Many English families have got their own houses, but some people live in the flats. There are two floors in the traditional English house: the ground floor and the first floor. People in England like their homes and always show them to their visitors.
Mr Dunn, a British businessman, often comes to the Soviet Trade Delegation and he knows Voronin very well. One Sunday he invites Voronin and some engineers to his spend an evening with his family.
Mr Dunn's family lives in a small gouse with a garden. There is a sitting-room and a study downstairs. The kitchen is downstairs too. The sitting-room is large and sunny. There is a sofa, two armchairs and a TV-set there. The nice carpet on the floor makes the room comfortable.
The study is a small room with bookshelves on the walls. Up-stairs there are two bedrooms and a bathroom.
The Dunns * love their house and think: .
Now Mr Dunn, Voronin and his friends are sitting near the fire-place in Mr Dunn's study.
Voronin: This is a lovely, Mr Dunn.
Dunn: I'm glad you like it. It's always a pleasure to sit here and read newspapers and magazines after a long day in the office. And where do you live in Moscow, Mr Voronin?
Voronin: We live a three-room flat ia a new district of Moscow.
Dunn: Is your flat comfortable?
Voronin: Yes, very. There's much built-in furniture in our hall and in the kitchen. The windows are large and the rooms are light.
Dunn: In which room do you like to spend evening hours?
Voronin: In the sitting-room. We usually watch television or VCR * there or listen to music on the records.
Dunn: Yes, it's always nice to spend a quiet evening with the family.
Voronin: I think so too.
