LESSON 10

 

Welcome to a new lesson! Today we're going to continue talking about houses. In this case, we're going to read about a famous musician's house. 

1- Read and listen to the audio guide (page 70  SB)

AUDIO GUIDE (audio)

2- What is the connection between these things and Tchaikovsky's house?

3- Look at the highlighted words in the text. Then match them with definitions 1-8:

4- Tchaikovsky lived in his dream house. Let's listen to four American architecture students describing their "dream house". Which speaker's house is...?

FOUR AMERICAN STUDENTS (audio)

5- Listen again and make notes about the location and special features of each house:

FOUR AMERICAN STUDENTS (audio)

6- Now listen to four sentences the students said. Why do the s speakers use "would"?

FOUR SENTENCES (audio)

7- Read the song lyrics and think about what the missing verbs could be. Then listen and complete the gaps:

SONG (audio)

SONG FACTS:

"If I could build my whole world around you" was released in 1967. It was the third single for the singing duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Together they had a total of seven hit singles in the late 1960s. When Terrell died aged only 24 from a brain tumor, Marvin Gaye was devastated at the loss of the singing partner he regarded as a sister.

8- Read the lyrics and match the words and phrases:

HOMEWORK:

1- Go to page 118 in the SB. Follow the instructions and examples and write a description of your house or flat for a house rental website.

KEY TO THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES:

ACTVITY 2:

1- Maidanovo: The village where Tchaikovky rented a small house after leaving Moscow.

2- The Pathétique symphony: he wrote it in the house in Klin.

3- Alexei: He was Tchaikovky's servant and lived on the ground floor of the house.

4- Lilies of the valley: Tchaikovky's brother planted thousands of lilies in the garden after Tchaikovky's death since they were his favourite flowers.

5- Doroshenko: He was an anarchist who lived in Tchaikovky's house after the Bolshevik Revolution. People say he shot at a painting in one of the bedrooms.

6- The International Tchaikovsky Competition: The winner goes to Klin, plays on Tchaikovsky's piano, and plants a tree in his garden.

ACTIVITY 3:

1- tidy

2- remain

3- overlooking

4- hanging

5- turn into

6- plain

7- property

8- bookcase

ACTIVITY 4:

3- the most high-tech

4- the most luxurious

1- the most eco friendly

2- the most romantic

ACTIVITY 5:

Speaker 1: 

Location: in a national park like Yellowstone or Redwood.

Special features: solar panels, wind turbines, rainwater collected. House made of wood and heated by wood fires. Land with vegetables and fruits, chickens- all organic.

Speaker 2:

Location: Paris.

Special features: the top floor of an old apartment building with a view of the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame in Paris. Full of furniture from antiques markets and amazing paintings. A beautiful old dining table and chairs.

Speaker 3:

Location: SoHo on New York.

Special features: not too big a flat- a couple of bedrooms, and a very big living roo

m with a home cinema. Very modern and incredibly practical, with e.g. automatic temperature control, a kitchen with all the latest gadgets.

Speaker 4:

Location: Hawaii.

Special features: made of glass with amazing view of the beach from every room, indoor and outdoor pools, a tennis court, a big indoor aquarium, fabulous bathrooms.

ACTIVITY 6:

The speakers use would + infinitive because they are talking about something hypothetical / imaginary, for example, their dream houses.

ACTIVITY 8:

1- c        2- d        3- b        4- e        5- a

THIS IS ALL FOR TODAY!