《听见英国》第7练：你住在哪儿？ (MP3和文本下载)

Unit 2 Accommodation and Housing住宿及找房子
Listening 3 Where Do You Live? 你住在哪儿？

英语听力原文：
Speak 1 :( Housewife in her thirties) I live in a two-bed roomed flat near Camden Station in North London. It’s on the second floor and is quite old. Built about 120 years ago, I think. Moved there five years ago and live there with my husband, John and our two sons, Jim who's three and Toby who's one-and-a-half. There’s a small back garden which is nice but which we don't often use. It’s got a large kitchen but a small bathroom and the second bedroom. In the sitting room, there’s a lovely big fireplace where we relax in the autumn and winter. The only thing we don't like about the flat is the noise from all the traffic.

Speaker 2 :( 55-year-old man) We live in the middle of Devon, a beautiful part of the English countryside in the South-West, in the West Country. We live in a lovely thatched cottage....you know....with a straw roof. We moved there 16 years ago, but it was built about 350 years ago. It’s got two large bedrooms and one similar bedroom, a sitting room and a dining room next to the kitchen. And under the stairs is my favorite room, my study. There is a front and a back garden which are both small but very beautiful with lots of flowers; roses mostly. Although our daughter now lives in London where she goes to university, I live there with Helen, my wife, and our son who is still at college.

Speaker 3 :( Elderly woman) I live in a bungalow in a small town near Bath. It’s eight years old and has got a small back garden where I often spend my time gardening or reading. There’s only one bedroom, a small lounge and a dining room. The kitchen is also quite small, but easy for me to keep clean. I live with my five cats and three dogs.

英语听力翻译：
1 号说话者：（三十多岁的家庭主妇）我住在靠近伦敦北边的康顿车站、有两间卧房的公寓里。公寓位在3 楼，相当老旧了，建于120 年前吧，我想。5 年前搬到这里，同住的有我的丈夫约翰，还有2个儿子，三岁的吉姆和1岁半的托比。有个不错的小后院，但是我们不常用。厨房很大，但是浴室和次卧室很小。客厅里有个很棒的大壁炉，是秋天和冬天休息的好地方。这栋公寓唯一美中不足的地方，是街上的交通太吵了。

2 号说话者：（55 岁的男性）我们住在德文郡的中部，是位于英国西南部各郡里的一处美丽乡村。我们住在一间可爱的茅草小屋里......你知道的....屋顶是茅草做的。我们16 年前搬来这儿，但是这栋小屋有350年的历史了。有2间大的卧房、1间小卧房、客厅、饭厅和相邻的厨房。下了楼梯，是我最喜欢的地方，书房。有前后院，都小小的，但是很漂亮，有很多花，主要是玫瑰。虽然我们的女儿现在到伦敦去上大学，但是我和我太太海伦，以及还在念大专的儿子住在一起。

3 号说话者：（年长的女性）我住的平房位于靠近巴斯的一个小镇，是8 年的房子，有个小后院，我常在后院从事园艺工作或看书。只有1 间卧房、1 间小客厅和饭厅。厨房也蛮小的，但是这样我很容易清理。我和5 只猫、3 只狗住在一起。
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英语听力测试任务1：
Vocabulary词汇练习
下面有一些英国住宅的名称和图片，请将图片名称配对，在每个名称前面填入正确的图片号码。
________ terraced house
________ semi-detached house
________ detached house
________ castle
________ mansion
________ flat
________ bungalow
________ thatched cottage

答案：
2.terraced house
7. semi-detached house
4. detached house
5 castle
l.mansion
6.flat 
3.bungalow
8.thatched cottage

英语听力测试任务2：
请听三个人的独白，并根据他们所说的内容， 判断下面的句子是否正确，如果正确，请在T做记号，如果不正确，请在F做记号。
1. The speakers all live with other people.                           （T）（F）
2. The speakers all live in different kinds of accommodation.            （T）（F）

答案：1.F  2.T

英语听力测试任务3：
请根据三个人的独白内容，从1~5的选项中，选出最符合说话者的描述。
Speaker 1 _________
Speaker 2 _________
Speaker 3 _________
1. A housewife living in the countryside
2. An elderly woman living alone
3. A housewife living in the city
4. A middle-aged married man
5. A single man in his twenties

答案：Speaker 1:3   Speaker 2:4  Speaker3:2

英语听力测试任务4：
请根据三个人的独白内容，完成下面的表格。

答案：

英语听力测试任务5：
请再听一次Speaker 1 的独白，在空格处填入正确的字。
Speaker 1 lives in a _______- bedroomed _______ in London .She moved there _________ years ago and now lives with her husband who’s called __________and their two sons, Jim who’s _______and Toby who’s one-and-a-half. There’s a ______back garden, a large kitchen but a small bathroom and second bedroom. In the __________, in the autumn and ________,her family like to relax in front of their fireplace. The only thing they don’t like is the____________ from all the _______.

答案：Flat, five, John, three, small, sitting room, winter, noise, traffic

英语文化常识普及：
在英国，房租通常是每个礼拜支付一次，这种付款方式要比每个月支付一次要来得常见。房屋租赁有许多种不同方式， 包括furnished（含桌子、床、电视、洗衣机等家具和电器用品）、unfurnished （不包括家具）；厨房、浴室是否共用、房租包含水电互斯费（inclusive）或不含（exclusive），依照不同的要求租金也跟着不同。此外，在签约的时候，必须预付四周的房租做为deposit（押金），通常在退租的时候可以全部领回。另外，要求‘预先看房’的时候，可以用viewing 这个字。