Houses comparison topic 4

1. French:
1. Made of:brick or stone
2. Some have flat roofs made of orange tiles
3. No key instead a number pad
4. Uses un bidet which is a small toilet shaped tub used to take a sponge bath
5. Use the word W.C. or les toilettes for bathrooms without bathtubs
6. More people live in apartments instead of houses
U.S.
Bathroom
1. most households have 4-5 people
2. most houses have 2-3 bathrooms in U.S. versus 2 in france
3. usually have 2-4 bedrooms
French Both U.S.
Most families own a common to bring a small most people live in houses
vacation home that has gift when invited to dinner rather than apartments
been passed down from at ones house
generation to generation
Most people live in most houses have 2 houses usually made of
apartments bathrooms wood and concrete
home are usually made of Public Bathrooms have Houses usually have 2-3
stone or brick signs to separate sexes bathrooms
home tend to be smaller in
france compared to in the
U.S.
Three terms for
bathrooms: Les Toilettes,
Une salle de bains,
French houses tent to
have flat roofs