This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 24 стр.

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Biltmore is surrounded by more than one thousand eight hundred hectares of

forest. The forest provides a wood crop that helps pay the costs of operating the

estate. It was the work begun by Gifford Pinchot that makes this possible.

Today, Biltmore belongs to the grandchildren of George Vanderbilt. However,

it is no longer used as a private home. Many years ago, the family decided to open it

to the public. Visitors help pay the cost of caring for and operating it. Biltmore

employs more than six hundred fifty people who work in the house and gardens.

The family says George Vanderbilt liked to have guests at Biltmore. They say

he enjoyed showing it to others. Now, each year, about seven hundred fifty thousand

people visit the Vanderbilt home in Asheville, North Carolina. The family says their

grandfather would have liked that.

3 COMPREHENSION CHECK

Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE

1. Built more than one hundred years ago near the mountains of North Carolina

Biltmore Estate is still the largest private home in the world.

2. It used to belong to the richest and most powerful family in America.

3. The house has two hundred fifty rooms all of them are open to the public.

4. Each room at Biltmore includes paintings by famous artists.

5. The library contains more than twenty-three thousand books in eight

languages.

6. The first scientifically managed forest started on the grounds of the Estate.

7. The owners of the Estate make a lot of money from almost seven hundred fifty

thousand visitors a year.

4 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1) Match the beginning of the phrases with their endings to make expressions from

the text

1. make a. of glass and black iron

2. turn b. a good deal of money

3. spend c. visitors to reach books

4. permit d. money in shipping and railroads

5. wonder e. the cost of caring for the house

6. pay f. for designing