11. Reading. Dream home

 

Todd: OK, Mark you said that you want to own your own home.

 

Mark: That would be nice, yes.

 

Todd: So let's say you can have any home in the world. You can make your dream home, reasonable dream home. OK, what kind of house would you have?

 

Mark: Well, I don't normally dream of like an enormous mansion, or anything. Just a nice, you know, medium to large size home. I guess almost more importantly for me is to have some land with the house, like I don't like, I wouldn't want my neighbor to be, you know, just three feet away from my house. I'd like to have a little bit of space.

 

Todd: OK, so assuming you have a big yard and you have this space, you have land, what kind of landscape would you have?

 

Mark: Well, I grew up in Alabama and I really like the landscape there. It's kind of hilly and lots of trees and lots of pine trees, you know, it’s a deciduous area of America, and lots of lakes so I guess, you know, that kind of setting, like a deciduous you know, lots of trees, lots of lakes, you know, or some water nearby and hills: things like that.

 

Todd: OK, but actually, what would you want your yard to look like?

 

Mark: Oh, I see.

 

Todd: You don't want a lake, right?

 

Mark: No, no, but, yeah, I don't know, I would want it to be taken care of, but not overly manicured, like I don't want it to be, you know, too much pruning, just, but I wouldn't want it to be completely wild either, so green but not like a just completely perfect square, or anything. I'd like for it to be a little bit, chaotic.

 

Todd: OK, so what do you want: a big bathroom, small bathroom, big kitchen, small kitchen?

 

Mark: Big bathrooms, big kitchen. Yeah. The bigger, the better!

 

Todd: The bigger, the better.

 

Mark: Yeah.

 

Todd: Two car garage?

 

Mark: Sure. That'll be fine. And actually the way the house is decorated, you know, if I'm married, my wife can decorate most of the house but I'd like to have one room that was my room, like that, you know, maybe I could put a small library and lots of books, maybe a pool table but one room that I got to do, you know, my own thing with.

 

Todd: Yeah, man. You need your territory.

 

Mark: Yeah, just that one room.

 

 

1. Todd: OK, so assuming you have a big yard and you have   , you have land, what kind of landscape would you have?

 

2. It's kind of hilly and lots of trees and lots of pine trees, you know, it’s a deciduous area of America, and lots of lakes so I guess, you know, that kind of setting, like a deciduous you know, lots of trees,   , you know, or some water nearby and hills: things like that.

 

3. Todd: OK, so what do you want: a big bathroom,   , big kitchen, small kitchen?