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B) Complete the formula for the Present Continuous PassiveTense: is / are + … + V3. Ñ) 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: 1979
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