Task 4 - Match the texts (A-C) with the sentences (1-4) below. Make a note of the evidence you found to support your answers - SHS Friends Global 11 page 54

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

1. The designer of this house wants to raise public awareness of protecting nature.

2. The builder of these homes uses only recycled parts.

3. Each room in this house has a different animal theme.

4. These homes can be put together to make a block of flats.

A. Living sculptures

Gregory Kloehn is a sculptor with a difference. Not only are his sculptures created from bits of rubbish, but each of his unique creations offers a homeless person somewhere to live. Gregory works in California, where there are a lot of people living on the streets. Each of his

sculptures is no bigger than the average sofa, but the tiny, one-roomed shelters are as wonderful as mansions for a person who is sleeping rough.

Gregory searches on rubbish dumps to find pieces to use. A washing machine door is as good as a normal window. A fridge door can make a fine front door, and has useful shelves on the inside. And each home is on wheels so that it can be pushed around easily.

B. The Crazy house

With a view to bringing humans closer to nature, architect Dang Viet Nga created this surreal artistic guesthouse in Da Lat, Viet Nam. The Crazy House has gained recognition for its creative and unique architecture. There are almost no straight lines and no right angles at all. The

structure of the house does not follow any rules, but everything looks harmonious. This weird structure is a maze of winding flights of stairs, dangerous-looking bridges, and sculptural rooms, each of which is named after an animal. In one room, guests are watched over by the

glowing red eyes of a kangaroo. In another room, the window looks like the cobweb of a giant spider and the fireplace is in the form of an eagle's egg.

C. Well-contained housing

If you heard that they were putting homeless people into shipping containers, you might be shocked. But that's exactly what is happening in Brighton, England. The Brighton Housing Trust has been inspired by a similar housing estate in the Netherlands. It is developing 36 studio

flats in the town centre, using old shipping containers. The flats will have a window at each end and a toilet and shower room in the middle. On one side there'll be a kitchen and small dining table, and on the other side a living room with a sofa bed. At 24 square metres, they are

smaller than a shared room in a homeless hostel. But they are much more desirable and certainly spacious enough for one person. They are also stackable. The containers will sit on top of one another with stairs connecting them.

2. Phương pháp giải

Nối đoạn văn (A-C) với các câu (1-4) bên dưới. Ghi lại bằng chứng bạn tìm thấy để hỗ trợ câu trả lời của bạn.

3. Lời giải chi tiết

1. B

The designer of this house wants to raise public awareness of protecting nature.

(Người thiết kế ngôi nhà này muốn nâng cao nhận thức cộng đồng về bảo vệ thiên nhiên.)

Thông tin: With a view to bringing humans closer to nature, architect Dang Viet Nga created this surreal artistic guesthouse in Da Lat, Viet Nam.

(Với mong muốn đưa con người đến gần với thiên nhiên, kiến trúc sư Đặng Việt Nga đã tạo ra khu nhà nghỉ đậm chất nghệ thuật siêu thực này tại Đà Lạt, Việt Nam.)

2. A

The builder of these homes uses only recycled parts.

(Người xây dựng những ngôi nhà này chỉ sử dụng các vật dụng tái chế.)

Thông tin: Not only are his sculptures created from bits of rubbish, but each of his unique creations offers a homeless person somewhere to live.

(Không chỉ các tác phẩm điêu khắc của anh ấy được tạo ra từ những mảnh rác, mà mỗi tác phẩm độc đáo của anh ấy đều mang đến cho những người vô gia cư một nơi nào đó để sinh sống.)

3. B

Each room in this house has a different animal theme.

(Mỗi phòng trong ngôi nhà này có một chủ đề động vật khác nhau.)

Thông tin: This weird structure is a maze of winding flights of stairs, dangerous-looking bridges, and sculptural rooms, each of which is named after an animal.

(Cấu trúc kỳ lạ này là một mê cung gồm những bậc thang uốn lượn, những cây cầu trông nguy hiểm và những căn phòng điêu khắc, mỗi phòng được đặt theo tên của một loài động vật.)

4. C

These homes can be put together to make a block of flats.

(Những ngôi nhà này có thể được ghép lại với nhau để tạo thành một khối căn hộ.)

Thông tin: They are also stackable. The containers will sit on top of one another with stairs connecting them.

(Chúng cũng có thể xếp chồng lên nhau. Các container sẽ nằm chồng lên nhau với cầu thang nối chúng.)