{"id":12716,"date":"2020-05-27T21:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=12716"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:04","slug":"extreme-homes-of-maximalists-and-minimalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/05\/extreme-homes-of-maximalists-and-minimalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Homes of Maximalists and Minimalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some people choose their lifestyle in extremes: minimalism and maximalism. Minimalism comes from the idea that less is more. It is removing the excess and using only the things you really need. By doing so, important elements stand out more. On the other hand, maximalism is the opposite. It is to collect things like souvenirs and fill every space with interest and variety. It is then the counterpart of minimalism in which &#8220;more is more&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below and be able to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The extreme homes of maximalists and minimalists - BBC REEL\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LdMltDavSMc?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a minimalist lifestyle?<\/li><li>What are the pros and cons of a maximalist lifestyle?<\/li><li>If you were to choose between the two, which would you prefer?<\/li><li>Describe your home design and lifestyle practices.<\/li><li>In your country, are people more maximalist or minimalist? <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people choose their lifestyle in extremes: minimalism and maximalism. Minimalism comes from the idea that less is more. It is removing the excess and using only the things you really need. By doing so, important elements stand out more. On the other hand, maximalism is the opposite. It is to collect things like souvenirs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,290,496,14],"class_list":["post-12716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-listening","tag-people-and-human-interest","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extreme Homes of Maximalists and Minimalists | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/05\/extreme-homes-of-maximalists-and-minimalists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Extreme Homes of Maximalists and Minimalists | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some people choose their lifestyle in extremes: minimalism and maximalism. 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