Từ vựng – Topic 10: Accomodation

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Part 1

Giám khảo: Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Callum: Actually I live on campus … in a single room in halls of residence … all first year students are encouraged to do that as they’re close to the university … next year I plan to move into student digs in town …

Giám khảo: Tell me about where you live.
Julia: I live with my parents in the suburbs of Madrid … we only moved in recently … in fact we had a house-warming party just a few weeks ago …

Giám khảo: What kind of accommodation do most people live in in your city?
Maria: In the city itself the majority of people live in apartment blocks … that’s what surprised me about England … most people seem to live in terraced houses with lovely back gardens …

Part 2

Describe a house or an apartment you would like to live in.

You should say

• what kind of accommodation it would be
• where it would be
• who would live there with you
• why you would enjoy living in this place.

Sample:

I think most people when answering this question would say they’d like to live in a big detached house with spacious rooms … views of the countryside and so on … but actually my ideal home would be a lot different … I’ve always loved the idea of having a mobile home … a really expensive one with all the mod cons … so I could live wherever I wanted or at least have lots of holidays and be able to take all my home comforts with me whenever I travelled … I realise this would have to be a second home as I’d need a base … a permanent address … but the mobile home would be the accommodation I’d find it exciting to live in … I suppose once I settle down and have children I’ll want to get on the property ladder … I’ll be like everyone else … saving up to put down a deposit on a house or an apartment … I don’t think my family would want to live in a mobile home … but I like to think I’ll still keep that dream home in mind …

Part 3

Giám khảo: Is it better to own your own home or to rent?
Ana: I think both have their advantages … living in rented accommodation isn’t necessarily a bad thing … you don’t have a huge debt like you do when you take out a mortgage but I suppose the property market offers you an investment for the future … I’m sure that’s why most people prefer to own their own home …

Giám khảo: What options are available to young couples looking for accommodation in your country?
Toni: If they want to buy their own home it isn’t easy for first-time buyers … mortgages are hard to get so most people live with their parents or in rented accommodation … but that can also be very expensive … you often have to pay rent in advance … and if the accommodation isn’t fully furnished you have the expense of buying furniture …

Giám khảo: What are some of the pleasures involved in making a home for ourselves?
Suki: I suppose it starts with house-hunting … finding your ideal home … some people enjoy doing up an old property … giving a property that’s old and tired a new lease of life … others like making wherever they live feel like home with some home comforts …

Glossary

• (all the) mod cons: tiện nghi, thiết bị (tủ lạnh, máy giặt)
• apartment block: khu căn hộ
• back garden: vườn sau
• detached house: nhà độc lập
• to do up a property: sửa sang một tòa nhà cũ
• dream home: ngôi nhà mơ ước
• first-time buyer: người mua nhà lần đầu
• fully-furnished: đầy đủ nội thất
• to get on the property ladder: mua nhà với mục đích mua một căn lớn hơn, đắt tiền hơn sau này
• hall of residence: ký túc xá
• home comforts: tiện nghi, tiện ích trong nhà
• house-hunting: tìm nhà ở
• house-warming party: tiệc tân gia
• ideal home: ngôi nhà lý tưởng
• to live on campus: sống trong khuôn viên trường đại học
• mobile home: nhà di động (nhà trên xe)
• to move into: dọn vào ở
• to own your own home: sở hữu nhà
• to pay rent in advance: trả tiền thuê nhà đầu tháng/tuần
• permanent address: địa chỉ cố định
• property market: thị trường bất động sản
• to put down a deposit: Đặt cọc
• rented accommodation: chỗ ở thuê, nhà trọ
• single room: phòng đơn
• spacious room: phòng rộng
• student digs: chỗ ở cho sinh viên
• the suburbs: ngoại ô
• to take out a mortgage: mua nhà trả góp
• terraced house: nhà liền kề

(Nguồn: ieltsspeaking.co.uk)