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Reading 2a

Reading

1 Look at the picture. What can you see? What does the
building look like?
Read and listen to find out.

UK Culture! There are some very unusual buildings around the world.

In English villages Jan Sonkie’s house is in Malawi, Africa. It’s a football fan’s dream
there are some home. In the four-storey house there is a bathroom, a kitchen, a
traditional houses. bedroom and a living room. There is also a great view from its
The English call windows. The outside is all metal and the inside is all wood, so
them “cottages” the house is cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
and they are Outside the house, there is a nice garden. Why is Jan’s house so
beautiful. special? It is in the shape of a football. “Maybe I’m crazy, but I
Are there similar love football,” Jan says.
houses in your
country? Check these words
• unusual • building • fan • dream home
MODULE 2 • four-storey • great view • outside • metal
• inside • wood • cool • summer • warm
36 • winter • garden • special • shape • crazy

2 Read the text and decide if the sentences are T (true) or
F (false). Write in your notebook.

1 Jan’s house is for footballers.
2 There are four floors.
3 There aren’t any windows.
4 The outside is all wood.
5 The house is very hot.
6 The house is the shape of a basketball.

3 In two minutes write two things you remember from
the text in your notebook. Tell your partner.