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HOUSING CONSTRUCTION

People get apartments for an un­limited period of time. The size of an apartment depends on the size of the family.

The standard amount of housing space is 21 square meters per person.

The housing commissions decide who is to get the apartment first. As a rule, families with less than 5 square meters of housing space per family member get the new apart­ments first. A family of three has the right to receive a two-room apart­ment, a family of four - a three-room apartment, and a family of five - a four-room apartment.

Every month people have to pay their rent and utility bills - for gas, electricity, telephone services, run­ning water, central heating.

Some 30 per cent of the popula­tion have more housing space than average level. And about the same number of people live in apartments with housing space below average.

Some ten million people live in shared apartments. One out of every four unmarried adults lives in a hos­tel or rents a room from a private owner.

Not long ago the government de­cided to sell state-owned flats to citi­zens as personal property. After a cit­izen buys the flat, he may sell it or give it as a gift; but no one may own more than one flat at a time.

Many people prefer to buy apart­ments or to build individual houses.

Do you know how to build a house? Some preparations have to be made before one starts building a house. The architect in co-operation with the future owner draws up a plan. They bear the following in mind: the size of the site, the purpose of the building, how the rooms are going to be furnished, what mate­rials are to be used and how much money can be spent.

The supervisor plans and controls the various activities of the workers who build the house. The supervisor also sees to it that the materials are at the site when needed.

The following craftsmen are ac­tive when a building is under con­struction: bricklayers, plumbers (for the gas and water-pipes), carpenters, heating-mechanics, electricians, paint­ers, paper-hangers and plasterers.

What is needed before you can start building?

Firstly, one looks into the fi­nances.

Secondly, one finds a suitable building-site.

In the third place, you need a build­ing-permit.

In the fourth place, you find the workers and get building materials: bricks, wood, glass, cement, lead, paint, wall-paper, insulation-material and so on.

 

 

a) Which is the most frequently used word in the text "Housing Construction"? How often is this word used?

b) Choose the ten most important words and expressions for the discussion of the housing situation in Belarus from those given below:

 

average, central heating, running water, rent, adult, hostel, shared apartment, telephone services, to bear in mind, to sell, to buy, per­sonal property, to depend on, supervisor, size, craftsman, housing space, wall-paper, to be under construction.

 

c) Write the words you have chosen in the order of their import­ance, discuss your logical order with your partner and make some corrections if needed.



d) Your friend from Great Britain could not come to Belarus to live in a Belarusian family because of the shortage of housing space in the country. Tell him / her about the housing situation in Belarus. The following questions may be helpful to you.

 


Date: 2015-12-17; view: 2980


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