English Topics
Topic one: <font color=#900>Introduce your home</font>
Part one: introducing where you live
I live in a two-dedroom apartment. The bedrooms are quite small, but there’s a big living room with a dining area, a modern kitchen, and also a small balcony where we can sit outside in the summer. ```
- Terraced house
- Semi-detached house
- Detached house
- High-rise(us) = tower block(en)
- Converted apartment = when a house is divided into apartments
- Studio apartment = a one-room apartment, with the bedroom and living room together
- Duplex apartment = an apartment with more than one floor
- Balcony = terrace
### Part two: describing the inside of your home
- Kitchen
- living room
- garden
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Part three: saying what you like or dislike about your home
Positive words for your home:
- Spacious: large, with a lots of room
- Cosy: comfortable in warm, welcoming way
- Light: describes a home which gets lots of natural light
- Warm/cool: comfortable in winter and summer
- Convenient+for: close to other places you need to go regularly ##### negative words for your home:
- Cramped: small, with not enough room
- Dart: doesn’t get much natural light
- Drafty: lets in cold air in the winter
- Stuffy: uncomfortable and airless in the summer
- Noisy
Part five: Talking about your neighbourhood = the area near your home
Suburb, Outskirts: 郊区
My home is .. …in the city center …In the suburbs …Outside the city …On the outskirts of the city …In a village …In the middle of nowhere
I live in a very lively area just south of the city centre. Thee are lots of cafes, shops, and places to go.
I live in a quiet area in the suburbs, in the north of the city. It is a nice area, and it’s quite but it’s a bit boring. There isn’t really anything to go.
Part six: conclusion
I live in a two-storey terraced house. It has two bedrooms, a living room, a small kitchen and a garden. It’s cosy and convenient for getting to work, but it’s a bit cramped, especially when we have guests. I live with my wife and daughter. Our house is near the city center, in a quiet neighbourhood. There isn’t much tod do, but there are some small shops and a park where we go if the weather’s nice.
I live by myself in a studio apartment. It just has one main room, with a tiny kitchen. It’s very warm in winter, but it can get a bit stuffy in summer. I live in the city center, very close to everything. it’s very lively, with lots of bars and restaurants. It’s a good place for young people to live, but not many families choose to live herer.