Unit 3

House and Home

Objectives:

To learn to describe both interior and exterior of houses ;

To help students learn to read advertisements for housing

Suggested topics for research:

Should old buildings remain or be demolished?

Buying or renting a house? Living with parents and living on one’s

own—advantages vs. disadvantages; Cultural differences in residence

between China and the West? Housing reform in China

Group Project & Others

Design your dream house

Unit writing : describe your dream house to a foreigner

A POSSIBLE tour to Chen Clan Temple or Xiguan Ancient Grand House!!! (sth. to dream about)

The exterior of a house:

Garage vs. shed

--garage: a building for keeping a car in, usually next to or attached to a house

--shed: a large industrial building where work is done, large vehicles are kept, machinery stored.

Porch

Porch: (BrE) an entrance

covered by a roof outside

the front door of a house

or a church

(AmE ): a structure built onto

The front or back entrance of a house, with a floor and a roof but no walls.

Balcony

A structure that you can stand on, attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level

Terrace

A flat outdoor area next to a building or on a roof where you can sit outside to eat, relax etc.

Curtain

A piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, divide a room etc.

Blinds & Shutters

Blind: a covering, esp. one made of cloth, that can be rolled up and down to coer a window inside a building.

Shutter: one of a pair of wooden or metal covers on the outside of a window that can be closed to keep light out or prevent thieves from coming in.

Screen:

A wire net fastened inside a frame in front of a window or door to keep insects out. 纱窗

Dormer & attic

Dormer: a window built into a roof, so that it sticks out from the roof.

Attic: a space or room just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things.

Lawn & garden; courtyard & backyard

Lawn: an area of ground in a garden or park that is covered with short grass

Garden: (BrE) the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit

(AmE) yard Courtyard: an open space that is completely or partly

surrounded by buildings Backyard: 1British English a small area behind a hou

se, covered with a hard surface 2 American English an area of land behind a house, o

ften covered with grass

Fence & hedge:

Fence: a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land

Hedge: a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, usually dividing one field or garden from another

Post & Pillar

Post: a strong upright piece of wood, metal etc that is fixed into the ground, especially to support something

Pillar: a tall upright round post used as a support for a roof or bridge

Drive & driveway

The hard area or road between your house and the street.

Door & gate

Door: movable panel at an entrance

Gate: the part of a fence or outside wall that you can open and close to enter or leave.

French window:

A pair of doors made mostly of glass, usu. opening onto a garden or balcony

Steps & stairs

Steps: a flat narrow piece of wood or stone, esp. one in a series, that you put your foot on when you are going up or down, esp. outside a building.

Stairs: a set of steps for going from one level of a building to another.

Doorstep: a step just outside a door to a house or building.

Gutter

Gutter: 1 the low part at the edge of a road where water collects and flows away

2 an open pipe fixed to the edge of a roof to collect and carry away rain water