A) Find the English equivalents for the following in the text.
a particular extent of surface
having a likeness or resemblance, esp. in a general way
cost or charge
a number of different things thought of together
to be different or diverse; differ
connect, add
space or extent of space occupied by or available for something
comforts, any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure
a structure with a single-pitch roof that is attached to the side of a building as a wing or an extension.
to withdraw, retire, or draw back, esp. for shelter
any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place
a person or thing closely resembling another, esp. in function
having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators
primitive
B) Complete each gap using the words from (a)
A car can be a great....
There were two ... houses on each side of the road.
Prices ... from ten to fifteen dollars. 4.I was struck by the ... of his interests.
5. I was asked to fill out blank ... in a document.
The desk takes up too much ....
The army ....
The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from ... houses to ... apartment buildings.
Social ... is a term referring to rental ... which may be owned and managed by the state, by not-for-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, usually with the aim of providing affordable ....
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The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other ....
... buildings are wood constructions coupled against public or private buildings, the roofs of which have only one gutter.
Our president is the of your prime minister.
'You can't convert people straight away," he says. "So many people in Europe live in ... apartments."
Mark the sentences t (true) or f (false). If they are false, correct them
1. In the US houses are large and have a lot of garden around them.
2. Confusingly, some areas also call an apartment building a duplex.
Large, inner city neighborhoods have a lot of large single-family homes with an area surrounding the house, which is commonly called a "yard" in North American English.
One of disadvantages to owning a single-family detached home is lack of pools and playgrounds.
A cottage is a small house, with a typical floor plan of four main rooms: a bedroom, kitchen, laundry and bathroom, two either side of a central corridor.
Bungalows are used for temporary accommodation on campsites.
In the late 19th and early 20th century "villa" suggested a freestanding comfortable sized house, generally found in the suburbs, usually of more than one story, on a very large block of land or estate.
In architecture and city planning, "terraced" was a designation for a narrow street where the building fronts uniformly ran right to the property line.
9. In the United States the term "apartment" is used to describe a relatively self- contained housing unit with a kitchen, bathing facilities and sleeping accommodations.
10. In some places " flat" denotes a building that was built of such units, while "apartment" denotes a unit in a building built originally as a single-family house and later subdivided into a multiunit house type.
Static caravans are called so because they are built in factories, rather than on site.
Mobile homes are usually transported by tractor-trailers over public roads to sites as this is a requirement in many areas.