الحل
English 4
10 Writing
A. look at the photos. where do you think these houses are? what are they made of?
1. Read the text and find out.
. What is adobe ?
What is special about the house ?
Are the back and front of the house similar? how do you know
What is part of the floor made of ? why
1- adobe is bulding material that is made from sand, clay water and organic material that is shaped into bricks and left to dry in the sun
- it's a beautifully designed, large adobe home with soft lines . part of the house juts out of the adobe shell and stretches to the end of a cliff
- no, they aren't, the front of the house that can be seen from the street is that of a large adobe home with a drive and a cactus tree at the entrance. the back of the house has large windows and streches to the end of the cliff.( first 5 lines of paragraph 2 )
- Part of the floor is made of thick custom - designed glass to allow a unique view of the canyon below
2- Read the text again, find out and highlight
. which rooms does the writer mention ?
what can the writer see, smell, and feel in the house ?
A spacious room that stretches in all directions and the kitchen -2
. He can see: the door, large windows, sunlight streaming in the street, the cliff, the kitchen, the wooden cabinets, the sitting area, a spectacular view, the gaping canyon he can smell the most enticing smeels of cumin and chilies and herbs. he can feel: the hard floor, the are whooshing past ( he imagines this )
3- would you want to live in a house with a glass floor ? why ? why not
3- students answer