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The title above is taken from an English proverb.
What do you think it means?
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How would you like to live in a castle, a tree ':

house or even underground? This might not be as
2 a. Which of the houses in the pictures: unusual as you think. It seems that these days more -: '
and more per:ple want to live somewhere special and
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has: five storeys and a house on top; a fibreglass
shark; brick walls; a thatched roof; a chimney; a rock
out of the ordinary, and if they can't buy what they "i'
on the roof; wooden stairs up to the front door; stone
want they are quite prepared to build it from '
scralch.
walls; a pitched roof; a tiled roof? - i r:
For John Mew and his wife Josephine their home
is: built underground; a castle; built on stilts? really is their castle. They have built their own :"-
b. Use the adjectivesto describe each house. Give reasons. 10 English castle in the Sussex countryside. The
r economical r impractical . cold . spacious . cramped building is brand new with all the luxuries you would
expect from a house that cost more than f350,000 to :
. airy . comfortable r attractive . eccentric \!
build. However, when you first see it from the
House A is economical to maintain because it doesn't cost very outside it would be easy to think that you are looking
much to heat and coal. atanancientmonun1ent.Thebui1dinghasa1otof
the features of a traditional castle, including a keep'
c.' Listen and match the houses to the countries. a moat and a drawbridge. "My choice of house is ":fltr
five-storey building Suffolk, England somewhat eccentric and building it was very hard :-

terraced house Zimbabwe work, but we've got the perfect place to live," Mew r:
20 says. Although some would say that the building is
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hut on stilts Portugal
rock house Headington, England impractical arrd may be cold in harsh British r*'inters,
he certainly has got a unique and spacious home. ' -

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d. Describe the houses A-D. Think about: the home that Jonathan Ridley-Jones and Shanon "':j:
. type of house 'location 'special features 25 Ridd built at all! That's because the house is a
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. general description converted underground u'ater tank. The only thing -:-:
The house in pictu{e A is a hut on stilts.lt is located in Zimbabwe. that can be seen from the surface is a door leading -' '-
tt has got a thatched roof and wooden stairs up to the front door. intothehi1lside...Wc.r.eneverwantedtoliveinan
It's cromped but it's probably quite airy. ordinary house," Shanon says. "Living below ground - i-
30 means that our home is quiet and very cosy - ofnone i
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e. Which house would you/wouldn't you like to live in?
the usual draughts. It doesn't local
damage the ''--:
Give reasons.
surroundings and has verv low fuel bills. Some of -:3:'
l'd like to live in the hut on stilts because tt looks very attroctive to me. our friends find it dark and feel shut in when they
t wouldn't like to live in the rock house because i( must get very cald. first visit. but thev soon get used to it!" '-nl=
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