Finding a Place to Live

Finding a Place to Live.
Audio name on I-tunes and the I-pod: "ESL Podcast #175 - Places to Live".

Audio name on your CD: "ESL Podcast #175 - Places to Live.mp3".


Vocabulary.
Condo. A condominium may be simply defined as an "apartment" that the resident owns as opposed to rents.

Townhouse. The name townhouse is used to describe units mimicking a detached home that are attached in a multi-unit complex. It is also a house on a small footprint in a city, but because of its multiple floors (sometimes six or more), it has a large living space, often with servant's quarters. The small footprint of the townhouse allows it to be within walking or mass transit distance of business and industrial areas of the city, yet luxurious enough for wealthy residents of the city.

Backyard.
Penthouse.
Duplex.
Bungalow. In Britain and North America a bungalow today is a residential house, normally detached, which is either single story, or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows ("one and a half stories").

Useful Expressions.
Down payment. It is a payment used in the context of the purchase of expensive items such as a car and a house, whereby the payment is the initial upfront portion of the total amount due and it is usually given in cash at the time of finalizing the transaction. A loan is then required to make the full payment.


Of my own.
Real estate agent.
Single-family home.
Multi-story building.
Love at first sight.

Questions about Context.
1. Describe the places to live he would never look for.
2. Describe the place he ended up buying.
3. Describe where you live in a single sentence.