Task 6 - Read the texts again. Answer the questions - SHS Friends Global 11 page 55

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

1. Where does Gregory Kloehn find the parts to make his houses?

2. What does Gregory sometimes use as a front door?

3. In what way does staying in the Crazy House bring guests closer to nature?

4. Apart from the UK, in which country have containers been made into 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

Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Trả lời các câu hỏi.

3. Lời giải chi tiết

1. Rubbish dumps. (Bãi rác.)

Thông tin: Gregory searches on rubbish dumps to find pieces to use.

(Gregory tìm kiếm trên các bãi rác để tìm những mảnh ghép để sử dụng.)

2. Fridge door. (Cửa tủ lạnh.)

Thông tin: A fridge door can make a fine front door, and has useful shelves on the inside.

(Cửa tủ lạnh có thể là một cửa trước tốt và có các giá đỡ hữu ích ở bên trong.)

3. By the house's design and architecture.

(Bằng thiết kế và kiến trúc của ngôi nhà.)

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. The Crazy House has gained recognition for its creative and unique architecture.

(Với mong muốn đưa con người đến gần với thiên nhiên hơn, kiến trúc sư Đặng Việt Nga đã tạo ra một nhà nghỉ nghệ thuật siêu thực tại Đà Lạt, Việt Nam. Crazy House đã được công nhận về kiến trúc sáng tạo và độc đáo.)

4. Netherlands. (Hà Lan.)

Thông tin: The Brighton Housing Trust has been inspired by a similar housing estate in the Netherlands.

(Brighton Housing Trust đã lấy cảm hứng từ một khu nhà ở tương tự ở Hà Lan.)