---- Homes around the world

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Homes around the world

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Stephen

New friends around the worldNew friends around the world

Madee

Neil Anna

Homes around the world

Read the article quickly and find out their living places.

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Names Living Place

StephenMadeeNeilAnna

California, the USA

ThailandThe UKMoscow, Russia

Homes around the world

Read the article quickly and find out which kind of house they live in .

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Names Houses

StephenMadeeNeilAnna

a large house

a wooden housea small housea flat

1.Where does Stephen live?

2.What is his favourite place in his home?

Why?

3.What do Stephen and his friends love to do on the balcony?

In Long beach, California, the USA

The balcony.

Because he can play games, read comics and chat with friends.

They love to sit on the floor and look out at the beach and the sea.

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Madee

Thailand wooden house over the river

ladder 5 rooms the second child

beautiful and quiet rain a lot

Neil lives in California and his house is big.

His favourite room is the bathroom.

His family and he often sit in the kitchen while his mother makes lunch .

In the evenings, they play cards together in the dining room.

He has a cat and its birthday is on the fifth of June. He sleeps in the garage.

London small

kitchen

watch TV

sitting room

dog

garden

dinner

Anna’s

Girl or Boy

Nationality ( 国籍）The kind of house:

(skyscraper 摩天大楼 , villa 别墅 , wooden house, flat…)

Things they do after dinner

Roommate

GirlRussian

Flat

Play games and chat

Her sister

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T or F1.Stephen lives near the sea.

2.There are more than ten rooms in Stephen’s house.

3.Madee lives in a wooden house in the hills.

4.Madee has a small family.

5.Neil has a TV in the kitchen.

6.Neil’s dog was born on the first of June.

7.Anna’s flat is on the seventh floor and it’s on a quiet street.

8.Anna shares a bedroom with her brother.

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F

F

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Exercises:

You usually eat meals in a ___________.

You often sleep in a ___________.

A _________ is the best place to grow flowers.In most homes, people cook meals in the

_______.

We usually put the sofa in the __________.

dining room

bedroom

garden

kitchen

sitting room

Home

Home= House + family + love

DISCUSSION:

★Among the four homes, which kind do you like best? And why?

★Could you introduce your favourite kind of house to your friends?

East or west, home East or west, home is best. is best.