Twenty-four Rooms in One

1. pre-reading

• vocabulary: Quizlet
• Questions

2. reading comprehension questions

• What did you see in the above video? (P2-P4)

use a remote control to raise the screen
fill the room with radiance
the wall-mounted television
countertop
worktop
sliding wall units
fold-down tables

• What was Gary Chang doing? (P1)
• Why did Gary Chang colorize the window? (P2)
• How can Chang change a living room to a kitchen? (P3)
• How can Chang change the layouts of his room so easily? (P4)
• How did Gary Chang take advantage of the small space in his apartment? (P6)
• What can we learn from Chang's Murphy bed? (P7)
• What was Chang's thought on the shortage of space in Hong Kong? (P9)
• What was his solution to this problem? (P11-12)
• What did he think about buying a new apartment? (P14)

 

3. phrases

• on a recent Saturday morning (2)
• work up an appetite (9)
• wall-mounted television (18)
• impose layouts on ... (29)
• was partitioned into ... (42)
• fold out the bed (57)
• take over the lease on their old apartment (66)
• tear down the walls (69)

4. usage & grammar

• Gary Chang stood in the middle ..., looking at a wall-size screen. / He stepped on the balance board ..., moving in time ... (present participle)
• His mother suggested that he (should) take over the lease ... (65)