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Electricity and Gas
House and Home
Types of Houses
A. Read the text "Types of Houses" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Check the comprehension of the text by choosing the answer which you think is correct.
1. Is a detached house
a) more expensive than a semi-detached one?
b) less expensive than a semi-detached one?
c) very cheap?
2. Were cottages originally
а) ideal homes?
b) the simple homes of country people?
c) the simple homes of town people?
3. Were many large blocks of flats built
a) in the 1950s?
b) in the 1960s?
c) in the 1970s?
4. Are "sheltered houses" specially designed for
a) very rich people?
b) young people?
c) elderly people?
5. Is a typical loan for up to 90 per cent of the price of house, repaid
a) over 5 years in weekly instalments?
b) over 10 years in monthly instalments?
c) over 20-25 years in monthly instalments?
II. Think and answer:
1. What are the three main types of houses?
2. What are bungalows?
3. Why has there been a steady increase in home ownership in recent years?
4. In what cases may people turn to a housing association?
5. What is a "mobile home"?
6. How are houses usually bought and sold in Britain?
III. Find the English equivalents in the text:
а) зеркальное отражение
b) водопровод
с) величественный дом, замок
d) "защищенное жилье"
e) муниципальный дом
Technology in the Home
A. Read the text "Technology in the Home" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Check the comprehension of the text by choosing the answer which you think is correct.
1. Has the amount of money spent on electrical and electronic products
a) fallen significantly in recent years?
b) risen significantly in recent years?
c) been practically the same in recent years?
2. Do an increasing number of households have a fax
a) as more and more people are working from home?
b) as more and more people are working in banks?
c) as more and more people are working in police?
3. Is the teletext system of the BBC called
a) "Prestel"?
b) "Oracle"?
c) "Ceefax"?
| 4. Do nearly | { | a) five | } | homes out of ten have a car? |
| b) nine | ||||
| c) seven |
II. Think and answer:
1. What was the percentage of British homes with various types of equipment in 1988?
2. What do kitchen and domestic appliances include?
3. What are computers used for?
4. What is the most popular leisure activity in Britain?
5. What are remote-control devices used for?
6. What is a "teleshopping system"?
7. What can you say about a cellphone?
III. Find the English equivalents in the text:
a) микроволновая печь
b) видеомагнитофон
c) бытовая техника
d) "бегущая строка"
e) ускоренный просмотр
f) сотовый телефон
Accomodation
A. Read the text "Accomodation" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Check the comprehension of the text by choosing the answer which you think is correct.
1. Is a guest-house
a) for very rich people?
b) for holiday-makers?
c) for homeless?
2. Is a house where a family can stay for a week cooking their own meals called
a) a hotel?
b) a guest-house?
c) a self-catering holiday cottage?
d) a boarding-house?
| 3. Do | { | a) elderly people | } | live in a rest-home? |
| b) young people who leave home to work | ||||
| c) students |
4. Is the owner of a guest-house or boarding house called
a) a great lady?
b) a young lady?
c) a fine lady?
d) a landlady?
II. Think and answer:
1. What is the first choice of accommodation for people travelling on business?
2. Is a guest-house a more expensive kind of accomodation?
3. What is "B and B"?
4. How long can people stay in a self-catering holiday cottage?
5. How is a retirement home also called?
6. What can you say about "digs"?
7. Are most landladies unfriendly?
8. How can you explain the increase of the number of the homeless in the late 1980s?
9. Who do the homeless include?
10. What do you know about "Cardboard City", "Shelter" and the "Salvation Army"?
III. Find the English equivalents in the text:
a) частный пансион
b) меблированные комнаты со столом
c) самообслуживание
d) интернат для инвалидов и престарелых
e) спальня-гостиная
f) люди с умственными расстройствами
Electricity and Gas
A. Read the text "Electricity and Gas" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Think and answer:
1. Are most homes and businesses in Britain provided with a supply of electricity
and gas?
2. What is electricity used for?
3. How is the supply of both types of power measured?
4. What meters are now generally regarded as old-fashioned?
5. What is the CEGB?
6. What was the CEGB split into in 1990?
7. What company remained in the public sector?
8. When was the gas industry privatized?
9. Where were large supplies of natural gas discovered?
Chapter III
Mass Media
Advertising
A. Read the text "Advertising" quickly and try to understand what it is about and what information is already known to you.
B. Suggested Activities.
I. Check the comprehension of the text by choosing the answer which you think is correct.
| 1. Do supplements to | { | a) Sunday | } | newspapers frequently contain full-page colour advertisements? |
| b) Monday | ||||
| c) Tuesday |
2. Do national newspapers concentrate more on
a) the sale of cars and houses?
b) specialized advertising?
| 3. Do | { | a) independent TV channels | } | carry no advertising? |
| b) independent radio stations | ||||
| c) BBC television and radio |
| 4. Are | { | a) very expensive samples of new | } | products delivered to people? |
| b) free samples of new | ||||
| c) free samples of old |
5. Do many large companies sponsor popular events
a) to help athletes?
b) to make different kinds of sports attractive?
c) to advertise their name at the sports ground?
6. Is advertising on British television limited to
a) 9 minutes per hour?
b) 15 minutes per hour?
c) 7 ½ minutes an hour?
II. Think and answer:
1. What are "classified ads"?
2. Where are leaflets with details of a particular product inserted or posted?
3. Where are advertisements seen in towns?
4. What method of advertising do tobacco companies frequently use?
5. In what kinds of programmes may advertising breaks not be inserted?
6. Is advertising of a political nature allowed?
7. What is controlled by the Advertising Standards Authority?
III. Find the English equivalents in the text:
a) расходы на рекламу
b) бесплатные газеты (образцы новой продукции)
c) девиз, лозунг
d) независимый канал
e) листовка
f) объявления, бросающиеся в глаза
g) реклама ограничена
h) стряпчий, поверенный