## Step 2 - Reading

Home exchange
You are going to read a text about home swapping.
Je gaat een tekst lezen over huizenruil.

- Read the text and do exercise 1.
  Lees de tekst en maak oefening 1.
- Work together with a classmate and do exercise 2.
  Werk samen met een klasgenoot en doe oefening 2.

Home swapping Home swapping is a mutual exchange of homes, usually at the same time, for an agreed period in the same country or abroad. It enables you to step into other people’s lives free of charge, making it a very economical way to travel. All you need to start is a home to exchange, large or small; it can be in a city or in the countryside. Then you register on one of the many home swapping websites (most have a small fee) and set up a profile with a description and pictures of your home. You can experience a different culture first-hand and meet local people, without exchanging any money. You can also feel safe that your house is not empty and that somebody is looking after your plants and even your pet. As with all transactions over the Internet, there are risks. You are allowing a stranger to live in your home, use your things; while at the same time you are hoping to find what they write about their home is true, so that you do not have a bad holiday.

##### Oefening 2

Discuss the following questions with a classmate in English.
Bespreek de volgende vragen met een klasgenoot in het Engels.

- Would you do home swapping? Why (not)?
  Zou jij meedoen aan een huizenruil? Waarom (niet)?
- Where would you go?
  Waar zou je dan heen gaan?