A1 English Listening Practice - Homes

hey everybody welcome to this a one English listening practice video you can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak before we start remember to subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on Instagram you ready so today I'm gonna talk about homes this is an

important topic because we talk about our homes a lot let's talk about the different types of homes some people live in the houses some people live in apartments and other people live in other types of homes houses and apartments are the most common types of homes in big cities people often live in

apartments apartments are very common in big cities they're usually smaller and cheaper than houses some apartments are in really tall buildings these buildings can have 20 or 30 floors sometimes I don't want to live on the 30th floor I prefer living on the 1st or 2nd floor if you live outside the city you probably

live in a house not an apartment people that live in the countryside usually live in houses these houses are usually bigger than apartments they also have backyards a backyard is the place behind your house where you can have grass trees gardens or a pool when I was a kid I loved playing in my backyard it was

fun to play outside everyday most apartments don't have backyards they usually have balconies instead ok now let's talk about the price of houses and apartments in the u.s. houses and apartments can be really expensive if you live in a big city in my home state of California houses and apartments cost a lot of money the

average price of a house in California is all six hundred thousand dollars crazy huh it's also really expensive to rent an apartment in California in the US people usually rent apartments but in some other countries people often buy apartments when I was younger I shared an apartment with other roommates it's common to have roommates in the u.s.