北师大版 高一 (12) unit 6 赵丽明. lesson 4 dream houses
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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 .