Номер 2, страница 6, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

2. a. Write 5 questions you would ask to find out about the housing landscape (жилищный ландшафт/жыллёвы ландшафт) in Britain.

b. Listen to the podcast about houses in Britain and follow in the book. Have you found any answers to your questions? Is there anything surprising for you?

If there is such a thing as a British dream, it’s to own a roof over your head. Only 30 per cent of people choose to rent and I’m sure it really pays to buy. The housing landscape in Britain is extremely varied. Though houses differ in style, size, colour, material, the age of the building, and many other things, they are made up of four basic types.

Let’s start with the simple terraced house. Actually, it’s one of the most well-known types of housing and about a quarter of the Brits live with a neighbour on each side. In the past, terraced houses were associated with the working class and now are found in old industrial towns and cities. Generally speaking, they are the cheapest type of house you can buy as they are small, come with little to no garden space and have little privacy. Houses at the end of the row are more expensive compared to those in the middle because they are more spacious.

One third of the British population lives in semi-detached houses where they have just one neighbouring family. Each house is the mirror of the other. They are exactly the same inside and outside. In general, they are more expensive compared to terraced homes as they offer more privacy and there is more garden space available.

A great number of people in Britain dream of having a detached house with a garden. Such houses give total privacy, which is so dear to any British heart. The land that surrounds the house is a big plus for families who enjoy gardening or other outdoor activities. One downside to this is that they are the most expensive properties and only a quarter of the population can afford it. A detached house can take on any form or style: a bungalow, a cottage with a thatched (крытая соломой / крыты соломай) roof or a spacious mansion. Thick walls, small windows, and low ceilings usually characterise cottages.

Originally, they housed agricultural workers and their families. So these traditional houses are found in rural areas and some are hundreds of years old. Good old bungalows are slowly becoming a rare breed in the UK. They were first built for Europeans who settled in Bengal in the 17^th century but they aren’t really being built in Britain anymore. Developers prefer to purchase a bungalow and knock down the one-storey building so they could build taller homes.

Quite a lot of people try to avoid living in blocks of flats first of all because they provide the least amount of privacy. Though London’s property landscape is dominated by flats, their proportion in the whole country is second lowest in Europe – about 14 per cent. For the most part, flats are the most affordable type of the housing in the UK and it makes them ideal for singles and small families. The most economical choices are studio flats where the general living space consists of a living room, a bedroom and a kitchen combined in one room. In the UK, maisonettes were introduced in the 1960s before blocks of flats were as common as they are now. Unlike flats that share a corridor or a hallway, maisonettes have their own entrance and cover more than one floor. You can often find them in large period houses that have been converted or in a city centre above shops.

c. Find the words in bold in ex. 2b that mean the following:

a) having a lot of space;

b) cheap enough for most people;

c) to pay money to live in a building someone else owns;

d) the state of being able to be alone or free from public attention;

e) an empty area that is available to be used;

f) to change, to transform;

g) to have, to possess;

h) belonging to oneself.

c. Найдите в тексте из упр. 2b слова, выделенные жирным шрифтом, которые имеют следующие значения:

a) имеющий много места;

b) достаточно дешевый для большинства людей;

c) платить деньги за проживание в здании, принадлежащем кому-то другому;

d) состояние, когда можно быть одному или свободным от общественного внимания;

e) пустая территория, доступная для использования;

f) изменять, преобразовывать;

g) иметь, владеть;

h) принадлежащий себе.

Ответ:

a) spacious

b) affordable

c) rent

d) privacy

e) land

f) converted

g) own

h) own

Перевод:

a) просторный

b) доступный по цене

c) арендовать

d) частная жизнь / уединение

e) земля

f) преобразованный / переоборудованный

g) владеть

h) собственный