Учебное пособие для студентов очной формы обучения направлений подготовки

Duplex 
– two units with one shared wall. (In UK, a duplex is 
an apartment of more than one storey). 
Single-family detached home; 
 
 

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Portable dwellings: 
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Mobile homes
 – potentially a full-time residence which can be 
movable on wheels. 
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Houseboats 
– a floating home. 
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Tents 
– usually very temporary, with roof and walls consisting 
only of fabric-like material. 
 (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate) 
 
4. Answer the following questions. 
1.
What property can be called real estate? 
2.
Explain what the housing tenure is? 
3.
How can residences be classified? 
4.
How might connected residents be owned? 
5.
What are the major categories of dwellings in North America and Europe? 
6.
Characterize portable dwellings? 
7.
What is a duplex and a studio? 
 
5. Say if the sentences concerning Text 4A are true or false. 
1.
Real estate is property consisting only of the building. 
2.
Real estate has movable character. 
3.
The occupants of a residence constitute a team. 
4.
Connected residents might be owned only by a single entity. 
5.
The size of an apartment or house is described in hectares. 
6.
The garage and other non-living spaces are not included in the area of ―living space‖. 

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6. Study, translate into Russian the following economic terms and match them with their