Заполните данную таблицу, пользуясь словарем.

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
note	note	notable	notably
gain
	cover
	desire
		extreme

 

БЛОК IV

Грамматика: Modals.

Словообразование.

Тема: American Way of Life

Раздел 4.1.

Отработайте произношение данных слов и словосочетаний, уточнив транскрипцию по словарю.

pioneer n	пионер, первооткрыватель
permanent adj	постоянный
evident adj	очевидный; ясный
trailer n	прицеп
tow v	буксировать
truck n	грузовик
site n	место, местоположение
connect v	соединять
put up	поднимать
complete adj	полный, законченный, завершенный
deceptive adj	обманчивый
rent n	арендная плата, квартплата
security n	безопасность

 

4.1.2. Прочитайте текст и дайте ответ на данный вопрос:

“What are the peculiarities that characterize Americans in choosing homes?”

THE MOBILE HOMES

Do you know what kind of homes Americans prefer?

During the 19^th century thousands of emigrants crossed America on their way to the west. Out of those pioneers has grown a generation of restless Americans. The desire “to move away” becomes evident when some Americans prefer mobile homes to permanent ones.

Living in a mobile home is becoming more and more popular. These mobile homes aren’t just trailers, which are fine for spending a week-end in or for a short vacation but rather small for a longer time. These are, in fact, real homes. Up to 10 meters long they have to be towed by a truck. In spite of being smaller than a house they can have up to five rooms. They are beautifully designed, air-conditioned, and are fitted with all kinds of equipment – refrigerator, toilet, bath and television, sometimes even a dishwasher and a washing-machine. They are towed to a mobile home site, where they are moved into position. Connecting water and electricity, plugging in a telephone and putting up a television antenna – all these don’t take long. Then the mobile home has all the advantages of a permanent home – warm, hygienic, constant hot water – complete and comfortable.

But it has several extra advantages. The most important one is this – if you don’t like your neighbours, you simply unplug everything and tow your home to another site. This doesn’t mean that the people who live in these homes are permanently “on the move”. Most of them stay in the same place for years. But they always know that if they wanted to, they could move away the next day.

Keeping a dog is difficult for people who live in a flat. Here you just open the door and let him out. And the children enjoy being able to play right outside the door. Living in the country is much healthier for them, too. If a man wants to change his job he doesn’t need to worry about finding a new house or flat. He simply tows his mobile home to the place where his new job is. New models come out every few years. Just like cars. If you have the money you sell your mobile home and buy the latest model. You’ll have no difficulty in selling your old one – there’s a big market for second-hand homes.

Most people who live in mobile homes would prefer a permanent house if they had enough money. However, mobile homes are much cheaper to buy than houses. And yet, the low cost is deceptive as builders use cheap materials and this means that doors, windows, paintwork and equipment soon have to be repaired. The prices of permanent houses rise over the years, but if you sell a mobile home again after five years you will not get more than half the price back. The owners often have to pay high ground rents for their sites and there may well be extra charges for connecting water, electricity and so on.

Grown-ups may be keen on moving around from place to place in mobile homes. But is it good for children? They live in cramped rooms, have to keep changing schools and find it difficult to make real friends. Children need security of a permanent home.

 

4.1.3. Прочитайте текст еще раз. Укажите какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста. Подтвердите свои ответы фактами из текста.

1. Mobile homes are convenient enough for long vacations.

2. You cannot leave the site even if you don’t like your neighbours.

3. Children and their pets enjoy being able to play outside the door.

4. Mobile homes are equipped with a lot of appliances.

5. Mobile homes need to be repaired very often.

6. Americans can change the parking sites every few years.

 

4.1.4. Ответьте на данные вопросы (работа в парах).

1. What makes Americans live in mobile homes?

2. Why have mobile homes become popular in America?

3. What makes the cost of mobile homes deceptive?

4. What is the difference of living in mobile and permanent homes?