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Unit Thirteen FLATS AND HOUSES
1.Look at the drawings of the two flats and listen to David and Kate talking about them.
Which flat are they talking about each time?
Write down the number of the flat.
Example.First,just listen to Kate and look at the pictures in the Workbook.
Which flat is she talking about?
Kate: Look, this one has got fewer bedrooms.
David: Which flat do you mean?
Number 2.
Kate:Number 2.
Now do the exercise.
After each BEEP,
say the number of the flat that Kate and David are talking about.
David:This one has got less space.
KateWhich one?
David:Number 1.
Kate: Mm. Yes. This flat's got more cupboards.
David:Which one?
Kate:Number 2 ... Mm.... There aren't as many windows in this flat.
David:In which flat?
Kate: Number 2.
David:Hm...so there's more light in that flat.
Kate:Which flat,are you talking about?
David:Number 1.
Kate:This one's got more bedrooms
David:Oh dear!Which are you talking about now?
Kate:Number 1...Mm, but this one's got fewer cupboards.
David:Which one
Kate: Number 1,of course.
David: Well, let's go and see them both.
2.Look at the house plan below.
Listen and match different names of each rooms with their corresponding letters.
Estate Agent:Mrs Walker,
this is the hall and you can see the stairs here on the right.
Enn, and now on the left, the first room is the lounge.
We'll just go into that in a moment,
but there's the dining-room entrance
and away on the back of the house is the kitchen,
Now, do come this way and let me show you the lounge.
Mrs Walker: Oh, yes. That's a nice large mom.
Do we get the light in here?
Estate Agent: Yes,we get the sun on the front of the house,
that streams into the lounge very well allday.
Mrs Walker: Oh, good. Lovely. I do like having a lot of light in the main living room.
Estate Agent: Well, now, do come through to the dining-room.
This is a long room that stretches right through to the back of the house.
You can see out tb the back through those windows there.
Mrs Walker: Oh, yes. Lovely. you can see out over the garden.
Estate Agent: Um.
Mrs Walker: That is nice, yes, have a big dining-room.
We do entertain quite a bit,so that'll be very good.
Estate Agent: Well, you'll be pleased to note that you see down at this end,
there's a,there's a door through into the kitchen.
Mrs Walker: Oh,lovely. Very useful, yes.
Estate Agent: Now, come through. Don't you think the kitchen looks nice?
Mrs Walker: Oh, yes. Excellent. Yes,all, these fittings are lovely. All very modem.
Estate Agent: And, I think that outlook, with the big window over the sink, is quite attractive.
Mrs Walker: Right, yes. Something to look at while I'm doing the washing-up.
Estate Agent: It's a very well equipped, kitchen,Mrs Walker.
I expect you've already got these things,
but you see we have built-in excellent refrigerator here,
and,er there's the washing machine in that comer.
Mrs Walker: Yes, that'll he fine.Yes, we will need those,in fact.
Estate Agent: I know you haven't got a family yet,
but,er,you know it's nice to be well provided in advance.
Now, let's go upstairs and, er,look at the bedrooms.
Mrs Walker: Right, certainly.
Estate Agent: After you.Now, straight ahead of you, at the front of the stairs,
you'll see the toilet and then,just to the left of it is the bathroom.
Do have a look in.
Mrs Walker: Fine.Oh,yes, that's all very,nice.
I like the, er, green coloured suite.
Estate Agent: Yes, it goes well, doesn't it, there?
Well,now, if we look towards thefront of the house, this is the sunny side again.
Do go, in what t've got down as bedroom number three.
It's very sunny in here
and I thought that this mightbesuitable for,er
well,I don't know, some members of your family will enjoy this.
Mrs Walker: Certainly, yes.
In fact, my husband's mother is going to be living with us here,
so I think this will be eminently suitable for her.
She'll love it with all the sun coming in.
Estate Agent: Good. Oh well,that,that,that seems to be a very good idea.
Now,next door is a slightly smaller bedroom.
Er,do just have,a look in there.
Mrs Walker: Oh,yes,I see.Quite a bit smaller;
but tha'll be fine if we have any guests to stay.
Estate Agent: Yes. Yes, and now for the big' suite,, the main,'bedroom
here is at the back.Mrs Walker: Oh, yes.
Estate Agent: Do, do go and have a look here.
You'll see it has that lovely outlook over the garden.
Mrs Walkeri Yes, it does indeed. Yes.
This must be over the dining-mom, isn't it?
Cos it's looking out to the same place.
"Estate Agent: Quite right, yes.
Mrs Walker: That's very nice indeed, yes. Very spacious mom.
