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BÀI MẪU CHỦ ĐỀ HOUSING AND ARCHITECTURE (PART 3)Bài mẫu chủ đề Housing and Architecture (Part 3)

Thời gian đọc: ~20 min

1. Do you think it is good to preserve old buildings?

It depends on whether the building is worth preserving. Historical monuments, for example, need to be saved because of their . On the other hand, if a building is old, ugly, and has no then I don’t see why we should preserve it.

  • Historical monuments: những công trình lịch sử
  • Breakdown: sự hỏng hóc
  • Preserve: gìn giữ, bảo vệ

2. Are buildings now better than those in the past? Why?

Yes and no. The facilities are better, rooms are often fully equipped with whatever you may need. And there are lifts and so you don’t have to travel much to get what you want. But these buildings are also bad for the environment; their construction and operation a lot of waste and heat, which pollute the environment and contribute to global warming.

  • Be fully equipped with: được trang bị đầy đủ
  • Lift: thang máy

3. How easy is it to find a place to live in your country?

I would say it all depends on where you live, what kind of budget you have, and what compromises you are willing to make. In the , it’s fairly easy to find a relatively cheap house, if you don’t mind commuting to work for some time or driving around with your car everywhere. The closer you get to a city, the more expensive it starts to get. In the city, it’s a story. There it can be quite challenging to find a place, especially if you have a small family. I don’t know why, but if you want to rent a place, they don’t seem to like families with small kids or people with pets.

  • Budget: ngân sách
  • Compromise: thoả hiệp
  • Commute: đi lại
  • Challenging: khó khăn

4. Do young people prefer to live in apartments or in a detached (private) house? Why?

The way I see it, most of them don’t get to choose where they live. I mean this is not a . Due to budget constraints, they have to stick to the most feasible option they can afford. For most young adults in Vietnam, it is sharing a rental apartment. But of course, they would all love to have their own house as they could more freedom and privacy. They just have no choice, really.

  • Budget constraints: ngân sách có hạn
  • Feasible: khả thi
  • Privacy: sự riêng tư

5. In what ways is living in a flat/apartment better than living in a house?

I have recently made the switch to living in an apartment after being in houses all my life and it has been quite an adjustment. Apartments are smaller than houses and that can be a strong point depending on your style of living and if you figure out how to maximize the space you have. The size will also make it much to keep clean, and most places will even add in cleaning services if you’re lucky. Security is definitely better in an apartment as well, usually you’ll have a single entrance with some sort of security and the number of people living in the building can also help as a for thieves. And finally, apartments tend to be positioned in areas with more urban development around, which means you’ll have everything you need close by.

  • Maximize: tối đa hoá
  • Deterrent: ngăn chặn

6. Why don’t some people care about how their home looks?

I think everyone has their own and something like how a place looks can be extremely subjective. I could find a sofa extremely comfortable and lovely while you could take a look at it and feel it’s the ugliest thing you have ever seen, but I won’t care because the look wasn’t my primary concern when getting it. It could also be simply due to the lives people live nowadays, sometimes there’s just not enough time to make organizing your home a priority. A home becomes just a place you sleep in, so how it looks doesn’t really matter as long as it gets the job done.

  • Subjective: chủ quan
  • Hectic: sôi động
  • Idle: rảnh rỗi
  • Priority: ưu tiên
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