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,