Learn the words and the expressions

Our flat.

Exercise 15. Speak about your family.

Read and translate the text: “Our flat”.

I live in a new nine-storey block of flats. Our flat is on the third floor. It is very comfortable. We have all modern conveniences, such as central heating, electricity, gas, cold and hot running water and a telephone. There are three rooms in our flat: a living-room, a study and a bedroom. We also have a kitchen, a bathroom, a lavatory, a small entrance hall and two balconies.

Our living-room is the largest in the flat. There is a suite of modern furniture with a wardrobe and a bookcase. To the left of the wardrobe there is a corner-sofa with two armchairs and a small table for newspapers. In the opposite corner there is a TV set. A beautiful crystal chandelier gives much light to the room. My mother usually buys everything for the living-room.

I spend most of my time in my bedroom which I use as a study. Here you can see a writing-desk, where I do my homework. There is a computer on my desk. There are some books in the bookshelves above the writing-desk. Near the wall there is a pull-out sofa. There is a thick carpet in the middle of the room.

My parents’ bedroom is cosy. There is a double-bed, a mirror-stand, two bedside tables and a wardrobe there.

Our kitchen is rather large. There is a set of modern kitchen furniture, a gas-stove, a microwave oven, a food processor, a refrigerator and a cupboard where we keep our dishes. The kitchen serves us as a dining-room. But when we receive guests we have meals in the living-room.

I like my bathroom too because it provides us with maximum of convenience. There is a nice mirror, a rack for towels, a bath-tab and a basin. There is a shelf above the basin where I keep soap, tooth-paste, tooth-brush, combs, creams, shampoos and make-up.

The entrance hall is small. There is a hall-stand and a mirror on the wall. A telephone is on a special table under the mirror. We try to keep our flat clean.

mirror зеркало айна

convenient удобный ыңғайлы

entrance hall прихожая кіре беріс

cosy уютный жайлы

suite of furniture гарнитур жиналған жиһаз

carpet ковер кілем

block of flats многоквартирный дом көппәтерлі үй

bedside-table тумбочка тумбочка

central heating центральное отопление орталық жылу

wardrobe платяной шкаф киім сөресі

cupboard посудный шкаф ыдыс сөресі

chandelier люстра аспа шам

running water водопровод су құбыры

pull-out sofa выдвижной диван ысырмалы диван

to keep the house clean содержать дом в чистоте үйді таза үстау

Answer the questions:

1. What floor is the author’s flat on? 2. What modern conveniences are there in her flat? 3. How many rooms are there? 4. What are they? 5. Which is the largest room in their flat? 6. What are there in the living room? 7. Where do they eat? 8. What are there in the kitchen? 9. What are there in the bathroom? 10. Where does the author spend most of his time?

Exercise 1. Learn the proverbs:

There is no smoke without fire.

There is no rule without exception.

There is no place like home.

There is no rose without a thorn.

There is no time like the present.

While there is life, there is hope.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

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