学习元 · Reading-5

The western houses and the eastern houses 　　Houses are very important in our life. They are the places people live in. But because of the culture and custom, the western houses are different from the eastern houses.
Look at the pictures, it is a kind of western house, it’s very beautiful and sumptuous. It has a big garden and a big swimming pool. Houses in western countries are always very big, but the populations are very small. So the people can have a big garden and a big house.The house will be very

big and sumptuous. It looks like a place or a castle. People can plant some trees or flowers in the garden, if it is large, they will plant the grass, too. Western houses usually have more than three rooms, two bathrooms (toilet), one kitchen and one living room. And they often have a study. The bedroom is usually big and bright, and it looks like gold. 　　The eastern house usually isn’t large. And it hasn’t a garden. Though there’s not any garden in eastern house, but Chinese love planting the plants in the house very much. They usually plant roses、lilies、tulips or bluebells. The eastern houses always have more than two rooms, one bathroom (toilet), one living room and one small kitchen. Some apartments are dark, and some apartments are bright. It isn’t sumptuous. It looks like white.
The western houses are different from the eastern houses, but they are both very well and comfortable to live in.