ACTIVITY 138:
You are going to hear Robert talking about the
conversions he made to his new flat in Buenos Aires. The drawing
shows you the first part of his flat conversion. While you listen
to his story, fill in the missing words. Then check the correct answers.
About a year ago I moved to a new flat. It was much bigger than my old one
but somehow I didn't like everything in it and so I set about some
major structural . Here's a sketch which should help make clear to
you how I converted it to its present state.
Originally, when you came in at the front door here, there was a door to the
right which led to a very large room, about metres long and four metres
wide. Straight ahead of you was -and still is, I haven't done anything with
this part of the flat- a with two doors on the left, the first one to
the airing cupboard, and the second to the and the toilet together.
That's here. Then, beyond that is the door to the kitchen. At the back of the
kitchen there's a door which gives on to the balcony here, the
whole of the back of the house.
It looks out on a beautiful garden, full of
tall trees, and whenever I can I have my meals out there.
Converting my flat - Part
II
ACTIVITY 139:
Now, you are going to hear the second part of
Robert's story about the conversions he made to his flat. The drawing
shows you the second part of his flat conversion. While you listen to
his story, fill in the missing words. Then check the correct answers.
Now, the main problem I had with the flat was the
room. It was just too
big, and I also didn't want to live and sleep in the same space. So I decided to
divide it into two separate areas, so that I could have a bedroom.
What
I did was build two diagonal walls across the room here, the first one starting
from where the front door is and going across the room, , to the far
wall; and the second to the first, but one and a half metres further
back. Are you still with me? Yes?
Well, next I made a door at the beginning of each
wall, one leading
into the bedroom and one into the sitting room. Then I built a wall to
the space between the two diagonal walls.
Finally, I the original door
between the hall and the main room. This helped to make the hall more
,
as your first impression before was of a dark and very narrow . After
this I took a well-earned rest and went on holiday for a week !!
Converting my flat - Part
III
ACTIVITY 140:
Finally, you are going to hear how Roberto feels
about the conversion he made to his new flat in Buenos Aires. The
drawing shows you the third part of his conversion. While you listen
to his story, fill in the missing words. Then check the correct answers.
When I came back, I built cupboards in the
between the two diagonal
walls, cupboards for each room.
And in this way, as you can see, I now had two
separate rooms, a bedroom at the front and a sitting room at the back, and each
with a more interesting space thanks to the diagonal walls.
Also, I've
got lots of cupboard space !!
I'm really pleased with it. It's not only made my flat more
-the
separate bedroom and the cupboard space- but also more interesting.
I have spaces which give me a sense of adventure, and the visitor never knows
what is behind each door.
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