Topic: Housing, Sports, Food Drink

THUONGMAI UNIVERSITY ENGLISH FACULTY  DISCUSSION Topic: Housing, Sports, Food & Drink Subject: British Culture Teacher: Group: Class: Hanoi, 2021 EVALUATION No Name Class Task 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • Evaluation of supervisor CONTENT I Housing 1.1 Different kinds of houses • A detached house: this type of house is quite expensive for most people The “traditional” building materials of brick (the walls) and slate (the roof), the irregular, “non-classical”, shape, with all those little corners, the suggestion of a large front garden with a tree and bushes, the garage is hidden discretely way A detached house has long been the property that most Britain aspire because not having adjoining walls with neighbouring houses makes for a quiet life Detached houses give Britain the advantage of not sharing party walls with neighbours, which means they should be able to make more noise in your property without attracting complaints, an important advantage if you like to sing or play music at high volumes It is also much more likely than any other type of property to have a substantial garden area though detached homes built during or since the 1980s tend to be on much smaller plots than earlier ones A large, detached house not only ensures privacy It is also a status symbol Therefore, detached • A semi-detached house: these houses can be found, street after street, in the surburbs of cities and the outskirts of towns all over Britain The most common material is brick A semi-detached house is the building with two separate households Each one is the mirror of the other, inside and out, the separate front garden for each house, the side is access to the back., the house has two floors and three bedrooms • The town house: the town house, which can be found in the inner areas of most cities, are an expectation to general pattern There is great variety regarding both design and use They often have three or more floors, perhaps including a basement or semi-basement Sometimes, they are ‘self-con-tained’ flats (they have washing and cooking facilities); sometimes, they are ‘bedsits’ (bed-sitting rooms, residents have one room to themselves and share washing and cooking facilities with other residents) • A terraced house: this kind of house usually has no way through to the back except through the house itself, each house in the row is joined to the next one They usually have two floors, with two bedrooms upstairs Some have garden back and front, others only at the back and others no garden at all • A flat: not having a separate entrance to the outside world doesn’t suit British tastes although it is densely populated, Britain has the second lowest proportion of flat-dwellers in the EU Britain Different kinds Vietnam - Having five mains types of - Having some popular types housing in British: of housing in Vietnam: + A detached house + Rural house: This type of + A semi-detached house house + The town houses families, which are often found + A terraced house serves in farmers’ agricultural settlements in small rural + A flat villages Each small farmer Almost everybody in Britain family lives on a separate, dreams of living in a detached closed campus house + City Villa: Homes are surrounded by gardens and access to nature in many directions (3-4 directions), often built on the periphery of the city or alternately in large blocks far from the center + Homes (adjacent block): The narrow plots are close together so that the main house is also block each other, only the ability to create garden in front and back The house only has one or two directions of natural contact + Single apartment: This type of house is sharing corridors and stairs Each family lives contained in a self apartment, located along a corridor or surrounded by a shared staircase It ranged from one to three floors, the other stacked up the other A detached house is the most In Vietnam, rural areas tend desirable British home to build houses more similar -> because they like privacy to those in the UK, with a very large yard and garden, and independence In the UK, maybe due to a sometimes with long alleys better quality of life, the leading to the house houses are mainly aimed at depending on the terrain spaciousness, Best choice environmental comfort and because it make people feel friendliness, comfortable and free most of which have large or small premises - In urban area: in big cities in Vietnam, apartments are the preferred type of apartment because of the crowded land, the demand for Land use is increasing, so apartments located in many high-rise buildings become more common British don’t want to live in a Vietnamese will choose flat because it provided the houses that are suitable for Worst choice least amount of privacy their income High-rise blocks failure in conditions Britain as they not suit British attitudes I.2 Private property and public property and living While a detached house can be clear between private property and public domain, flats may not have Clear separation between public and private domain shown in law and custom Detached house is usually private property and flats are uncertainties, communal living unsucessful in Britain Besides, house barriers limition is also focused, including owner’s domain and custom For example, people have no general right to reserve the road directly outside their house for their own cars The castle puts limits on the domain of its owner as well as keeping out others It also limits responsibility It is comparatively rare, for example, for people to attempt to keep the bit of pavement outside their house clean and tidy People prefer to live in houses a little bit set back from the road They announce to the world exactly where the private property begins That is the reason why almost everyone in Britain don’t want to live in flats Britain Private and public property This is very c 1.3 The importance of home 1.3.1 House according to abstract meaning: A house is a construction with a roof, surrounding walls, and doors for living, serving individual and collective activities of people, and having an impact on people's lives Mentally, home can be related to a state of being in shelter or convenience 1.3.2 Another meaning: "Housing is a home" House is where needed both quiet and noisy It’s possible welcome you back at any time you’re happy or sad, success or failure Husband and wife, children hold hands to enjoy all the joys, overcome all sorrows in life, that is also "Home" 1.3.3 Comparison in view of the British and Vietnamese houses House from British view House from the Vietnamese view The house will be sold when the time and price They will never wait for house prices to rise to is right sell, they just buy land and wait for the right time to sell The houses themselves are investments Vietnamese people don’t see it like an investment They will work, save to repair, build bigger and bigger houses so that they can live more comfortably The house is usually decided to sell after the Vietnamese people often inherit property as owner inherits home and land from their parents Usually, they will live in that house all their life They only sell it in a compulsory cases The house is where they can make a profit Vietnamese people will only be in the house and go out to make money, not consider home