北师大版高一 (12)

Unit 6 赵丽明

Lesson 4

Dream Houses

Pre-Reading

Work in pairs. Discuss what your

dream house would be like.

Use the Key Words to help you.

Example I’d like a big, modern flat

in central Shanghai. It would have…

Key Words

houses: cottage, flat, house,

palace, castle

rooms: bathroom, bedroom,

dining room, sitting room, hall,

games room, kitchen

Different kinds of houses

Cottage

Flat/Apartment

Castle

Palace

Different kinds of rooms

Dining room

Sitting room

washroom

garage

basement

games room

basement

sitting room dining room

kitchen

bedroom

bathroom

ReadingRead the text quickly. Which of these

things did the girl’s dream house

have?A swimming pool, a big garden

(yard) with trees, a balcony,

running water, a games room,

three washrooms, “real” stairs, a

basement

balconyRunning water

basement

Swimming poolA yard with trees

Washroom

Games room

“real” stairs

Post-Reading

☆ Read the text again and

answer these questions:

1) How many places has the girl

lived in?

A lot/ She can’t remember.

2) Where did she live before

Mango Street? Why did

they leave?

A third floor on Loomis. They

had to leave because the water

pipes broke and the landlord

wouldn’t 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 everybody.

4) Who did Mama and Papa talk

to about their dream house?

To the children.

5) What do you think was the

biggest problem with the house

on Mango Street?

Students give their own

answers, with reasons.

Read the text carefully,

finish the multiple-choices.

1.How many places the writer lived

are mentioned in the text?

A. one

B. two

C. six

D. we don’t know the exact number.

2. Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE?A. We need to pay rent to landlord.B. The house is not a wanted house at all.C. We should share the garden with others.D. We can’t make too much noise there.

3.A landlord is _________.

A. a businessman B. a piece of land

C. an owner of a house D. a cleaner

4.Why did they leave the flat on

Loomis?

A. Because the house was too old.

B. Because water pipes broke and

nobody would fix them.

C. Because we should share the

washroom with others and carry water

by ourselves.

D. All of the above.

5.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

6. The passage is mainly

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.

Vocabulary

American and British words

☆ Find words in American English

in the text which mean the same as t

hese: garden (line 8), to repair (line

12), toilet (line 13)

Answers: 1 yard 2 to fix

3 washroom

☆Match the American words with t

he British ones (underlined) in the te

xt below.

After the (1)holidays I moved into my

new (2)flat. It’s not in the (3)centre of

the city, but it’s near an (4)under

-ground station. It’s on the

vacation

apartment downtown area

(a) subway

(5)ground floor of an house. It’s got

a living room, a kitchen and a

bedroom. The only problem is the

(6)lorry which goes past at 7 o’clock

every morning to collect the

(7)rubbish and which wakes me up!

first floor

truck

garbage

Exercises

☆ How many of the objects below c

an you see in the photo of the room

from Fallingwater House?

Key wordsceiling, walls, floor, door, window, French windows, curtains, chair, table, sofa, desk, bookshelves, bed, plants, lamp

☆Work in pairs. Find out about your

partner’s room.

Example

A: Where is the bed?B: It’s in the bottom right hand corner. Next to it there’s a …Do you like your partner’s room? Why or why not?

Writing

Write a passage to describe your

own bedroom.

kind of furniture, position of

furniture, colors

(walls/ceiling/door/window)

Homework

1. 完成作文 .2. 熟读课文 .3. 记忆词汇 .4. 完成练习册上的作业 .5. 预习一下课内容 .