4. My Native Town (Moje rodné město), The House I live in (Dům, ve kterém žiji)

Hradec Králové
Is the capital of East Bohemia. At present about 100,000 people live there. HK is one of the largest towns of the Czech Republic. With its two rivers, architectural treasures and parks is one of the most beautiful towns in the country.

There are many places to visit in Hradec Králové. In the historical centre there is the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, The White Tower or Town hall. The town also has attractive shops and beautiful parks and banks (embankment) of Labe and Orlice. All these can be easily reached by foot or by trolleybus. There are a great number of elementary schools, secondary schools (grammar, commercial, technical) and a university with several faculties. As for museums and theatres – we can name The Museum of East Bohemia, the concert hall of Hradec Králové Philharmonic, the Klicpera Theatre, the famous Drak Theatre, ….. There are also many cinemas including the multi-cinema Futurum and the summer (open air ) cinema. HK is also definitely a town of sports. The winter stadium, football stadium, the athletics stadium, and the Aqua Centre are only some of the many sport facilities in the town. Hradec is an important commercial, manufacturing, and transporting centre. Products include musical instruments, chemicals and machinery. As for the agriculture, wheat, sugar beet, potatoes, rye, vegetables and other crops are grown on farms near the town. HK is the starting point for many trips to interesting places in the region. Most attractive are Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) and Orlické hory (Eagle Mountains). There are also five bicycle routes in HK, which are between 12 and 61 km long.

Four room flat, housing estate (sídliště), family house, garage
Living room (sofa, balcony, armchairs, coffee table, TV set, a desk with a computer, carpet, pictures, …)
Bedroom (wardrobes, bed-side tables)
Kitchen (dining table and chairs, kitchen unit – kuchyňská linka, fridge, pantry – spíž, freezer, stove – sporák)
Bathroom (bathtub, basin), toilet
Cellar (sklep), garret (půda)
Garden, swimming pool, barbecue parties, mow the lawn (sekat trávu), keep pets
Do the cleaning – dust the furniture (utřít prach), water the plants, hoover the carpet (vyluxovat koberec), do the washing (prát prádlo), mop the floor ( vytřít podlahu), do the stairs (uklidit schody), clean the windows, wash the curtains (prát záclony)