16 B2 | 7. Klasse | Unit 03: Coming home Unfortunately, the place turned out to be a disaster. I moved in in November, and the central (5) broke down just as the weather was getting colder. It was freezing in the apartment! The landlady promised to send a (6) to fix it, but somehow, he never showed up although I called her almost daily. Most of the time, there wasn’t any hot water either. The flat was on the (c) bottom floor of an old building (right under the roof!), and when I had been there a few weeks, the (7) stopped working. I soon got tired of climbing all those stairs. It was awful. I really wanted to move out, but I didn’t want to live with other students, and I couldn’t afford a nice flat by myself, so I didn’t know what to do. Fortunately, a friend told me that her aunt Agatha was looking for somebody to share her flat. Agatha is in her seventies and was willing to offer very reasonable rent in exchange for a bit of help around the house. I fell in love with her flat immediately when she showed me around and moved in the next day. Unlike my tiny apartment, Agatha’s flat is quite (d) small. It is situated in a nice (e) noisy (8) with lots of shops, and it has all the (9) anyone could want, including (10) , which is brilliant in hot summer weather. My room has its own (11) bathroom right next to it, which means I don’t have to share with Agatha. I do the shopping for both of us and help with the cleaning, but that’s a small price to pay for living in such a great place. I hope I can stay here for a long time. Expand your vocabulary: Describing graphs Fill in the gaps with words from the box. a quarter compares decline difference dramatically fell illustrates in increase just over a third majority peak proportion remarkable rising stable LANGUAGE 2 (A) This graph (1) the development of the numbers of young people living with their parents. Between 2008 and 2015, there was a dramatic (2) in the number of young adults between the ages of 20 and 34 who were living at home. While one (3) five young adults were living at their family home in 2008 (20%), as many as (4) (25%) were doing so in 2015. This was a (4) change in a short period of time. 1 in 5 young adults were living at home in 2008 1 in 4 young adults were living at home in 2015 Econocmic downturn 2008/09 2004 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 Millions Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics, 2015 2005 2006 2007 Number of young adults aged 20 to 34 with their parents, UK, 2004 to 2015 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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