Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Our Homes

I hope you have a safe, comfortable home, but I know many people live in a place that is not perfect! This week we read in our book about a woman named Stella who had  problems with her apartment. She needed some help from a plumber to take care of problems in her kitchen. We talked about making requests, and about tenants' rights and responsibilities.


Reading:
Click and read a true story from a CCSF student in Chinatown about problems with her apartment and her landlord. Maybe you know someone who has problems like this, too.



by ZCL


You can click under her story, and make a comment to her. She will read your comments later.



Listening



Click and listen to a young man talk about living in a large city, like Tokyo, and in the country. Take the quiz you can find on the bottom of the page. What about you? Are you from a big city, or a small town? Which do you like more? What is good about life in a big city? What is good about life in the country, a small town?


Song: Downtown


Listen to this old song about the excitement and the loneliness we can find downtown. You can write in the missing words. I'll give you a copy in class.





Writing


Click below Post comment and write one more time. Choose one topic.


1. What are some problems you have in your San Francisco home? What do you need to do about these problems?

2. What is your home like in your country?
3. Where do you prefer to live, in a big city, or a small town? Why?

3 comments:

  1. San francisco has many problems because many people sale drog and use gome is very dangerous in way

    ReplyDelete
  2. I moved a mew apartment was a year ago. It has a bedroom and a livingroom. My apartment building is a new and a beautiful building. The building only for low in come's peopel. My rent is cheaper than other building. My home is sunny and lightful. It is warmer than my acrors-door neighbors. I lived my new apartment a lot. But only onec I felt very unhappy. When my sister went to my home. She didn't has ID. The duard mustn't give she come in the building. I told the manager. But he said this was rule. After that, I thought this was correct. Because my appartment is the safest building in the town.
    by WeiLan

    ReplyDelete
  3. I moved a new apartment a year ago. It has one bedroom and one living room. My apartment building is new and very beautiful. The building only for low income's people. My rent is cheaper than other building. My home is sunny and lightful. It is warmer than my correct. the hall's neighbors. i loved my new apartment a lot. But only one thing I didn't happy. When my sister came to my home. She didn't bring her ID. The duard couldn't come into the building with my sister. I told the manager. But he said this is my building' rule. We must follow it. After that, I thought the rule is correct. Because my apartment is the safest building in the town.
    by WeiLan

    ReplyDelete