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Living in a tiny space BBC Learning English

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Jennifer: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com. My name is Jennifer and with me in the studio is Neil. Welcome, Neil!
Neil: Hi there Jen. In this programme, we take a look at a topic in the news and learn some new vocabulary and phrases from it.

Jennifer: In this programme, we’re talking about the growing number of people living in …………… ………………… …………………….. . How big is your house, Neil? I bet you live in a castle!
Neil: I wish! No, I live in a small, ……………-………………….. flat, which is not big enough because there are four of us in it! How about you, Jen?
Jen: Well, my house is very small indeed, but I do feel grateful to have it, particularly as Britain is experiencing a housing crisis at the moment.
Neil: There’s a shortage of houses in Britain and this has meant (обозначило) that the price of houses has become (стала) very expensive.
Jennifer: The prices have become (стала) so expensive that people …………. ………………… to buy their own home. A popular way to describe buying your first home in English is ‘to get a foot on the property ladder’.
Neil: Even if you can afford to buy your own home, you might find that your money doesn’t buy very much. Research out this week has revealed (показал) that the UK has some of the smallest properties in Europe.
Jennifer: I’m glad you mentioned that, Neil, as it reminds me: I haven’t asked you the quiz question yet!

One European country has new homes which are, on average, almost 80% bigger than the homes in Britain. Is it:
a) Ireland b) The Netherlands c) Denmark
Neil: I don’t really know and I’m going to guess that it’s b) the Netherlands.
Jennifer: Well, we will find out if you are right at the end of the programme. So, we know that there is a ………………………… …………………………….. in Britain, and we also know that many of the new houses which are on the market, or for sale, are very small. A typical one-bedroom home in Britain is just 46m².
Neil: That is tiny! You could say ‘you wouldn’t have room to swing a cat’: now don’t take that phrase literally; it simply ……………… that a room is very small.
Jennifer: The people building the houses are trying to meet the demand for properties, so they are building houses with ……… or ……………… bedrooms, but those rooms are much smaller than anywhere else in Europe.
Neil: And that’s an interesting difference between Britain and the rest Europe. Here in the UK, houses are sold (продаются) according to the number of bedrooms they have. Elsewhere, people pay more attention to the measurement of the floor space.
Jennifer: You’re right, Neil. The number of bedrooms you have in your house is very important to many people in Britain. Now, ……………………………. ….. research from the Royal Institute of British Architects, lack of space is the most common cause of dissatisfaction that people have in relation to their homes and it can be really frustrating.
Neil: Yes, especially if you have a lot of belongings and kids to squeeze into a small space! So what can you do to make a small space more habitable, or easy to live in?
Jennifer: Well, the design of your house can make a …………………………… . If you have a minimalist approach it can make your house feel bigger. Listen to this clip from BBC correspondent Jennifer Pak. She describes a man in Hong
Kong who has transformed (переделал) his small living space to make it ………………………… .

BBC correspondent, Jennifer Pak: Architect Gary Chang lives alone. He has created a walk-in closet, with the help of sliding walls. This apartment is only 30m², but, using tracks on the ceiling and wheels, Mr Chang can transform it into a linen closet, a bathroom, and even a full-size kitchen behind the television set. But the renovation cost as much as the flat itself, so for other homes in the ………………………………… ,

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