{"id":2129,"date":"2015-07-13T19:29:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:17:47","slug":"video-americas-shrinking-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/07\/video-americas-shrinking-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: America&#8217;s Shrinking Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>C1 &#8211; Advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>America is the place where everything is big \u2013 from food portions to super skyscrapers and warehouse stores. \u201cSmall\u201d is the last word one associates with the US. Surprisingly, however, it was in this very land of everything mega that the tiny house movement was born.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video and learn more about the minimalist lifestyle that has made some people move from big houses to whimsical dollhouse-type homes.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YI7YcBshxEY&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America&#8217;s shrinking homes<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. According to the video, why are there more and more people joining the tiny house movement?<br \/>\n2. In your country, what did people do to adjust when the economic crisis hit? Did people start selling their homes?<br \/>\n3. Is it usual\u00a0for people to live in big houses in your country?<br \/>\n4. Describe your ideal house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C1 &#8211; Advanced America is the place where everything is big \u2013 from food portions to super skyscrapers and warehouse stores. \u201cSmall\u201d is the last word one associates with the US. Surprisingly, however, it was in this very land of everything mega that the tiny house movement was born. 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