| READING 2

ACROSS THE WORLD
UNUSUAL HOMES

1 |  |  | R.02 Read and listen to the text. Check (✓) the correct answer. What is the objective of the author? ◯ to talk about his home ◯ to talk about a different type of hotel ◯ to talk about types of homes

My Home is a Cave Where is your home? My home is a cave! There are beautiful cave homes around the world. Look! Look at this hotel in the Cederberg Mountains in South Africa, 240 km from Cape Town. The cave is old, but the windows are very modern! | The Stadsaal caves in South Africa are not homes, but there are paintings here! There are some very old paintings of elephants on the walls. The paintings are over 1,000 years old. | These cave homes in Matmata, Tunisia, are very old. There are about 2,000 people in this community and the caves are perfect for families! What part of the home is this? Correct! It’s the kitchen! Cool, isn’t it? There are no windows, but there are plates on the walls. These homes are great! What’s your favorite cave home?

2 | Choose the correct words. 1 Cave homes are / are not beautiful. 2 The cave home in South Africa is / is not a hotel. 3 The caves in Stadsaal are / are not homes. 4 The cave homes in Tunisia are / are not new. 5 There are / are not any windows in the kitchen in the cave home in Tunisia.

3 | Match the beginnings of the sentences (1–5) with the endings (a–e).
1 The cave homes in Tunisia are old, 2 There are plates on the walls 3 There’s an old cave 4 The hotel in South Africa is old, 5 There are old paintings |  | a in the Cederberg Mountains. b but they’re perfect for families. c but the windows are very modern. d in the caves in South Africa. e in the kitchen in the cave in Tunisia.

| THINK! Are cave homes awesome? Why / Why not?