英國的住宅有很多種，最常見的有獨棟房、連排房、公寓等。英國人理想中的家是什么樣的？維多利亞式房屋和喬治王時代房屋分別有哪些特征？聽 “隨身英語” 節(jié)目介紹英國最常見的住宅種類。

詞匯: houses 住宅，房屋

There are many different types of houses in the UK. You may see?

detached

,?

semi-detached

,?

terraced

?houses or even?

end-of-terrace

?houses on a typical street. You might see?

mansions

?in more affluent parts of town, or people?

residing

?in?

bungalows

, preferring to live a life without stairs.?

Quaint

?

cottages

?may dot the countryside, while heading to the cities you could see any number of types of?

flats

, including houses turned into?

converted flats

,?

studios?

and?

duplexes

. But one thing you will notice is that many houses come from different eras, and asking a British person about their?

ideal

?home, many of them will have a specific?

period property

?in mind. 英國有許多不同類型的房子。在一條典型的街道上，你可能會看到獨立的、半獨立的、排屋，甚至是排屋的盡頭。你可能會在城里比較富裕的地方看到豪宅，或者住在平房里的人，他們更喜歡沒有樓梯的生活。古色古香的小屋點綴在鄉(xiāng)村，而前往城市，你可以看到各種類型的公寓，包括由房子改造而成的公寓、工作室和復式公寓。但是有一件事你會注意到，許多房子來自不同的時代，問一個英國人他們理想的家是什么，他們中的許多人都會想到一個特定時期的房子。 For some, it could be?

Victorian

?houses, which are often seen with?

bay windows

, high?

ceilings

,?

stained glass

?doors and coloured?

brickwork

. During the Victorian era, a huge number of houses, particularly terraced, were built in towns and cities to accommodate vast numbers of workers who were moving from more rural areas. 對一些人來說，它可能是維多利亞式的房子，通常有凸窗、高高的天花板、彩色玻璃門和彩色磚墻。在維多利亞時代，城鎮(zhèn)和城市建造了大量的房屋，尤其是梯田房屋，以容納大量從農(nóng)村地區(qū)遷移過來的工人。

Georgian

?architecture refers to houses built during the period of 1714 and 1830 during the reigns of four British monarchs, all called George. Usually houses with this architectural style have a more symmetrical theme, both internally and externally, with a small square garden in front. For those not into older properties,?

new builds

?from the 1990s onwards offer better?

insulation

?against the cold and newer electrics. And those who prefer less maintenance could always go with the?

open-plan

?or minimalist look of the modern era. 喬治式建筑指的是建于1714年至1830年間的房屋，當時英國有四位君主，他們都叫喬治。通常這種建筑風格的房子有一個更對稱的主題，無論是內(nèi)部還是外部，前面都有一個小的方形花園。對于那些不喜歡老房子的人來說，從20世紀90年代開始新建的房子提供了更好的防寒隔熱和更新的電氣設備。那些喜歡少保養(yǎng)的人總是可以選擇現(xiàn)代時代的開放式或極簡主義外觀。 So whether it’s high ceilings, better insulation, brickwork, bungalows or square gardens, people in Britain have a wide variety of preferences when it comes to where they live. And their ideal home may just simply be a case of what style feels like home. 因此，無論是高天花板、更好的隔熱材料、磚砌、平房還是方形花園，英國人在選擇居住地時都有各種各樣的偏好。他們理想的家可能只是一個風格像家的例子。 詞匯表 detached 獨棟的 semi-detached 半獨棟的 terraced 連排的 end-of-terrace 連排房最邊上一幢的 mansion 大豪宅 reside 居住 bungalow 平房（區(qū)別于兩層及以上的房子） quaint 雅致的 cottage （鄉(xiāng)村）小屋 flat 公寓 converted flat 改造而成的公寓 studio （兼具客廳、起居室、衛(wèi)生間等的）單間公寓 duplex 躍層房屋 ideal 理想的 period property 某個歷史時期的房屋 Victorian 英國維多利亞時代的 bay window 飄窗 ceiling 天花板 stained glass 彩繪玻璃 brickwork 磚墻 Georgian 英國喬治王時代的 new build 新建的房產(chǎn) insulation 隔熱材料 open-plan 開放式的，敞開式的

測驗與練習

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. What types of flats might you see in cities? 2. What are the typical features seen in Victorian houses? 3. In which years were Georgian houses built? 4. What are the typical features seen in Georgian houses? 5. Why might some people prefer new build homes?

2.?選擇意思恰當?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. My dog loves to sit in the _______ window and watch the people walking past. bay????????????may???????????hay??????????????ray 2. It looks like a mansion on the outside, but it’s been turned into _______ flats. covered????????cover??????????converse??????????converted 3. You live in such a _______ little cottage. I love it! brickwork???????quaint?????????ceiling????????????reside 4. I live in the middle house in a row of 11 _______ houses. terraced????????studio?????????converted flats??????ceiling 5. I’d rather live in a modern home than a _______ property. reside??????????bay window?????stained glass???????????period

答案

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. What types of flats might you see in cities?

You could see many types of flats including houses turned into converted flats, studios and duplexes.

2. What are the typical features seen in Victorian houses?

Victorian houses often have bay windows, high ceilings, stained glass doors and coloured brickwork.

3. In which years were Georgian houses built?

They were built during the period of 1714 and 1830.

4. What are the typical features seen in Georgian houses?

They have a symmetrical theme, both internally and externally, with a small square garden in front.

5. Why might some people prefer new build homes?

They offer better insulation against the cold and newer electrics.

2.?選擇意思恰當?shù)膯卧~或詞組來完成下列句子。

1. My dog loves to sit in the?

bay

?window and watch the people walking past. 2. It looks like a mansion on the outside, but it’s been turned into?

converted?

flats. 3. You live in such a?

quaint

?little cottage. I love it! 4. I live in the middle house in a row of 11?

terraced

?houses. 5. I’d rather live in a modern home than a?

period

?property. 文章來源BBC侵權刪。