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My name is Xiang Jun. I'm from Hubei Province. Look at the house in the picture. Do you know anything about it? It is a stilted building of Tujia Nationality (土家族吊脚楼).
There are many houses of this kind in my hometown. Usually they have two floors. On the first floor, there are no rooms for people because it is for pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, sheep, dogs and so on. Tujia people always put the firewood on the first floor too. People live on the second floor.
The living room is in the centre of the house. It is very big. It is for dinner and meeting guests. On the right and left sides of the house, there are some bedrooms. The kitchen and the bathroom are usually at the back of the house.
In my hometown, you can see this kind of house here and there. But now, young people don't build them again. Some of them are very old and are falling down. The government are trying to keep them well because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.
词汇
nationality /næʃə'næləti/ n. (构成国家一部分的) 民族
firewood /'faɪəwʊd/ n. 柴火 fall down 倒塌
government /'gʌvənmənt/ n. 政府
理解
1. Where are the bedrooms in the stilted building of Tujia Nationality?
2. Do you think it is necessary to protect the stilted building of Tujia Nationality? Explain your reason(s).
My name is Xiang Jun. I'm from Hubei Province. Look at the house in the picture. Do you know anything about it? It is a stilted building of Tujia Nationality (土家族吊脚楼).
There are many houses of this kind in my hometown. Usually they have two floors. On the first floor, there are no rooms for people because it is for pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, sheep, dogs and so on. Tujia people always put the firewood on the first floor too. People live on the second floor.
The living room is in the centre of the house. It is very big. It is for dinner and meeting guests. On the right and left sides of the house, there are some bedrooms. The kitchen and the bathroom are usually at the back of the house.
In my hometown, you can see this kind of house here and there. But now, young people don't build them again. Some of them are very old and are falling down. The government are trying to keep them well because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.
词汇
nationality /næʃə'næləti/ n. (构成国家一部分的) 民族
firewood /'faɪəwʊd/ n. 柴火 fall down 倒塌
government /'gʌvənmənt/ n. 政府
理解
1. Where are the bedrooms in the stilted building of Tujia Nationality?
2. Do you think it is necessary to protect the stilted building of Tujia Nationality? Explain your reason(s).
答案：1. On the right and left sides of the house.
2. Yes, because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.
2. Yes, because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.
解析：
1. 根据文章描述“On the right and left sides of the house, there are some bedrooms.”可知卧室在房子的左右两侧。
2. 结合文章最后一句“The government are trying to keep them well because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.”以及保护传统文化的意义，可以认为有必要保护土家族吊脚楼，因为它们是土家族优秀文化的代表。
2. 结合文章最后一句“The government are trying to keep them well because they are the wonderful culture of Tujia Nationality.”以及保护传统文化的意义，可以认为有必要保护土家族吊脚楼，因为它们是土家族优秀文化的代表。