北师大版高一Unit_6__Lesson_4_Dream_Houses教案

Lesson 4 Dream Houses Objectives To practise using the vocabulary of houses and rooms To practise intensive reading and understanding the inferences in a text To assess the difficulty of reading texts and comprehension exercises To to practise the differences between American and English vocabulary To plan and talk about a design for a study or bedroom To listen to a description of a room and take notes Pre Reading Work in pairs Discuss what your dream house would be like Use the Key Words to help you Example I d like a big modern flat in central Shanghai It would have Key Words houses cottage flat house palace castle rooms bathroom bedroom dining room sitting room hall games room kitchen Show some pictures of some kinds of houses and rooms Reading Read the text quickly Which of these things did the girl s dream house have A swimming pool a big garden yard with trees a balcony running water a games room three washrooms real stairs a basement Answers A big garden yard with trees Running water three bathrooms washrooms real stairs a basement Post Reading Read the text again and answer these questions 1 How many places has the girl lived in A lot She can t remember 2 Where did she live before Mango Street Why did they leave A third floor on Loomis They had to leave because the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn t fix them 3 Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms So that when she took a bath she would t have to tell everybody 4 Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house To the children 5 What do you think was the biggest problem with the house on Mango Street Students give their own answers with reasons Read the text carefully finish the multiple choices 1 How many places the writer lived are mentioned in the text A one B two C six D we don t know the exact number 2 Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE A We need to pay rent to landlord B The house is not a wanted house at all C We should share the garden with others D We can t make too much noise there 3 A landlord is A a businessman B a piece of land C an owner of a house D a cleaner 4 Why did they leave the flat on Loomis A Because the house was too old B Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them C Because we should share the washroom with others and carry water by ourselves D All of the above 5 Can you find out the words in the text to replace them garden repair toilet A yard flat pipe B fence fix pipe C gallon fix basement D yard fix washroom 6 The passage is mainly about A the places where they lived before moved to Mango street B the life on Mango street C a dream house and a real house on Mango street D the reasons why they moved to Mango street Answers 1 DBCDD 6 C Vocabulary American and British words Find words in American English in the text which mean the same as these garden line 8 to repair line 12 toilet line 13 1 yard 2 to fix 3 washroom 4 basement Match the American words with the British ones underlined in the text below After the 1 holidays I moved into my new 2 flat It s not in the 3 centre of the city but it s near an 4 underground station It s on the 5 ground floor of an house It s got a living room a kitchen and a bedroom The only problem is the 6 lorry which goes past at 7 o clock every morning to collect the 7 rubbish and which wakes me up 1 vacation 2 apartment 3 downtown area 4 a subway 5 first floor 6 truck 7 garbage Exercises How many of the objects below can you see in the photo of the room from Fallingwater House Key words ceiling walls floor door window French windows curtains chair table sofa desk bookshelves bed plants lamp Answers ceiling walls floor window French window fireplace chair table sofa plants Work in pairs Find out about your partner s room Example A Where is the bed B It s in the bottom right hand corner Next to it there s a Do you like your par