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3. ascending a. 上升的
Broadly speaking, there are four main types of
4. in order of 按……的 housing in Britain. In ascending3 order of4 cost and
顺序
status, they are flats, terraced5 houses, semi-
第一层
kitchen, living-room and dining room on the ground
14.suburbanization n. 市 floor13, and three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
郊化
Typically, it would have a small garden at the front
and family structures as well as values and dreams. For individual members of any society the home they live in is of great significance in their lives.
A terraced house is a style of housing where
identical8 individual two-story houses are built
joining on to each other at each side in a terrace9 or
row. A typical terraced house, known as “two-up,
12. party wall 界墙
on one side sharing a party wall12 and stands in pairs
1 3 . ground floor (Br.E) with its twin. This is usually a two-story house with the
separating it from the road, and a larger one at the back,
as well as a garage at the side. This style of housing is
built throughout the world; however, it is commonly seen as a symbol of the suburbanization14 of the UK
two-down”, often consists of two rooms downstairs,
two bedrooms upstairs, a small kitchen and a
bathroom in a projection10 at the back.
The average11 British home is probably a semi11. average a. 通常的 detached house, which is joined to another house only
(and Ireland).
The above kinds of houses are the most
15. suburban a. 郊外的 common, while the majority of people would possibly
16. residential a. 住宅的 express a desire to live in a detached house - a house
分离的
older houses. Wooden houses are very rare.
7. desirable a. 合意的 8. identical a. 同样的
A flat refers to an apartment on one floor of a multi-level building. Although to many British they are not usually seen as the most desirable7 kind of
9. terrace n. 一排房子 home, large flats in fashionable areas such as central
10. projection n. 突出部 London can be very expensive and have very high
分
status.
的
suburban15 areas, where land is mainly residential16 and
5. terraced a. 联立的
detached6 houses and detached houses. Brick is found the most common building material, though
6. detached a. 分开的， stone is also used, especially in the north, usually in
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Housing in Britain

Houses vary from country to country. They
often, to a certain extent1, reveal2 different social
1. extent n. 程度 2. reveal vt. 显示
17. constitute vt. 组成
completely separated from its neighbors. It might be a one-story house or two, whereas three-story houses are
18. rear n. 后面; a. 后面 less usual. These houses are more likely to be found in