Deposit, landlord, rent, flat, fee, advertisements, self-contained, references, accommodation agency, block

Ex.5. Read the text and say which proverb gives the main idea of it.

Ex. 4. Translate into English the following Russian proverbs.

Ex. 3. Translate into Russian the following English proverbs. Make up situations to explain their meaning.

Ex. 2. Give Russian equivalents of the following English words and word combinations.

garden apartment, high-rise apartment, landlord, renter, elevator, kitchen unit, dish washer, living room range, laundry washer, to do the laundry, drier, lawn, air conditioner, standard lamp, attic, basement, garage, parking lot

1. An Englishman’s home is his castle.

2. Every bird likes his own nest best.

3. Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.

4. Everything has a skeleton in their cupboard

5. There’s no place like home.

6. Charity begins at home

7. East or West, home is best.

8. Home is where the heart is.

1. Дома и стены помогают..

2. У каждой избушки есть погремушки.

3. Сухой хлеб дома лучше, чем жареное мясо за границей.

4. Мой дом – моя крепость

5. Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит

6. В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.

The English are stay-at-home people. When they don’t work they like to spend their days off at home with their families. The open fire is something that the English are very much fond of it. English people like to live in small houses for one family with a small garden.

Ex. 6. Give definitions to the following words:

lounge, sky-scraper, freezer, lift, carpet, self-contained flat, semi-detached house, share a room with smb., single bed, sky-scraper, spacious, spy hole, storeroom, washing wallpaper, washing machine, wash-basin.

Ex. 7. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct position in the passage below:

The first thing I had to do in Belfast was find somewhere to live, if possible a small, one-bedroomed (a) ……………………………………... I didn’t want to share a kitchen or toilet; I wanted to be independent in my own (b) ……………………………………place. I decided I could pay a (c) ………………… of £50 a week. I couldn’t find what I wanted in the newspaper (d) ………………… so I went to an (e) ………………….. They offered me a nice place. It was in a modern (f) ……………….. on the third floor. I had to pay the agency a (g)…………………, and the (h)………………… wanted a big (i)………………… and (j)…………… from my employer and bank manager.

Ex.8. Match the words and phrases in the left column with their Russian equivalents in the right column:

1. a housewarming party	а) перешагнуть через порог
2. plaster	b) примыкающая (соседняя) комната
3. central heating	с) оклеивать стены обоями
4. upholstered furniture	d) детская (комната)
5. to paint window-frames white	e) кабинет
6. a tap. a fauce	f) ввернуть лампочку
7. a study	g) шкаф со стеклянными дверцами, тумбочка, комод
8. to cross the threshold	h) штукатурка
9. to paper walls	і) кран
10. a nursery	j) красить оконные рамы в белый цвет
11. an adjoining room	l) мягкая мебель
12. a cabinet	m) новоселье
13. to screw in a bulb	n) центральное отопление

Ex. 9. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below:

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