D3 - Speak: Home

D3 - Speak: Home

Part 1

Your House/Home

  • Do you live in a house or an apartment?
  • What do you like about your house?
  • What would you like to change in your house?
  • What is your favourite room in your house?
  • Would you like to move to a different home in the future?

Part 2 & 3

Describe an interesting house or apartment that you have visited. You should say
where the house or apartment was
who lived there
what it looked like on the outside and/or inside
And explain why you found this house or apartment interesting.

PART 3

  • Do you think it’s better to rent or to buy a place to live in?
  • How are relations between neighbors different in cities and in the countryside
  • Do most people in your hometown live in a house or a flat/apartment? Why?
  • Do you agree that there is a right age for young adults to stop living with their parents?
  • Do you think it is very expensive to make a home look nice?
  • What options are available to young couples looking for accommodation in your country?

Describe a tall building you like or dislike.

You should say:
where it is
what it is used for
what it looks like
and explain why you like or dislike it.

PART 3

DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOME:

  • In what ways is living in a flat/apartment better than living in a house?
  • Do you think homes will look different in the future?
  • Do you agree that the kinds of homes people prefer change as they get older?

Casual Talk

  • Why type of accommodtion are popular in Korea? How’s the price of apartment in Seoul?
  • Let’s talk about (half basement) apartment in the movie “패러사이트/Parasite”
  • Do most students live in ”One room tel（원룸텔）“ to prepare text?
  • Does University provide dormitory for students?
  • What type of accommodation does university student rent?
  • Do man need to prepare car and house/apartment for marriage?
  • The family with 3 children does not need to pay Mortgage？

Vocabulary

Parts of House

Accommodation

Notes

Current:

  • two-bed room in a 20-storey apartment building
  • facilities within walking distance.

Dearm Home:

  • House or Villa in rural area.
  • contemporary, fashionable
  • granite floor, decorate with painting and antique vasts.
  • spacious kitchen and pantry for kitchen gadgets and electronic products
  • amenity
    • Private jetty -> fishing, sailing
    • swmming pool -> soothing, relaxing

Future / Smart home:

  • smart household appliance and automatic device will be more commonplace
  • New building will be more sturdy and durable to against the extreme/severe weather and climate events, such as flooding, tsunami and earchquake.

Famous Building: Taipei 101

  • a supertall skyscraper
  • The building also expresses its Chinese character in its resemblance to a stalk of bamboo
  • The lowest aboveground floors of Taipei 101 house a luxury atrium shopping mall.
  • Most of the floors above the mall are devoted to office space.
  • The structure regularly appears as an icon of Taipei in international media,
  • The Taipei 101 fireworks displays are a regular feature of New Year’s Eve broadcasts.
  • respect = admire = revere

House location matters the most

  • vary from people to people
  • calm and peaceful -> harmonious
  • it might cost a fortune
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