as a place to make profit 1.3.4 Individuality and compliance British view Vietnamese view Apartments are said to be unpopular because Apartments in Vietnam are not popular for they not provide enough privacy households Usually, it is only suitable for people who go away from home and want to have their own lives for work Individuality depends on whether they want it Vietnamese people like to build many or not, whether they give it enough space for bedrooms, divided into kitchens, living rooms, individual expression front yards, backyards, terraces, gardens Each room has a different function to ensure privacy To show individuality, they often choose the Vietnamese people not create privacy color of the door according to their taste, or through arrangement and decoration in a some difference outside the house as a sign for common style for the whole house to the territory distinguish one house from another; but privacy is merely as long as in the family, each person has separate space for activities, especially in each person's bedroom, will be decorated according to that person's wishes The most personal expression is shown in the Individuality is reflected in the home way they decorate the garden, depending on construction style of the owner Each home will their creativity to make their own mark almost take care of everything to complete its own house, privacy is the unique style of each house In an attempt to achieve individuality, some In Vietnam, there is no need to name the house people like to name their homes because every house has its own style We can easily find each other without spending too much time They wanted to claim individual planning In Vietnam, we can everything on the land rights in densely populated areas, so later a we have ownership For example, self-design 10 that British cuisine is quite bland and overcooked, so it does not give visitors an appetite Part of the reason is because British people eat very bland and almost no seasoning, they also not have the habit of marinating food before cooking Besides, the British attitude is also not interested in the taste of the food they eat every day Perhaps this is also the main reason why this country's cuisine is not appreciated while this is a large and very developed country Even in fast food restaurants and everyday cafes, their quality is said to be inferior to that of other countries on the continent England is also a country without a Widespread 'restaurant culture' or a 'cafe society' While countries like the US and Italy are very interested in restaurant culture and are trying to build and develop it, France has had a long-standing cafe society since the early 20th century But a superpower As old as the UK, they don't care about such things, they tend to eat quickly to clear the table In the UK, there are a few shops selling coffee every day, but coffee in this country is considered to taste quite bad Homemade coffee is as bad as at the bar Even in supermarkets, there are only coffees that taste the same Coffee tastes horrible but British still choose them to drink every day because they need to stay awake for a working day, they drink coffee simply because they need to get caffeine into their bodies In restaurants in the UK, British people don't care about the ingredients in their food, maybe they just need to fill their stomachs? The only thing that caught their attention was when food hit the headlines in the context of its dangers: in 1993, when it was discovered that 100 of six-year-old beef had been allowed to go on sale; or when a government minister announced that the country's eggs were infected with salmonella In the early 1990S, everybody in the country knew about 'mad cow disease' (a disease affecting the brain s of infected cattle) That said, Britons need to care more about the quality of their food than just when something really big happens British are so conservative that they refer to people of other countries insultingly according to their eating habits (the Germans are 'krauts" Because of their outrageous taste for frog 's legs, the French are 'frogs') The British also say no to wild animals and plants, and some parts of the British feel nauseous at the thought of eating horse meat 18 However, until now, the British are very open to the cuisine of other countries In addition, there is more and more interest in the pleasure of eating Compare with Vietnam: Britain Culinary diversity Vietnam - England has almost no - Vietnam is world special cuisine, even being famous for its diverse commented by tourists as cuisine There are many bad and tastes terrible delicious dishes to mention - They also not have too many dishes but only Vietnamese food delicious and cheap certain dishes Cooking process - Visitors always praise - Simple, mostly frying, - Complex, many stages boiling or baking to produce a delicious dish Food is usually seasoned before cooking - The time to make a meal - Takes a long time is quite fast Taste - Taste bland, no special - There are many layers of seasoning different flavors such as sour, spicy, sweet, Meal’s quality - The quality of the meal is - Vietnamese people are not taken seriously, British quite concerned about the eat only to fill stomachs their quality of their daily meals so that they are always delicious 19 nutritious and What is the usual meal? - British daily meal is - Vietnamese people have usually fast food or many dishes to change in familiar dishes such as meals such as pho, sticky eggs, chicken, bread, rice, rice, noodles and bread,… Food appearance - British dishes are - Not very pretty Vietnam beautifully decorated and should sophisticated also focus on decorating the form of dishes so that it is not only delicious but also delicious to the eyes Coffee quality - Coffee is totally instant - Vietnamese coffee is coffee with bad taste ground from pure coffee beans, so it is very fragrant and delicious Unlike the UK, which is unfortunately appreciated by tourists for its cuisine, Vietnam has a diverse and rich cuisine While the British not attach too much importance to the development of cuisine or the quality of meals, in Vietnamese culture, Vietnamese people believe that eating is an art, it is not only to meet the basic requirements of children people, but also have a close relationship to the lifestyle and national traditions, which is clearly shown through the utensils used in meals, how to behave with people while eating Therefore, eating and drinking also proves the history and formation of the culture of Vietnam Popular dishes that at the same time show Vietnamese culture today such as Pho, banh cuon, banh cuon, bun cha, goi cuon, etc are very famous and popular not only in Vietnam but also in the world 2.1.2 Eating out 20 ... building many social protection centers II FOOD AND DRINK 2.1 Food 2.1.1 Attitude to food As George Mikes once said: "On the Continent people have good food, in England people have good table manners."... seasoning, they also not have the habit of marinating food before cooking Besides, the British attitude is also not interested in the taste of the food they eat every day Perhaps this is also the... same Coffee tastes horrible but British still choose them to drink every day because they need to stay awake for a working day, they drink coffee simply because they need to get caffeine into their