Unit 05 No Place Like Home

Unit 5 Page 48 Reading Exercise 1 1 kitchen 2 bedroom 3 bathroom 4 living room 5 dining room 6 garden Page 48 Reading Exercise 5 THE 21ST CENTURY CAVEMAN In 2007, Angelo Mastropietro was in the woods in Worcestershire, UK when it started to rain. He looked for a place to keep dry and he discovered a cave house! The cave house was 800 years old. People lived in the rock-house for hundreds of years, but from about 1962, no one lived there and the house stayed empty. Angelo liked the rock-house very much. He looked into the possibility of buying it. It was for sale and in 2010 he decided to get it. After that, he started to cut into the rock and to rebuild and modernise the house. Angelo (who is English, even though his name is Italian) finished the house in nine months. He was a businessman before he started the house, and before 2007 he was quite ill, so he wanted a place where it was possible for him to live in a happy and healthy way. He realised that he didn't need to live in a huge apartment and that being closer to nature could help him feel better. He worked for over a thousand hours from beginning to end, and he used £160,0000 to buy the house and all the things that he needed. He planned everything himself, he moved about 80 tons of rock himself and he painted the house. Angelo tried to make a comfortable place to live. The house has electricity, hot water and wi-fi, and there is heating under the floors of the rooms. Angelo opened a deep hole 80 metres under the house to get natural water. The house is not huge. It is about 65 m², with one bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom with a shower. Angelo doesn't live there all the time, but he uses the house as a place to go to sometimes, to get away from his busy city life. It's also possible to rent the house and to stay there for a weekend or more. This means that other people are able to enjoy Angelo's happy house and maybe escape from their busy lives for a few days, too.

Page 50 Vocabulary Exercise 3 1 armchair 2 carpet 3 cooker 4 curtains 5 desk 6 lamp 7 mirror 8 shelves 9 shower 10 sofa 11 toilet 12 wardrobe

Page 52 Listening Exercise 6 & 7 So today we have a question for listeners, and it is: what's your favourite room, and why? Our first caller is ... hello. What's your name? Hi there! My name's Jo. OK Jo, so tell us, what's your favourite room? It's my grandfather's playroom. Your grandfather's got a playroom? Really? Yeah. It's the room with his model trains. My grandad still lives in the house he lived in when he was a boy. And he has a little room with his train I love looking at his trains. OK. And why is it special for you? Because he's so happy there, and we sit and talk, and I feel very relaxed. It's lovely. It sounds great, Jo. Thank you. Now who's next? What's your name and what's your favourite room? Hi. I'm Andrew and my favourite room is the music room at my school. OK, Andrew. And why's that? It's because I love playing the drums, but I can't have drums at home, so I go into the music room at school and practise there. After school. No one cares. I have a lot of fun! Sounds good to me! Thanks, Andrew. Next caller please! Hello! Hello, I'm Paula. My favourite room is our kitchen at home. I love it here because that's where all of us sit and have our breakfast and dinner, and we're a family together. It makes me feel really nice and warm. Nice and warm. That's a good reason. Yeah, and kind of ... I don't know, safe. Excellent, Paula, thank you. And now we have ... hello? Hi. Tom here. I don't know if it's really my favourite room, but the best room in my whole life was in a hotel. Oh right. That's interesting! Tell us more! We all went to Brazil last year, and we got to the hotel in Rio de Janeiro very early in the morning and it was still quite dark. But then the day started and I opened the window to see Copacabana beach. Brilliant! I loved that room. We were there for five days and ... Thanks, Tom. I'm sorry, there's no more time. OK, now let's ... . Page 52 Reading Exercise 1 DAY 6 Our holiday castle We're still in Ireland. We arrived in Dublin four days ago. My sister and I liked it a lot - it was great - we weren't bored at all! Then yesterday, after lunch, Dad hired a car and we travelled to the west of Ireland - it didn't take very long, just about two and a half hours, but that was a bit boring. But, after two hours, Dad turned round to us and said: 'We've got a surprise for you. Tonight our hotel is a castle! How exciting is that!' A joke, right? Wrong! We didn't think he was serious, but he was! At the end of the journey, we stopped outside a real castle. A nice lady welcomed us and started to show us around. What an amazing place! Can you believe that we walked up fifty stone steps to get to the living room? The castle is over 600 years old, but it had everything we needed. There was a bedroom for our parents and we each had a bedroom, too. But I didn't sleep very well last night - I was so excited to be in a real castle! This morning we had breakfast and then we climbed up to the top of the castle. We were amazed at the beautiful countryside around us. Then it started to rain and there was a fantastic rainbow - I love rainbows! The place was so great, we didn't want to leave. This afternoon we want to go to Limerick, so we're packing our bags again! Can it be as good as a castle? Let's see.

Page 54 Developing Speaking Exercise 1 & 2 I'm tired. Let's stop now, Mandy. I'm not so sure why we're doing this, to be honest. You know why, John. We're going to houses to sell these biscuits and the money goes to help homeless people. I know. Hang on! This is Mrs Grundy's house. Let's not waste our time here. I don't think she'll give us any money. She's really unfriendly. I know what you mean. Last week, she shouted at me and Ben because we were 'being noisy' in the street! Maybe she's just a bit lonely. I know, but it's not really our problem. Come on. Hello! Can I help you? Um, hello. Well, we're selling biscuits, to help homeless people. What a good idea. Can I buy some? Erm ... sure. They're two pounds for a bag. OK. Give me two bags. And here's ten pounds. Don't worry about any change, though. Bye! Wow. So, Mrs Grundy isn't so unfriendly after all. I was completely wrong! Yes, we were wrong. But it's not a big deal. Anyway, that's ten pounds. We could stop now! I don't think that's a good idea, John. We've still got six bags to sell. Why don't we do another six houses? Then, how about playing tennis? Oh, Great idea!

Unit 5 Pronunciation Exercise 1 What happened in the kitchen, Jack? It's a mess! I started to make a cake; then I decided to make a pizza. I cooked all morning and cleaned all afternoon. You cleaned? What did you clean? My bedroom! Unit 5 Pronunciation Exercise 3 What happened in the kitchen, Jack? It's a mess! I started to make a cake; then I decided to make a pizza. I cooked all morning and cleaned all afternoon. You cleaned? What did you clean? My bedroom!