Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Language booster: Emphasising comparisons 7 Internet project 8 In English there are many ways to emphasise the degree of difference or similarity between two things. • Compare these alternatives. Write two sentences for each. • a lot far much a bit Houses in England are more cheaply built than in Austria. not nearly nowhere near not quite just about to choose difference English winters are There’s not much as cold as Austrian winters. between English and Austrian houses. 1 living in the countryside vs living in the city 2 living with your parents vs living on your own 3 living in a house vs living in a flat 4 sleeping in a double bed vs sleeping in a single bed 5 your house in the summer vs your house in the winter Example: Living with your parents is much more comfortable than living on your own. Read your sentences to your partner and see if he/she agrees. • Houses around the world Around the world, there are many different styles of houses, ranging from the igloos of the Inuit to the tree houses of the Bagobo tribe in the Philippines. Design a page for your Internet portfolio about a very different type of house. Include: a who lives there b a description of the house c some of the furniture you might find inside d pictures of the exterior and interior of the house e a passage explaining why you would/would not like to live there for a month 164 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv