1.What kind of
house do you
live in ?
2.Do you like it?
fast reading
True or false
1.More than every two out of three people
own their houses they live in false
approximately
2. The minority buy their homes with a
mortgage loan from a bank false
The majority
3.In America, the more money one has ,the
farther one lives away the town center
true
4. For Americans ,everything is seen as
changeable true
Guessing competition
１.mortgage loan : the sum of money lent by
a bank ,the property being
抵押贷款 the guarantee or security
2. Repay means:
A. to pay back money
B. to pay money again
3.Guessing the meaning of golden in the
context
a.like gold in value or colour
b.precious or fortunate
4.Move means_____
A.To change place
B.To live in another house
Complete the following table
Where to live Houses to live in House
people
moving
Over80% of Two out of three live in The
the People their own houses
______________ average
live in While one third live in family
the suburbs
___________ the houses rent from
_________________ moves
The low –paid public authorities or
_________________ once
_______
The
British workers live from the landlords every
_______
the inner
in_________ seven
_______
Over80% of thepeople
cities
_________ semi-detached years
live in_______ _______
or detached two-story
______________
houses with gardens
People Where to live Houses to live in House
moving
most people refer The so-called
in suburbs
to live _____________ millionaires live in
cozy villas ,with private
_____________________
swimming pools
___________
The “less advantaged” The middle –class Americans
People live in_______ People live in detached are _____
central cities houses or villas in the
restless
Americans ________________ ___________________
suburbs _________
The poor blacks live in Which kind of houses the
all-black areas lower-class people live in
__________________
broken houses
like South Bronx _________________
__________________
Chinese Americans
on the
live in cities________
Pacific and Atlantic
__________________
coasts known as
__________________
Chinatown
The similarities and differences between how the
British and Americans live
The similarities:______________________
__________________________________
The differences:_____________________
__________________________________
cottage
flat / apartment
北京丽宫
Discuss in groups
What kind of house do you prefer in your
future?
And in order to realize your dream, what
should you do?
Homework
1.Review what we learned
2.Try to retell the passage in English
detached house( independent house)
Semi--detached houses
Cozy villas
最奢华的酋长豪宅
villas in Brazil
Overseas villas
Chinatown
a lawyer handle the aspects of th
buying and selling
real estate
agent
For the money
bank
for advertising houses
Insurance for sale
company
South Bronx in New York
布朗克斯南区