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garden. The cooker is at one end, and above it is a wooden pulley, which is oldfashioned but very useful for drying clothes in wet weather. At the other end is a wall with a large notice-board, which tells the story of our lives, past, present, and future, in words and pictures: a school photo of Megan and Kate, a postcard from Auntie Nancy in Australia, the menu from a take away Chinese restaurant, a wedding invitation for next Saturday. All our world is there for everyone to read!

The front door is seldom used in our house, only by strangers. All our friends use the back door, which means they come straight into the kitchen and then we all sit round the table, drinking tea and putting the world to rights! Without doubt some of the happiest times of my life have been spent in our kitchen.

Ex. 22. Argue the following statements.

1.Housing problem is very important nowadays. The housing construction is very limited and many people feel homeless.

2.There are no "ideal homes". It is only how people see themselves and allow others to see them.

3.A person's home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time.

Vocabulary:

types of houses

terraced house – дом в ряду примыкающих друг к другу однотипных домов semi-detached house – дом, примыкающий к соседнему

block of flats (Am. apartment house ) – многоквартирный дом detached – особняк

co-op – кооператив

private house – частный дом castle – замок

palace – дворец villa – вилла

country house – загородный дом high-rise – высотный дом

dwelling – жилье, проживание

lodging house – меблированные комнаты

laying out

lay out – планировать, разбивать (сад, участок) design – проектировать; проект, план

look-out – вид

overlook – выходить на, в

face – быть обращенным в определенную сторону, стоять лицом к occupy – занимать

articles of furniture

UNIT III.

LEISURE TIME

PART I

ENTERTAINMENTS

Ex.1. Read the text and make a list of entertainments and hobbies mentioned here. Classify them into following categories: a) entertainments intended for

men; b) entertainments intended for women; c) entertainments intended for children; d) entertainments intended for the whole family.

Yourself in Britain

Typical popular pastimes in Great Britain includes listening to pop music, going to pubs, having and watching sport, going on holidays, doing outdoor activities and watching TV.

If the weather is cold and wet, it needn't be a big problem because there's plenty going on indoors. You may go to different entertainment centers such as disco, pub, restaurant, bar, club, art centres including exhibitions, cinema, theatre, music, etc. The parts of the city or town where people go to enjoy themselves are often near the center and easy to find. You can meet your friends at your place and have a nice time together.

If you haven't got much money to spend on entertainment, you can do much of what is cheep or even costs nothing. To begin with, lots of events that are organized outside or in the street are free. There are street festivities and public procession. Some people play modern music and instruments on the street and you can see modern theatre and dancing too.

Parks are another place where you'll often find things going on, from hot-air balloon festivals to musical entertainments of various kinds. You may simply relax on the grass, listening to a band perhaps. Some churches have free concerts, particularly at lunch-time.

There are particular days (e.g. Monday) or particular time of the day (e.g. the afternoon) that tickets for the theatres, concerts are cheaper. Prices may be reduced for students, for groups and if you buy them in advance. Pubs, clubs, wine bars and discos may have a "Happy Hour" - a time when you can buy drinks more cheaply than usual. This is often early in the evening.

If you feel like spending a night having a drink, a meal, dancing, seeing a show, or combining some of these things you can go to pubs, bars, restaurants. Pubs are important part of British social life (more than restaurants) and more money is spent on drinking than on any other form of leisure activity. A very pleasant place to visit is a wine bar. You can buy a glass or a bottle of wine and there may be a lot of different prices and qualities to choose from. Most wine bars have cold food, such as salad, cheese and pies, with perhaps one or two hot things too.

Lot of different places that offer entertainment in the evening are clubs. Most of them have two things in common: you have to pay to get in and you may have to become a member to go there. Some are no more than discos: some are for very rich; with expensive meals and cabarets; some won't let you in if you're not wearing a suit and tie and others won't let you in if you are!

Discos: they go on till late at night and there are plenty of them - some playing all kinds of pop and rock music, and others playing only a particular kind. Discos are usually clubs, like other places mentioned here, they are mostly

for people aged 18 or over, though some discos open at special times for younger age-groups.

There's a lot of entertainment organized specially for children:

a)children's shows and family shows which may include singing, dance;. games, jokes, puppets, etc.;

b)theatre, music and dance with special plays, concerts, etc. for children.

c)cinema, there is lots to choose from - especially during the holiday :

d)museums, animals (zoos and safari parks), fun fairs (games, machines to ride, noisy fun, etc.). parks, sports centers, entertainment centers, etc.

Many people entertain themselves by taking up hobbies, millions look to television, cinema, music and reading. In Britain watching television is one of the most popular leisure activities. There are four TV stations where BBC 1 and BBC 2 do not carry advertisements, but TV and channel 4 are commercially run.

Despite the increase of TV watching, reading is still an important leisure activity in Britain and there is a very large number of magazines and books published on a wide variety of subjects. The biggest selling magazines in Britain (after the TV guides which sell over 3 million copies a week) are women's and pop music publications.

In most places local education authorities organize classes connected with your hobbies, such as photography, punting, folk dancing, dog training, cake decoration, local history, car maintenance, and other subjects. All this, together with the popularity of amateur dramatics, can provide some comfort for those who fear that modern mass entertainment is producing a passive society.

Young and old spend leisure time working together for good causes, raising money for the benefit of victims of famine, flood or misfortune. All of this demands a good deal of organization and innumerable committees.

England is famous for its gardens, and most people like gardening. This is probably one reason why so many prefer to live in houses rather than in flats. Particularly in suburban areas it is possible to pass row after row of ordinary small houses, each one with its neatly kept patch of grass surrounded by a great variety of flowers and shrubs. Some people who have no garden of their own have patches of land or "allotments" in special areas.

Enthusiasts of gardening - or do-it-yourself activities - get ever-growing help from radio programmes, magazines and patient shopkeepers.

Ex. 2. Choose the right word below.

Club, exhibition, show, discotheque, gallery, arts centre, entertainment centre, sports centre, Bank holidays.

1.Any kind of entertainment where there's something to watch or look at.

2.Things collected in one place for the public to look at.

3.Place for showing exhibitions.