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5 LISTENING & SPEAKING

a 4 23))) Listen to four architecture students
describing their “dream house.” W hich
speaker’s house is ...?
nouse □ the most luxurious

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y
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1 the most hi-tech
1 the most eco-friendly
[ ] the most romantic

b Listen again and make notes about the
In 1885 Tchaikovsky w rote to a friend, location and special features o f each house.

“These days I dream of settling Sp eaker ı
1

in a village not far from Moscow

where I can feel at home.” Sp eaker 2

irst he rented a small house in the village o f Maidanovo.
FBut Maidanovo was too full of tourists in the summer, and
Sp eaker 3
Tchaikovsky had too many visitors, when what he wanted was ---- 1------------------------------------------------------------
peace and quiet. Eventually he found the perfect house, in the small
town o f Klin. It was 52 miles northwest o f Moscow, and he lived
there until his death on November 6, 1893. It is the place where
Sp eaker 4
he wrote his last major work, Symphony No. 6, or the Pathetique as it’s ---- 1------------------------------------------------------------
sometimes called.

It’s a gray wooden house with a green roof. Tchaikovsky’s servant
Alexei lived on the first floor, and the kitchen and dining room were
on the second floor. Tchaikovsky him self lived on the third floor. The
living room and study, where his piano is located, is the largest room c 4 24))) Now listen to four sentences the
in the house, and there is a fireplace and a bookcase with his music students said. W hy do the speakers use
books. His writing desk, where he wrote letters every morning after would?
breakfast, is at the end of the room. But the place where he composed
d T hink for a few m inutes about what your
music was in his bedroom, on a plain, unpainted table
dream house or apartm ent would he like and
overlooking the yard.
m ake brief notes. Use ^ p.162 Vocabulary
In his final years, Tchaikovsky’s great love was Bank H ouses to help you.
his yard. It was not a neat English-style garden,
W here would it be?
hut more like a forest. He adored flowers,
W hat kind o f house or apartment would it be?
particularly lilies of the valley, and after his
W hat special features would it have?
death, his brother Modest, who had decided to
turn the house into a museum, planted thousands e In groups, describe your dream houses. Try
o f lilies of the valley around the yard. to describe your house in as much detail as
possible. W hose do you like best?
In 1917, after the Bolshevik revolution, an anarchist named
Doroshenko lived there with his family. People say that he fired shots
at the portrait of Pope Innocent hanging in one of the bedrooms. He 6 WRITING
was finally arrested in April, and the house became the property of
> - p.118 Writing Describing a h ou se or
the state.
apartm ent. W rite a description o f your house
Since 1958, the winners of the annual International Tchaikovsky or apartm ent for a house rental website.
Competition have all been invited to come to K lin to play his piano,
and there is a tradition that each musician plants a tree in his yard in
the hope that, like his music, it will remain beautiful forever. 4 25))) SONG If I Could Build My
Whole Wodd Around You Jl

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