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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).

1. They are on the second floor and on the right and left sides of the house.
2. Yes, because it has a long history and represents a special kind of culture.