English Listening B1 Episode 28 - Track 15
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
TRACK 15 | THE ENVIRONMENT.
One-of-a-Kind Homes
Shoichi wanted to live in an environmentally friendly home, and he always liked the greenhouses in his neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. So he decided to create (14)
. Sunlight warms his new home, and a plastic cover around the house helps to keep the heat inside. There aren't any walls or rooms. The "rooms" are actually large boxes on wheels. He can move them anywhere he likes, (15)
. He loves his home, but sometimes he would like to be able to move (16)
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Ruth is an artist who lives in the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. Over the years, she found and collected a lot of old objects for her art. When she decided she wanted to live in a more unusual home, she had a creative idea. She would use many of the old materials that she collected (17)
. For example, she used old car parts in the front door and (18)
. She also used the door of an old car as part of a wall, so she can still (19)
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Wayne and Cate are a couple from the U.S. state of Montana. They wanted a new home (20)
. Their solution was simple - they built their own home. They recycled and used 250 old tires as the base of the house and (21)
. They even used 13,000 empty soda cans in the house. Their home also has large windows and lots of plants and flowers. Solar energy keeps the house warm, (22)
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