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The document discusses the accommodation crisis faced by students in Ireland, highlighting the extreme measures some are taking due to a lack of housing. It notes the increasing number of students and the impact of rising rents, particularly in Dublin, exacerbated by the influx of professionals from companies like Google. The text also provides specific rental prices to illustrate the severity of the situation.

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Reading Part 3 - @MultiLevelRecord

The document discusses the accommodation crisis faced by students in Ireland, highlighting the extreme measures some are taking due to a lack of housing. It notes the increasing number of students and the impact of rising rents, particularly in Dublin, exacerbated by the influx of professionals from companies like Google. The text also provides specific rental prices to illustrate the severity of the situation.

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@MultiLevelRecord Abror Rahmatullayev

Reading Part 3
Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them. You
cannot use any heading more than once.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

List of headings
I. Cons of the commuting
II. Thing that students have to go through
III. Commutes have become common in Ireland nowadays
IV. Danger of the overflow
V. Cause of the problems
VI. Pricing data
VII. Regression
VIII. Eyeless choice

15. Paragraph A ………

16. Paragraph B ………


17. Paragraph C ………

18. Paragraph D ………

19. Paragraph E ………


20. Paragraph F ………

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The students’ problem


A. The college and university accommodation crisis in Ireland has become ‘so chronic’ that
students are being forced to sleep rough, share a bed with strangers – or give up on
studying altogether.

B. The deputy president of the Union of Students in Ireland, Kevin Donoghue, said the
problem has become particularly acute in Dublin. He told the Irish Mirror: “Students are
so desperate, they’re not just paying through the nose to share rooms – they’re paying
to share a bed with complete strangers. It reached crisis point last year and it’s only
getting worse. “We’ve heard of students sleeping rough; on sofas, floors and in their cars
and I have to stress there’s no student in the country that hasn’t been touched by this
crisis. “Commutes – which would once have been considered ridiculous – are now normal,
whether that’s by bus, train or car and those who drive often end up sleeping in their car if
they’ve an early start the next morning.”

C. Worry is increasing over the problems facing Ireland's 200,000 students as the number
increases over the next 15 years. With 165,000 full-time students in Ireland – and that
figure expected to increase to around 200,000 within the next 15 years –fears remain that
there aren’t enough properties to accommodate current numbers.

D. Claims have emerged from the country that some students have been forced to sleep in
cars, or out on the streets, because of the enormous increases to rent in the capital. Those
who have been lucky enough to find a place to live have had to do so ‘blind’ by paying for
accommodation, months in advance, they haven’t even seen just so they will have a roof
over their head over the coming year.

E. According to the Irish Independent, it’s the ‘Google effect’ which is to blame. As Google
and other blue-chip companies open offices in and around Dublin’s docklands area, which
are ‘on the doorstep of the city’, international professionals have been flocking to the area
which will boast 2,600 more apartments, on 50 acres of undeveloped land, over the next
three to 10 years.

F. Rent in the area soared by 15 per cent last year and a two-bedroom apartment
overlooking the Grand Canal costs €2,100 (£1,500) per month to rent. Another
twobedroom apartment at Hanover Dock costs €2,350 (almost £1,700) with a
threebedroom penthouse – measuring some 136 square metres – sits at €4,500 (£3,200)
per month in rent.

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Answers:
15. Paragraph A - II
16. Paragraph B - III

17. Paragraph C - IV

18. Paragraph D - VIII


19. Paragraph E - V

20. Paragraph F - VI

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