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Life Page 84 Unit 7 Track 56

1 As an architect, I’m interested in everything about_______. But we can learn so much from
__________ ______________and designs. Traditional houses usually survive ______
______ _______ better than modern ones, so the question is: What can we copy from those
houses when we build new houses? Like the _____homes, for example: They heat up ____
_______than _______houses, which is great in hot __________.

2 Well, a ___________ is a lot ______ permanent and ____ _______than a house. The igloos
that people build in the ____ _______are a perfect example of a shelter. A shelter just
___________ you from the ________, but a home has _______ spaces with different uses.

3 I’d say a ger is both a ________ and a home. It’s ______ around a fire in the center with a
chimney, and it has ______ _______for men and women. A ger isn’t as ______as a _____ or
wooden house, but you can _______ it _____and put it up much faster, which is what
nomadic people in Mongolia _______.

4 Well, it all ______ on the local weather. I mean, if you live in an area that has regular
______, it’s a good idea to live in a house on ______. That way, you can live much more
______ above the water, and you don’t have to _____ every time it rains a lot! The
_______the stilts, the _______you are!

5 I think that _____ homes are fairly _______ wherever they are in the world, which doesn’t
always mean that they are the best ______for every situation. In our _______cities, modern
houses are getting ______ and ______ so that they can be built more _______. Unfortunately,
sometimes modern houses are also built badly. They don’t work as efficiently as ________
houses—they need central _______ in winter and _____ ________in summer.