A House in Liverpool

 
 
 
Patrick invites viewers into his living room.

Vocabulary

local	get it (2)	eventually
funny	comedy	buy/bought/bought
other	get out	at the moment
follow	actually	take/took/taken
poster	follow me	take photos
view	millions	put them together
whole	welcome	see/saw/seen
stain	thing (2)	stain glass
graffiti	bright (2)	brighten up
left (3)	suppose	around (2)
fun	deposit	traditional

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Video

 
 
 
 

Transcript

Hi. Welcome to Liverpool, England. Come in and see the living room. I came to Liverpool when I was 18 years old as a student, and I’ve lived in different houses around Liverpool.

And eventually from money left by family, got a deposit for a house, and I bought this one.

So I live here at the moment with myself and two other doctors, James and Steve and our cat Ernesto.

Follow me in.

It’s actually a poster by a local artist who took thousands of photos, and then put them all together to make one view of the whole city. So you can see the whole city of Liverpool in one view. It’s just really nice.

They are quite a traditional English thing I think, stain glass, I suppose it really brightens up the room.

The art is Banksy a British graffiti artist who does British comedy graffiti on walls and buildings around the UK. And my brother got it for me for Christmas. I think it’s really funny.

I really sorry guys, but the football is about to start so you’re going to have to get out of the house. See you.

 

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Questions

1. A family lives in the house. True or false? How many people live there?

2. Do they all have the same or different professions?

3. Patrick is originally from Liverpool. He is a native of Liverpool. He was born in Liverpool. Yes or no?

4. Did he work, save money and buy his house? How did he get money?

5. Patrick likes classical art. What do you think? How did the artist make the poster? Are the windows ordinary or a work of art?

6. What did Patrick get for Christmas?

7. Are they sports fans? Why did he kick the journalist out of the house?

 
 
A. How do most (young) people live in your city? What kind of accommodation do people have?

B. What kind of artwork do you like?

C. Are you from England? Do you live in England? Have you ever been to England?

D. Have you met anyone from England? Who were they? What were they doing?

E. Describe the climate and geography of England.

F. Describe the economy of England. What does it import and export?

G. Does England have any problems or challenges?

H. What is the food of England like? Describe English cuisine.

I. What are some tourists attractions (cultural, historical, natural)?

J. What comes to mind when you think of England? What do you associate with England?