建筑专业英语_02 Building_Design重点.ppt

* * * * * * Unit 2 Building Design Dialogue Passage A Exercises Objectives 进入 进入 进入 进入 Objectives 1. Describe the house in which you used to live and the house you are living now. 2. Catch the main idea of the building design. 3. Learn to write notices 主菜单 Dialogue Dwellers have different demands in different times. Designers must take it into account. Yes, that’s true. In the seventies last century, a majority of families preferred single-family homes. The buildings in which they lived were only 3-5 storeys high. But since the nineties, many multi-storey multiple apartment buildings have been rising all over China. single-family homes (in the twenties） low-story homes （in the seventies） multi-storey apartments （in the nineties） It is because the city land is too expensive to be used for small housing units. The same plot of ground that would hold only a few single-family units houses many families, which is more considerate indeed. What’s the reason for it? 在过去只能容纳几套独门独户单元的土地上现在能为更多的住户提供住宅。 Dialogue Many dwellers think it inconvenient to live in houses of more storeys, where life would be dull. How do you handle it? Quite a few apartment houses offer city dwellers large balconies, where they can grow flowers and plants. What is more, there are several elevators working together. Apartment houses also provide garage space, public parks and playing courts. Dialogue Now many families prefer to live as far out as possible from the center of a metropolitan area. Is it because of the air pollution? Yes, and another aspect is that they want to get away from noise, crowding and confusion. As time goes on, more and more citizens drive their own cars to work. The accessibility of public transportation has ceased to be a decisive factor in housing. Dialogue the center of a metropolitan area. rural areas Key Words and Phrases take sth. into account 把某事考虑在内 what is more 而且，更重要的是，更