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I lived in Chaud-Fontaine,
Belgium, before I came to the U.S. When
I was young, I didn’t know it, but we were poor. Our apartment was three floors
up, so we got lots of exercise walking up and down the stairs. My parents had one of the bedrooms, so we all
had to share the other. I used to get up really early, so I could use the
bathroom before the neighbors did.
The building was located in a suburb of
Liège, Belgium. Across the street from
us, there was a doctor’s office, and next-door there was a vegetable market.
In back of the building, there was a small
courtyard
(庭 院, patio, внутренний двор). The landlord ( 男房东, casero, dueño, домовладелец, хозяин) let me plant some
flowers back there. In the summer, I
loved to sit on the bench and read. It was nice to escape (逃避…, 回避…, escaparse, evadir, уклоняться) from all the noise. I also liked living there because my best
friend lived on the fifth floor.
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a.Jessica’s place is located in the city, and _______________________.
b.Her building is modern, and ______________________.
c.Her place has three floors, and ________________.
d.Her building has laundry facilities* in it, and _______________. * equipment, 器械, 设备, equipos, instalaciones
e.It isn’t easy to park on her street, and _________________________________
Tell me how
you and Jessica are different.
f. Jessica’s place is small, but _________________.
g. She lives in an apartment, but __________________ .
h. The exterior of her building is made of stucco*, but the exterior of ____________________. *装饰用的灰泥, la pared de estuco
i. She rents, ___________________ .
j. Her place is located near BART, _________________ .
k. Her children can walk to school, ___________________________ (because I don’t have any, and because there isn’t a school nearby).
f. Jessica’s place is small, but _________________.
g. She lives in an apartment, but __________________ .
h. The exterior of her building is made of stucco*, but the exterior of ____________________. *装饰用的灰泥, la pared de estuco
i. She rents, ___________________ .
j. Her place is located near BART, _________________ .
k. Her children can walk to school, ___________________________ (because I don’t have any, and because there isn’t a school nearby).
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Talk about
your place in Vietnam. Change the sentences to past tense.
1. Here, I
live in the suburbs. >> In
Vietnam, I lived in the suburbs.
2. Here, I live in a highrise. *高楼, torre de apartamentos
3. Here, I have a washer and dryer in my place.
4. Here, I can walk to school in ten minutes.
5. Here, my family owns a house.
6. Here, my family rents an apartment.
7. Here, I would like to move to a bigger place.
8. Here, my place is close to public transportation.
9. Here, there is a bus stop across the street from my place.
10. Here, it takes me ten minutes to get to school.
2. Here, I live in a highrise. *高楼, torre de apartamentos
3. Here, I have a washer and dryer in my place.
4. Here, I can walk to school in ten minutes.
5. Here, my family owns a house.
6. Here, my family rents an apartment.
7. Here, I would like to move to a bigger place.
8. Here, my place is close to public transportation.
9. Here, there is a bus stop across the street from my place.
10. Here, it takes me ten minutes to get to school.
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