?

B. Where did the author live when he entered St. Thomas's Hospital?

C. Where did the author travel at the age of 20?

RC-3. Back review. See in the text if you are true/false.

General understanding is a more difficult reading technique. Practis reading for the central idea. It is expressed directly or in a round-about way. The central idea has different places in the text.

Close attention: Reading for general understanding is more effective when:

- you time your reading;

- don't stop at each word you don't know;

- read the text with speed best for understanding;

- mark in memory the main details.

RC-4. Read and mark in memory the main idea. Time your reading (start/finish).

Robert Burns

(after F.B. Snyder¹)

A. I begin what I have to say about Burns with two questions. Is there any other person in the whole field of English letters as sincerely beloved as he? I think not. Is there any other person whose birthday is as sure to be remembered as his? I think not. Not alone in Scot­land, but also in England and Canada and the United States, on the continent of Europe and in far-away lands like India and Ceylon, Jan­uary 25 is a notable anniversary. The lad who was born in Kyle² on

that stormy day, 194 years ago, has a grip of our affections which is v/ithout parallel in the English-speaking world.

B. For many years I tried to find some simple explanation for this
fact, but always in vain. There is no one outstanding quality in Burns
that accounts for his continuing hold on our hearts and minds. Rather
should I say that there are four attributes of the man and his work
which, taken together, do in a measure explain his unique position in
our culture. These are his vibrant³ personality, his staunch⁴ patriotism,
his broad human sympathy, and his consummate⁵ art.

C. Burns was greatly interested in what we today call "international
development". His powerful intellect ranged⁶ over all Europe and north
America; he commented astutely⁷ on what was taking place there, and
related it intelligently to events in the British Isles. But he never forgot
that he was a Scot, or allowed anything to dim his love for his native
land.

D. Yes, this man whose birthday we commemorate, could write
superbly well. He could weave⁸ twenty-six letters of the alphabet into
patterns of haunting⁹ beauty, and when all is said and done it is this
great art that ensures Burns's permanent place in the minds and hearts
of mankind.

Notes

1. Franklin B. Snyder - an American authority on Burns.

2. Kyle - the place in Scotland, where Burns was born.

3. vibrant - here: lively

4. staunch - here: deep

5. consummate = perfect

6. to range - here: to pass over

7. astutely - deeply, shrewdly

8. to weave -here: to compose, to make

9. haunting - here: noble

RC-5. Check up the level of general comprehension.

1. January 25 is a notable anniversary because

a) there is no other person in English literature as sincerely
beloved as R. Burns;

b) R. Burns is known mainly in far-away lands like India and
Ceylon where the anniversary is celebrated;

c) R. Burns with his poetry affects the whole English-speaking
world.

2- Robert Burns holds our hearts and minds

a) due to his remarkable poetry;

b) because of his unique position in our culture;

c) because of his personality, patriotism, broad human sympathy
and art.

page and describe

3. Burns could write so vibrant poetry because

a) he could turn twenty-six letters of the alphabet into patterns
real beauty;

b) he commented on what was taking place in the world;

c) he was interested in every day life.

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