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UNIT 3

A LIVING PLACE

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Associate, public, cottage, bungalow, modernize, character, ranch-style, trailer, kitchen, pair, mobile.

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timber-framed house	деревянный каркасный дом
housing development	застройка жилого квартала
detached house	отдельно стоящий жилой дом
duplex house	двухэтажный дом
mansion	жилой дом, особняк
pointed roof	остроконечная крыша
apartment house	многоквартирный дом
condominium	частный многоквартирный дом
tenement	дом, сдаваемый в аренду
tiled roof	черепичная крыша
studio (loft)	однокомнатная квартира
semi-detached house	дом из двух квартир
housing estate	район жилой застройки
terraced houses	дома рядовой (ленточной) застройки
thatched roof	соломенная крыша
beam	балка
high-rise block of flats	высотный многоквартирный дом

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BUILDING STYLES

Houses and public buildings in Britain and the US have been built in a range of styles and materials. Old and new buildings stand side by side. In Britain there are timber-framed houses, buildings of brick or stone, and modern concrete and glass structures.

In the US there is plenty of space, except in big cities, so many houses are large and have a lot of garden around them. Most are detached, but there are also duplexes. Ranch-style houses are built on one floor only. Mansions are very large houses where rich people live. Some types of houses are associated with certain parts of the country. New York City, for instance, is famous for its brownstone, tall, narrow buildings named after the material used to build them. In the Midwest there are many wooden frame houses with pointed roofs. The South has wooden houses built before the Civil. But all over the US houses are built in many different styles.

In cities many people rent an apartment in an apartment building. Apartments usually have no more than three bedrooms, and are often rented furnished. An apartment with only one room may be called a studio or a loft. A building in which the apartments are owned by the people who live in them is called a condominium, or a co-op. Poor people may live in apartments in tenements in the downtown area of a city, in small, very basic houses or in mobile homes. Despite the name, many people keep their mobile home in a trailer park and never move it.

Many people in Britain live in the suburbs consisting of new housing estates, while others were originally villages that have become joined to the town as it has grown. Villages are considered to be pleasant places to live, as they are quieter and less polluted than towns and are closer to the countryside. They usually contain a range of houses, including old cottages and new houses and bungalows.

Most houses are built of brick with a tiled roof, though some are built of stone. The largest and most expensive type of house is a detached house, which is not joined to other houses and has a garden all round it. Detached houses have at least three bedrooms and one or two bathrooms upstairs, and one or more living rooms plus a separate dining room and kitchen downstairs.

Semi-detached houses, or semis, are extremely common. They are built in pairs with one house joined to the other along one side. These houses usually have two or three bedrooms. There is a separate garden at the front and the back for each house.

Terraced houses date from Victorian and Edwardian times and were built mainly for working-class people. Four or more houses are joined together in a row. Terraced houses were originally quite small. Most have now been extended and bathrooms added, and in some towns they have become fashionable with professional people.

Cottages are small, very old village houses. Some have thatched roofs. Many have been modernized inside but still keep the wooden beams and other features that are thought to give them character. Some people think of a country cottage as their dream home.

High-rise blocks of flats, sometimes over 20 storeys high with several flats on each floor, were built in many towns in the mid 20th century. Many have since been pulled down because they needed a lot of repairs and because people did not like living in them.