سطح اول - آیلتس 5-4 (A2 - B1)
A German couple likes Christmas. They have Christmas decorations. They buy more and more decorations every year. Now they have many decorations.
They start decorating in October. They take 8 weeks to set everything up. They put 100 Christmas trees into their small house! They decorate the trees with fairy lights and 16,000 baubles.
They even have a Santa Clause in their bathroom!
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Decoration: تزیینات
Fairy light: لامپ ریسه ای
Bauble: گوی تزیین
سطح دوم - آیلتس 6-5 (+B1+ - B2)
A German couple decorated the outside of their house with a few simple Christmas decorations. The inside of the house, however, is a very different story!
The couple filled their small house with over 100 Christmas trees. They decorated the trees with fairy lights and 16,000 baubles.
They did not always have so many trees. In the beginning, they had a small Christmas collection. As time went on, they grew their collection rapidly.
It takes them 8 weeks to set everything up and they start decorating in early October. They fill every room except the bedroom. They even have a Santa Claus in their bathroom!
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Rapidly: سریعا
Except: به جز
Santa Claus: بابا نوئل
سطح سوم - آیلتس 7+ ( C1 - C2)
One German couple pulled out all the stops in their Christmas decorations. From the outside, Thomas and Susanne Jeromin’s house looks normal with a few modest decorations.
On the inside, the house is filled to the rafters with over 100 Christmas trees crammed into 105 square metres of space. The trees are adorned in fairy lights, ornaments and around 16,000 baubles.
The couple had a small collection at first but it grew rapidly as time went on, making them local celebrities. It takes them 8 weeks to prepare for Christmas, as they start decorating in early October and fill every room except the bedroom. Even the bathroom has a Santa Claus toilet seat.
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Pull out all the stops: تلاش کردن و کاری را در مقیاس بزرگ انجام دادن
Modest: نسبتا کم/ معمولی
Fill to the rafters: چیزی را کاملا پر کردن
Cram: پر کردن
Adorn: تزیین کردن
