Correctiion!!! Housing & Building Vocabulary

Note the following corrections!!!
Look at the answers at the bottom.
The answer to #20 should be I (not h).
The answer to #21 should be H (not i).
   Match the definitions below with the vocabulary words in the list at the bottom of the page. Write the letter.

Definitions and Translations (English, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian)

a.   a person who sells sex for money, 妓 女/男 妓, prostituto/a, проститутка

b.   a piece of land, 地, terreno, участок

c.   a very tall building

d.   a washer and dryer

e.   Muni Metro, Muni buses, BART, CalTrain, and SamTrans

f.   new style, 现 代 的, 新 式 的, moderno, современный

g.   rises at a high angle (角, ángulo, угол), 陡 的, epinado, крутой

h.   the grass around a house or building, 草 坪, césped/pasto, газон

i.   the outside part

j.    to continue to do or be. She ___ lives in San Francisco. She has not moved to another city.

k.   very recently happened, 最 近, recientemente, hace poco, недавно

l.    with very much room or space, 宽 敞 的 , espacioso, просторный  

m.  a building material we make by mixing sand, stone, cement (黏 固 剂, cemento, цемент), and water.  具體, hormigón/concreto, бето́н

n. You often find it on the floor in bathrooms and sometimes on roofs. 地砖, 片状材料, teja, baldosa, losa, azulejo, черепи́ца, пли́тка

o.   a kind of rock, often with beautiful lines and colors in it. 大理石, mármol, мра́мор

p.  the building material that comes from trees, 木材, madera,  дерево

q. another word for "rock".  石 头, piedra, (горная) порода

r.  a kind of stone for building. 石板, pizarra, сла́нец

s.  a hard piece of baked clay (黏 土, barro, глина), usually shaped like a rectangle. We put one on top of another to build things. 砖, ladrillo, кирпи́ч

t.  another kind of stone for building. 花崗岩, granito, грани́т

u. a hard and usually shiny (闪 闪 发 光 的, brillante, блестящий) material, such as gold, silver, steel, or copper. 金属, metal, мета́лл 

v.   a very strong metal* we often use to build highrises. 钢,钢铁, acero, сталь

w.  the smaller towns and cities around big cities. Daly City, Hayward, Alameda, Pacifica. 郊 区 , una zona residencial de las afueras de la ciudad, пригород

x.   the inside

 

__ 1. just + past tense

__ 2. still

__ 3. is steep 

__ 4. is modern  

__ 5. is spacious

__ 6. the brick

__ 7. the concrete

__ 8. the metal

__ 9. the steel

__ 10. the tile

__ 11. the wood

__ 12. the stone

__ 13. the marble

__ 14. the slate

__ 15. the granite

__ 16. a suburb

__ 17. the interior

__ 18. the lot

__ 19. a highrise,

            a skyscraper

__ 20. the exterior

__ 21. the lawn

__ 22. the prostitute

__ 23. the public transportation

__ 24. the laundry facilities

1. k

2. j
3. g
4. f
5. l
6. s
7. m
8. u
9. v
10. n
11. p
12. q
13. o
14. r
15. t 
16. w
17. x
18. b
19. c
20. i
21. h
22. a
23. e
24. d