Chatterbox #303 – Could you live in a micro apartment?

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🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Have you ever considered living in a micro apartment or tiny home? In this episode, Andrew and Anna discuss the rising trend of micro apartments in the real estate and housing industry. They explore why tiny living is becoming more popular and share their opinions on the matter. Chatterbox is a series designed for intermediate and advanced English learners where you can listen to native English speakers having natural conversations on fascinating topics. Learning with our Chatterbox series will help you improve your English listening and speaking skills and expand your vocabulary. Fun facts The tiniest house ever made is only 1 square metre. It was created by architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel. It’s a do-it-yourself house that costs around €250 to build and includes a bed, a desk, a chair, and a small shelf. Expressions included in the study guide To be partial to [something] To sacrifice [something] for [something] To do with A cliché To get a foothold into [something] Biased Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image: Patrick Perkins (Unsplash.com)

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, my name is Andrew.
0:04.0	And my name is Anna.
0:06.0	And you're listening to the Culeps English podcast.
0:10.0	Hello there everyone welcome back to another Q-Lips episode you're listening to
0:19.4	Chatterbox which is our series for intermediate and advanced English learners
0:24.0	that features natural and unedited conversations
0:27.0	between native speakers about interesting topics.
0:31.0	And today I am joined by my co-host Anna.
0:34.0	Hello there, Anna.
0:36.0	Hi Andrew and hello listeners.
0:38.0	Now today Andrew and I are going to talk about a new trend in real estate and housing and that is tiny living
0:46.1	and living in micro apartments or mini flats. Our listeners in East Asia are
0:51.7	probably familiar with this kind of living, but it's rather new for us in the West.
0:56.0	So in this episode, Andrew and I are going to explain why tiny living is on the rise and we'll share our thoughts and opinions about it as well.
1:04.0	Great and Anna I know that you've just moved into a new place which you described as a
1:10.4	micro apartment and honestly this wasn't planned this was just great timing great
1:17.0	luck that these two things came together so you're gonna have a lot to share with us
1:21.8	Anna and I'm looking forward to our conversation.
1:24.8	We'll get to it in just a moment, but before we start, I think we should remind everyone
1:30.4	about the study guide for this episode.
1:33.7	So listeners in the study guide, you can find detailed vocabulary definitions and examples
1:40.8	of some of the important vocabulary that you'll hear Anna and I use today.
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