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Description of your homeHouse. Flat.
1. This article in the local newspaper was written about Stuart Bexon’s unusual house. Read it and answer the questions.
If you can go up, go down! When Stuart Bexon was told he couldn’t build a house on his field in the village of Westonbirt in the west of England, he decided to bury his dream house instead. Now Bexon is using 600 square meters of underground living space. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, kitchen and dining room and a sunken swimming pool underneath glass domes to let in light. The only part you can see from the road is the doorway with two giant doors. ‘My idea was to build a normal house. I was refused permission because this area has such beautiful countryside, so I decided to build my house underground,’ Mr. Bexon says. Bexon was advised by an architect, Arthur Quarmby, Britain’s leading expert on ‘earth shelters’. Quarmby’s own home is underground. ‘ I spent a long time talking to him,’ Bexon remembers. ‘Quarmby was very interested, and was able to pass on useful tips, because if you build underground you have to cope with damp and also to keep with building regulations.’ The problem of lighting the house was solved by the domes. If there aren’t any windows in the house, you need to use the ceilings and the windows. ‘If you don’t have to worry about the outside of a house, you have more money to spend on the inside. The house wasn’t really any more expensive than a normal one.’ Bexon has used the soil which was removed to start a gardening business, and he also now works as a builder. ‘I always wanted to build my own house, so I found the work very interesting. If, like me, you are fond of heights, being able to work underground is much better.’
Questions 1.Why did Mr. Bexon build a house underground? 2.Is this the first time the house like Mr. Bexon’s has been built? 3. Name one of the problems you might find with this kind of house. 4. What are the advantages of a house like this? 5. Who helped Mr. Bexon to build the house? 6. How does Mr. Bexon feel about his home?
Description of your home describe the house/flat where you live - do you like it? (dis)advantages of living in a flat or in a house describe the people living there facilities, comfort, +kinds of flats/houses, housing shortage Ďđîâĺđü ńĺá˙! Room, balcony, bathroom, bedroom,dining room, living room, sitting room, garage, kitchen, basement
The Typical British House. There are many different kinds of homes in Britain. Many British people love old houses and these are often more expensive than modern ones. They also love gardening and you will see gardens everywhere you go. Some gardens are small with just one tree and a few flowers. Others are large with plenty of flowers and fruit trees. Their lawns are carefully cropped, their flowerbeds are cultivated because British people are careful about almost everything. They call a big garden in front of their house – “front yard” In the backyard sometimes there is a swimming pool. British people usually put their postboxes at the end of the driveway. It is easier for the postman to deliver their post. Two third of the families in Britain own their houses. A typical British house has got two floors: the ground floor and the first floor (British people say “the ground floor” but the Russian people say “the first floor”). There is a living room, a dining room and a kitchen on the ground floor. And there are bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. A typical British family has got three or four people: mother, father and two children. But old people, young family and unmarried people do not usually live together.
Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1606
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