Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Types of houses in Britain and elsewhere Look at the pictures of houses below. Match each of the house types named above with the appropriate picture. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats. These are the most popular kinds of houses. 4 Now discuss these questions with your partner. 5 A cottage: a small house, usually fairly old, and often in the country B detached house: a house standing on its own which is not connected to any other C semi-detached house: one of a pair of houses joined together D town house or terraced house: a house in a row of houses joined to each other E block of flats: a large building divided into separate parts In what ways do these houses seem to be different • from houses in Austria? Can you think of any reasons why houses should be built differently in the two countries? Supposing you were going to live in an English town for a while, • which of these houses would you choose to live in? Why? Which of these houses would you least like to live in? Why? • 162 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv