1. Read the advertisement. Explain the meaning of the highlighted words Buy the e-Home. Improve your life! Why do you need our smart house? Its low-energy heating and electricity systems reduce the costs! Pay less for house maintenance. Its open-plan layout allows you to be creative and design the house of your dreams! A designer fitted kitchen is already attached to one of the walls and thus included in the price. Full home automation: all the appliances, from a washing machine to a cooker, and mod cons as well, like a TV set, can be controlled by your voice commands or in a special app. Make home comforts work for you: all home devices and appliances have great functionality and can perform different kinds of tasks. For example, how about a fridge that orders the products that are running low in it? Or curtains that adapt to natural light and open and close themselves? Advanced home security systems: 30 security cameras inside and outside the house that allow remote monitoring in the app guarantee your absolute safety. 2. Match the words with their definitions fitted kitchen low-energy mod cons natural light cost home automation functionality home comforts remote monitoring open-plan appliances — having few or no walls inside, so it is not divided into smaller rooms — using less electricity or other fuel than other similar things — the amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something — the brightness that comes from the sun — any of the things in a house or flat that make living there easier and more comfortable — machines that are designed to do a particular thing in the home, such as preparing food, heating or cleaning — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall — things in a house that make it comfortable — any or all of the operations performed by a piece of equipment or a software program — the process of monitoring something from a distance using modern technologies — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems 3. Answer the questions What modern appliances do you know? Which of them do you have in your house\flat? Are there any mod cons that are missing in your house/flat? Why do you think they are important for your comfortable living? What home comforts would you like to have in the house of your dreams? Why? What is your opinion on home automation? How many appliances controlled by electronic systems do you have at home? Do they have great functionality? Do you or your parents use any low-energy technologies? Does it help you to reduce the costs of maintenance? Which is better: an open-plan layout with no walls or a traditional layout with rooms division? Why? How much natural light do you have in your room? Is it enough for you? Why?

Задание

Buy the e-Home. Improve your life!

Its low-energy heating and electricity systems reduce the costs! Pay less for house maintenance.
Its open-plan layout allows you to be creative and design the house of your dreams! A designer fitted kitchen is already attached to one of the walls and thus included in the price.
Full home automation: all the appliances, from a washing machine to a cooker, and mod cons as well, like a TV set, can be controlled by your voice commands or in a special app.
Make home comforts work for you: all home devices and appliances have great functionality and can perform different kinds of tasks. For example, how about a fridge that orders the products that are running low in it? Or curtains that adapt to natural light and open and close themselves?
Advanced home security systems: 30 security cameras inside and outside the house that allow remote monitoring in the app guarantee your absolute safety.

fitted kitchen
low-energy
mod cons
natural light
cost
home automation
functionality
home comforts
remote monitoring
open-plan
appliances
[ ] — having few or no walls inside, so it is not divided into smaller rooms
[ ] — using less electricity or other fuel than other similar things
[ ] — the amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something
[ ] — the brightness that comes from the sun
[ ] — any of the things in a house or flat that make living there easier and more comfortable
[ ] — machines that are designed to do a particular thing in the home, such as preparing food, heating or cleaning
[ ] — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall
[ ] — things in a house that make it comfortable
[ ] — any or all of the operations performed by a piece of equipment or a software program
[ ] — the process of monitoring something from a distance using modern technologies
[ ] — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems

Answer the questions
What modern appliances do you know? Which of them do you have in your house\flat?
Are there any mod cons that are missing in your house/flat? Why do you think they are important for your comfortable living?
What home comforts would you like to have in the house of your dreams? Why?
What is your opinion on home automation? How many appliances controlled by electronic systems do you have at home? Do they have great functionality?
Do you or your parents use any low-energy technologies? Does it help you to reduce the costs of maintenance?
Which is better: an open-plan layout with no walls or a traditional layout with rooms division? Why?
How much natural light do you have in your room? Is it enough for you? Why?