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Unit 5 Moving to a new city#

4 Finding an apartment

1 Vocabulary Apartment advertisements

Roommate wanted

Seeking responsible, mature person to share lovely $3,000/month apartment near downtown, facing river. Private bedroom, bath. Share kitchen, living room. Nice balcony. Split rent and utilities. No pets and nonsmokers only, please. I am a professional and looking for same. No partiers.

# Reading apartment advertisements

Apartment advertisements will often focus on the personality of the person they are looking for. Notice that ads often have brief information rather than complete sentences.

Seeking responsible, mature roommate to share my apartment.

I am a professional and looking for same.

No pets, and nonsmokers only, please.

Ads also provide information about the apartment.

Lovely $3,000/month apartment near downtown, facing river. Two bedroom, two bath.

Private bedroom and bath. Share kitchen and living room. Nice balcony.

Split rent and utilities.

Select the corrent words

She's always parting and isn't very mature.

He's not very responsible.He always forgets to pay his rent.

He works as a marking professinal.

You get a private bedroom,but we share a bathroom.

We will spill the rent and utilities.

Roommate questions
Prospective roommates will typically talk on the phone before they meet in person, to see if they are a good match.
A: Hello?
B: Hi. I'm calling about the roommate ad you posted.

A: Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
B: No, that sounds good. Go ahead.

A: What do you do for a living?
B: I'm a professional florist. I do a lot of weddings.

A: Are you comfortable with splitting the rent and utilities?
B: That's what I was hoping for.

A: How would you describe yourself?
B: I'm a bit of a workaholic. I don't socialize much.

A: You and I sound like a good match. Let's meet face to face.
B: That sounds like a great idea!

2 Expressions Finding a roommate

Put the words in the correct order

What does he do for a living?
How would you describe yourself?

You and I sound like a good match.

I'm calling about your roommate ad.

Are you comfortable with splitting the rent?

3 Final Task Finding an apartment

You are talking on the phone with a woman about her apartment and the possibility of becoming a roommate.When you see a blank,give your personal information.Listen and record the correct response.

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