B) Complete the formula for the Present Continuous Passive

Tense: is / are + … + V3.

С) Read the article on rising housing prices in Sochi and reasons

For that. Find Present Continuous Passive forms.

The Russian city of Sochi is becoming very popular with estate

agents. The prices for the apartment buildings have already

reached $2000 per square metre. Do you wonder why?

Sochi will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially

known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games. The Motto of the

Olympics is Gateway to the Future. The Sochi Olympic Park is

being built and Bolshoi and Maly Ice Palaces are being constructed.

The Sochi Olympic Skating Centre, The Sochi Olympic

Stadium and other venues are being erected. Old hotels are

being repaired and renovated and some of them will be rebuilt

to be available for the guests in 2014.

The Olympic infrastructure is being created according to a

special programme. Two electric stations are being completed.

The transportation structure is being prepared to support the

Olympics including roads, tunnels, bridges, railroads and stations

in and around Sochi. The railroad to Adler is being reconstructed.

A new terminal has been built at Sochi Airport to

make it suitable for the occasion.

A lot of money is being spent and will be spent on the construction

and renovation. No wonder the houses and flats in

Sochi have become so expensive – the area will be very comfortable

to live in and convenient to get to.

d) Would you like to buy a house in or around Sochi? Why?

Imagine you are selling a house. Complete a chart similar to the

One in ex. 2b. Hang your leafl et up in the classroom along with

your classmates’ leafl ets. Go round and choose a house to buy.

Explain why you want to buy it.

LESSON 6.MY ROOM

1. a) How many rooms are there in your house / fl at? What are

they? Do you have a room of your own?

Communicative area:describing a room

Active vocabulary:treasured, cluttered, an item, a haven

Active grammar:plural nouns

B) Look through the photos. Which of these things do you think

you can fi nd in a girl’s room and which in a boy’s room?

A) Look through two descriptions of rooms. Which of them was

written by a boy, and which by a girl? Why do you think so?

My Room, My Haven

Over the years I have bought and collected all sorts of silly

itemsto decorate my room. There are posters as tall as you

stand, several black lights, and a bumping stereo that all give

my room its unique style. Although my room is very small, it

easily holds all the stuff I need to relax and feel right at home.

The black lights add a lot of character to the room. A light blue

lava lamp is the only light that remains on while I sleep.

A small variety of posters that represent my interests fill

every wall. These pictures were collected over time from magazines,

and some were given to me by my friends. You can easily

tell what type of music I listen to by looking at the posters on

black light

lava lamp

hope chest

curio cabinet dresser

Green Day poster

my walls. Artists like Kurt Cobain from Nirvana, the whole

crew of Metallica, and an almost life size picture of Billy Joe

from Green Day give the room a nice touch of style. You can see

a few pictures of cars on the walls. Although my favourite car

is not shown, several cars that I find appealing are displayed.

I must mention my computer. I do lots of things on it: surf

the Internet, chat with my mates and listen to music. With its

four separate speakers it provides perfect surround sound. The

system sounds great at volume. Yet I rarely use it to anywhere

near its potential. There are several cacti on my computer desk.

My friends keep giving them to me because they say I’m like a cactus

myself, not very friendly outside, but full of nice surprises.

My room is my haven.I have everything I could need in it.

Many have complimented me on my lighting effects and on my

choice of posters. I look forward to the day when I move into

my own house. There, my room will be more than twice as large

as it is now. Who knows what I’ll do then…

My Bedroom

I live by the motto ‘My bedroom is my castle’. My bedroom

is a place where I can relax and be comfortable and I think, that

is why it is important to me. I have a double bed with four pillows

and my favourite comforter. It is a Little Mermaid comforter,

I know it is childish but it is soft and warm. And of

course my Tickle Me Elmo sits on my bed and keeps me company.

A lot of times I just lie down and close my eyes and daydream

about places I’d like to see or think about things that

make me happy. Another reason why my room is so dear to my

heart is that I can go there when I want to be on my own.I can

just shut my door and tell everyone in my household not to

bother me. Whenever I’m stressed out with school, I like to go

into my room and just be myself. When I’m there, I know everything

is going to be all right. It may be hard to have some

privacy if you share a room. Also my room holds most of my

personal belongings, which have sentimental value and I do not

want anyone else to touch them. My bedroom is kind of cluttered,

but that is the way I like it and I don’t care what anyone

says. As you first come into my room, to the right is my dress50

er. It is full of things like perfume, jewellery, hair ties and other

things that come out of my pockets at the end of the day. Diagonally

across from my dresser is my curio cabinet. In it there

is my collection of porcelain dolls, which are my most treasured

items. Next to my bed, which is in the middle of the room is my

computer and my entertainment centre. I’m sort of a hoarder.

I think everything is worth keeping so I do keep everything

from old clothes to my childhood stuffed animals which are all

neatly sitting on my hope chest in my room. My hope chest is

filled with things I will need in the future like towels, old picture

frames and other little things. These things mean a lot to

me because a lot of these objects belonged to my late grandmother

and I am honoured to own them.

My bedroom is always there for me.

Date: 2016-01-03; view: 1989