Estate Agent: Well, of course, there are cupboards built-in most of the bedrooms,
which, er, is a very good thing these days and a nice linen cupboard in the bathroom.
Mrs Walker: Very useful, yes, Well, thank you very much indeed.
I think this may suit us very well.
3 Listen and write the name of each piece of furnitutre
in its correct position on the floor plan.
Rod: Mm, it's not a bad size room, is it?
Liz:Oh; it's great! Oh, and look at that fireplace!
Oh, we can have the two chairs fight in front of the fireplace there
in the middle of the room and toast our feet.
Rod:The first thing we ought to do is just decide where the bed's going.
Liz:Oh, well...what about right here next to the door sort of behind the door as you come in?
Rod:Yes, that's a good idea--just as you Come in,
just in that comer there:
Liz:Yes. Well now, let's think. What else?
Rod:What else is there?
Erm...well there's that huge wardrobe of yours ... that's got to go somewhere.
Liz: What about over here--yon know, across from the fireplace there,
because then,in that little comer where it...where the wall goes back...look,over there.
That'd do, wouldn't it?
Rod:OK,well we'Il put the wardrobe there then. yes OK?
So the wardrobe's opposite the fireplace.
Liz:Er...OK.what about your desk? Where are you going to put that?
Red:Er...I need lots of light,
so I think in that far comer in between the two windows, OK?
Liz:Oh, I see in the comer there,yes.
Yes, that'd be good.
Rod:So the desk goes there.
Liz:So you'd have your chair with your back to the fireplace?
Yes, that'll be all right.
Rod:Yes. And there's the chest of drawers.
Liz:Oh, that'd be nice in between the two windows there, right in the middle,
It really ...come on, I know you're going to like it.
Come on, let's shove it over there. I bet I er ...
Rod:I knew you'd ask me to move it.
Liz:Come on. Let's go.
Rod:OK. Let's go then. All right.
Liz:Nearly there! That's got it.
Rod:Good, what on earth have you got m there?
Liz:Well, there's nothing much there, I emptied it ... most of it out.
Rod:Oh God, my back hurts !
Liz:There! Wait a minute. Let me stand back and have a look.
Rod:Yes, it's not bad ... sticks out a bit.
Liz:No, it's fine.OK What about the TV?
Where are we going to put that?
Rod:Er ... it's really got to go in the opposite comer, hasn't it?
Opposite the desk, that is.
Liz:Oh, you mean in the comer between the windows and the fireplace? Yes.
Rod:And then the stereo, er...the amplifier underneath the television
and then the two speakers one on either side of the fireplace.
Liz:Yes, that'd be good. Well lovely! So it'll all fit in beautifully!
What else ... what else have we got?
Rod:It's the er ... there's the bookcase, isn't there7 Erm ...
Liz:Oh Lord ... where'll we put that?
Rod:Well, as you come in the door, er ... immediately on the er ... left-hand side ...
Liz:Oh along that wall there you mean?
ROd:Because that's ... there's just about enough space there.
There's about two feet, so it shouldn't stick out too much, no.
Liz:Yes, it's not very wide, is it?
So you come in the door and then the bookcase is right there on the left.
There's a long way from your desk,though.
Rod:Well, exercise'll do me good, won't it?
Er...table lamp. Well, we can just put that er ...
Liz:On the chest of drawers. When it's...Yes.That'd be nice.
Rod:And no matter who wants to use it, you know.
Liz:Yes.Oh this is going to be lovely.
When are we going to get it all in? Now?
ROd:Er...no, not now.
Let's just go to the kitchen and er ... sort that out and have a cup of teaeh.
Liz:Oh, ha-ha, good. Yes, I haven't seen the kitchen. Come on.
ROd:Come on then. Let's go.
4 You will hear a dialogue between married couple,jeremy and Linda,
who are talking about a house they have just seen and they thinking of buying.
They don't always agree.
Listen and fill in the chart.
J:What did you think of that place then?
Not bad, was it?
L:Oh, it was lovely, it was really lovely.
A very pretty house, a beautifully modernized cottage.
J:Mmm.Not as big as the house we've got at the moment, though.
L:No, not as big, it's true, hut it's in a much better location,
with the countryside all around, and lovely views from the bedrooms.
J:It's quite a long way from the station, isn't it?
If we bought it, we'd have to drive to the station,and we couldn't walk.
L:That wouldn't matter. You can walk in summer if it's a nice day.
It's a lovely walk across the park.
J:I'll tell you one thing I didn't like it actually,
and that was the low ceilings everywhere, especially in the kitchen.
L:Yes, but think how expensive it is to heat our house at the moment,
and that's partly because the ceilings are so high.
