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Unit 1 Interesting Houses
Reading Comprehension
What is your house like? It may be a fifteenth-floor apartment. Or it may be a
two-bedroom brick house. But for someone else, it may be a wooden hut or a
cloth tent. Houses are very different in different parts of the world.
For example, nomads in Mongolia live in yurts. Nomads do not live in one
place. Mongolian nomads raise animals. They move to find food for their animals.
They move often, so their homes are similar to tents. They can fold them up and
take them when they go. Most yurts have a wooden frame. Wool cloth covers the
wood. And canvas covers the wool.
On the other hand, houses in Matamata, Tunisia are underground. The
entrances are holes in the ground. People go through the holes and enter yards.
Doors in the yard lead to different rooms. But why do people in Matmata live
underground? Historians think they built the houses to hide. Long ago, people
invaded their land. The people in Matmata hid from them.
Navajo Native Americans have interesting houses. They are called hogans. The
first hogans had five sides. Today, most have six or eight sides. The Navajo
make hogans from logs. Usually, dirt or clay covers the logs. According to
legend, a coyote and beavers built a hogan at the beginning of time.
Then, they gave it to the first people.
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Reading Comprehension
What is your house like? It may be a fifteenth-floor apartment. Or it may be a
two-bedroom brick house. But for someone else, it may be a wooden hut or a
cloth tent. Houses are very different in different parts of the world.
For example, nomads in Mongolia live in yurts. Nomads do not live in one
place. Mongolian nomads raise animals. They move to find food for their animals.
They move often, so their homes are similar to tents. They can fold them up and
take them when they go. Most yurts have a wooden frame. Wool cloth covers the
wood. And canvas covers the wool.
On the other hand, houses in Matamata, Tunisia are underground. The
entrances are holes in the ground. People go through the holes and enter yards.
Doors in the yard lead to different rooms. But why do people in Matmata live
underground? Historians think they built the houses to hide. Long ago, people
invaded their land. The people in Matmata hid from them.
Navajo Native Americans have interesting houses. They are called hogans. The
first hogans had five sides. Today, most have six or eight sides. The Navajo
make hogans from logs. Usually, dirt or clay covers the logs. According to
legend, a coyote and beavers built a hogan at the beginning of time.
Then, they gave it to the first people.
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