2. MATERIALS

Both pictures / These two pictures show different buildings / houses / types of dwellings (жилье) / types of homes

Сходства и различия можно искать по следующим аспектам:

1. TYPES OF BUILDINGS:

A) Residential buildings (жилые):

a block of flats

a tower block (многоэтажка)

a detached house (отдельно стоящий дом)

a semi-detached house (дом на одну семью, примыкающий к соседнему дому с одной стороны)

a cottage (дом на одну семью в деревне)

a terraced house (дом, стоящий в одном ряду с другими схожими домами)

a house boat

a stilt house

a caravan

a yurt

B) Commercial buildings:

a shopping mall

a hotel

C) Industrial buildings:

a factory

a power plant (электростанция)

a warehouse (склад)

D) Farm buildings:

a farmhouse

a shed

a stable

a barn

2. MATERIALS

It's built / made of brick* / glass / straw (солома) / concrete (бетон) / logs (брёвна).

It’s build with bottles (animal skins).

* в данном случае brick в ед. числе, так как «кирпич» используется в значении материала (Этот дом сделан из кирпича)

3. HEIGHT (высота)

single-storey – одноэтажный

two-storey – двухэтажный

multi-storey – многоэтажный

4. CONDITION (состояние)

old

modern

in good condition (well looked after)

in bad condition (run down (ветхий), shabby (обшарпанный))

5. SURROUNDINGS (окружение)

It's surrounded by water / the countryside / woods / greenery (зелень, растительность) / a fence (забор) / a few trees / skyscrapers / meadows (луга)

Пример от Натальи Рис:

I would like to compare and contrast these two pictures. Both pictures show different types of houses. In the first picture we can see a tower block while in the second picture we can see a log cabin (бревенчатый дом).

These pictures have some similarities. Firstly, both of them show residential buildings. Secondly, both buildings are surrounded by snow and woods.

These pictures are also different in some ways. The most obvious difference is that the house on the left is a single-story house, while the building on the right is multi-storey. Also, while the log cabin is made of wood, the tower block is made of concrete.

I would probably prefer to live in a log cabin because I'm just not very keen on being surrounded by a lot of people.

That's all I've got to say. Thank you for listening.