If the ceilings were lower it would be much cheaper to heat.
I mean our gas bills would really go down.
J:I suppose you're right. But the lounge is so tiny.
You couldn't get more than five people in it.
L:Yes. I know,
but the thing to do with his house is to knock down the wall between the livingroom and the dining-room.
Then you'd have a good-sized room.
And think how cosy it would be on a winter evening, beside that open fire.
And the kitchen was big, anyway.
And nice and bright.
J:Mmmn ... I'm afraid I didn't like the bedrooms very much,
with one on the first floor and another two in that converted loft.
L:Oh I loved the bedrooms, partieul ... well, all the bedrooms.
They're all double bedrooms, and with those views ...
J:But the main one,
the main one is right next to the street,
so that would be very noisy.
L:But the street isn't so noisy.
I mean, it's only a lane, it's not really a busy road.
You wouldn't hear very much.
J:Yes, true.
And I suppose the children can have the bedrooms on the top floor,
the stairs are a bit dangerous.I'd have to fix them.
And the roof is leaking.
If they don't do something about that soon, the ceiling will come down.
It's been mining a lot recently.
L: What about the outside? What did you think of that?
J:I thought it was very attractive, with the courtyard and then the garden
I bet the courtyard catches the sun. We would eat out in summer.
L:And it's quite a big garden.
And that's a lovely mature apple tree right in the middle,
lots of space for your vegetables.
So what do you think?
J:Well, I'm not so sure. I don't think it would be big enough for us.
L:OK. Think again, then.
5.Read the advertisements carefully and listen tho each speaker.
Find out the answer to the questions.
Guide's Voice: Here's John.
Interviewer:Yes, which of these would you buy?
John:This one.
Interviewer:Erm yes. why?
John:Well, first of all, I like the east coast.
There're very mce pretty areas, there's plenty of wide open spaces and er oh,
I consider (it) the ideal part of the country.
Interviewer:Is it the right size for you too?
John:Oh, plenty big enough, yes. (laughs)
Interviewer:Mm. How about the price?
John:Well, you wouldn't get much less th-these days for that type of property,
you know, with sea views and all the rest of it.
Interviewer:Mm. Which one of these wouldn't you choose?
John:Oh, the flat in South L-london.
Interviewer:Why not?
John:I was born and brought up there.
Oh no.I couldn't live in London.
I hate working there.
That's why I'm in this job.
Guide's Voice:Here's Joanne.
Interviewer:Which one of these do you think you'd like?
Joanne:This one.
Interviewer:Mm, why?
Joanne:It's er a small fiat.
It's er conveniently situated, with only two bedrooms,
which is all I need--one for myself and one for friends.
It's er near a bus-stop, for me to go to work,
But I work in the centre of London.
It's also enn cheap--for London--and that's er very important for someone living on my salary:
the price of a fiat.
Interviewer:Er which one of these would you not choose?
Joanne:This one.
Interviewer:No, why?
Joanne:It's er far too big.It sounds lovely, but it's in the country as well,
which is nice but it's far too difficult for me to get into town to work.
It's got eight bedrooms, which are far too many, and I couldn't keep it!
It's er far too difficult to keep.
Then there's a big garage, which is nice,for two cars, but I don't have a car.
I don't need a garage.
And a garden, which is nice, but I'm a useless gardener--I couldn't keep it.
Interviewer:What about the price?
Joanne:Oh, that is far too expensive.
I wouldn't even...I'd look at the price first and disregard this house from the start.
Guide's voice:Here's Jane.
Interviewer:Erm, now if you could buy one of these,
which would you buy?
Jan:Oh, it's very difficult.
Erin with the price of houses as it is at the moment,
I-I think I'd be looking for a house that I'd, you know,
I'd like to spend quite a long time in enn as you know,
my-my job's in London erin but I don't really fancy living in the city,
so I don't really think I'm too interested in the-in the flat in South London,
although the price is quite reasonable.
Erin, this one there,
which is the eight bedrooms and so on I think is a hit too much for me,
even the price is too much for me(laughs) but who needs eight bedrooms?
I mean, there're only the two of us with the children.
Enn, so it's really a choice between the two-the-the market town and the seaside.
Er-I-my own prejudices are against the East Coast
I-Id think it's a rather boring part of the country.
Erm also it tends to get invaded by tourists during the summer-time,
so that you don't really have the er the place to yourself,
so I think of the four I would go for the-for the one in the market town.
Em it's-it's about the right size er OK,
, it's one and a half hours' train journey from London,
but well that's not unusual these days and I'm quite good at working in trains.
The price is reasonable- probably hold its value quite well--
erm so I think that was the one for me.
