Topic 2 Houses and Homes

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EXPRESSI ORAL ADVANCED LEVEL

TOPIC 2: HOUSES AND HOMES preparation time: 7 min te!

.- Conversation. Talk about the following questions with your partner. You can use the pictures

to help you if you wish.

. Have you changed anything in your house recently? f so! what was that?

". #ould you prefer to live in a house or an apart$ent? #hy?

%. #hich do you like better! a ho$e with a nice garden or a ho$e without one?

&. #hat would be i$portant to consider when designing a city?

'. (o you get along well with your neighbours?

". )*+*,* /.

0artner 1. 2elow there are three state$ents related to the topic. Talk about the$ for

appro3i$ately 1!' $inutes without help fro$ the e3a$iner. You $ay be asked further questions

about the topic when you have finished.

. ive so$e reasons why people beco$e ho$eless.

". Ho$e is where the heart is.

"# 2uying an apart$ent is better than renting.

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0artner 2. 2elow there are three state$ents related to the topic. Talk about the$ for

appro3i$ately 1!' $inutes without help fro$ the e3a$iner. You $ay be asked further questions

about the topic when you have finished.

. There is nothing like staying at ho$e for real co$fort.

". #o$en have better taste than $en when it co$es to decorating.

%. ,iving n the countryside is better than living in a city.



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Topic 2 (Habitatge, lla i e!to !"

H u se s an d h $ e s 4 housing 5types! services! roo$s! furniture! upholstery! facilities! repairing!

leasing6! city 7 countryside! area where one lives 5neighbourhood! area! city! countryside6 region

and country. Topics related to the flora and fauna of the area.

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1. #hat does the outside of your house look like?

2. Can you describe each roo$ of your house?

3. #here do you park your car at your house?

&. (o you like the place where you are living? #hy or why not?

'. #hat is your favourite roo$ in your house? #hy?

8. How are ho$es different in your ho$e country and in this country?

9. How have you changed your ho$e since you:ve started living there?

;. How long have you lived where you are living now?


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"8. s every house a ho$e?

"9. #hat $akes :a house: into :a ho$e:?

";. Have you ever been ho$esick?

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'1. ,ist alternatives to a house or apart$ent. 5e.g. igloo6

1. #hat are the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives? #hich alternative

would you prefer to live in?

'". #hich are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a s$all house7flat7apart$ent? nd

living in a big one?

'%. (o you have a nice garden at your ho$e? (o you plant flowers and trees in your garden?

(o you help your $other7father to water those plants7flowers?

'&. (o you raise fish in your ho$e? f so! what type of fish?

''. #hich do you like better! a ho$e with a nice garden or a ho$e without one?

'8. (o you have a $ini swi$$ing pool in your ho$e?

1. basket ball court

". ping pong table?

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/3tra $aterial 5 Housing! houses and environ$ent uotes 64

@0eople who are ho$eless are not social inadequates. They are people without ho$es.@

A(on:t try to drive the ho$eless into places we find suitable. Help the$ survive in places

they find suitable.@

@ strong econo$y causes an increase in the de$and for housingB the increased de$and

for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. nd then affordable

housing beco$es co$pletely inaccessible.@

@0ublic housing is $ore than ust a place to live! public housing progra$s should provide

opportunities to residents and their fa$ilies.@

@You can spend the $oney on new housing for poor people and the ho$eless! or you can

spend it on a football stadiu$ or a golf course.@

A house is a ho$e when it shelters the body and co$forts the soul.D

A#inter is the ti$e for co$fort! for good food and war$th! for the touch of a friendly hand

and for a talk beside the fire4 it is the ti$e for ho$e.D

A t was good to walk into a library againB it s$elled like ho$e.D

A+ature is not a place to visit. t is ho$e.D

AHo$e is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your ene$ies.D

AThe cruel irony of housework4 people only notice when you don:t do it.D

AThe heartland lies where the heart longs to be. >o$eti$es it takes a lifeti$e to find the

true place to plant it.D

A#hat love $ost about $y ho$e is who share it with.D

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