American houses usually have private kitchens, a living room and sometimes separate areas for eating and watching television. A house usually has its own mailbox, a yard with plants or perhaps a lawn, and a place to store garbage out of sight.
美国的房子通常有私人厨房、客厅，有时还有单独的吃饭和看电视的地方。一栋房子通常有自己的邮箱、一个有植物的院子或草坪，还有一个存放垃圾的地方。
A bungalow is a small house with one or two bedrooms and usually one bathroom.
平房是一个有一个或两个卧室，通常有一个浴室的小房子。
A mansion is a real big house with many bedrooms and several bathrooms.
豪宅是一个真正的大房子，有许多卧室和几个浴室。
A ranch house usually has three or four bedrooms. The "master bedroom" for the mother and father usually has its own bathroom.
牧场的房子通常有三个或四个卧室。父母的主卧室通常有自己的浴室。
An apartment is usually one living space within a building. Several apartment can be in the same building, with a shared yard, parking spaces, and garbage.
公寓通常是一栋建筑内的一个起居室。几个公寓可以在同一栋楼里，有一个共用的院子、停车位和垃圾箱。
A town house is a two-floor apartment. The kitchen, living room and dining room are usually on the first floor and the bedrooms are on the second floor.
一个镇上的房子是一个两层的公寓。厨房、客厅和餐厅通常在一楼，卧室在二楼。
A studio apartment may have a separate kitchen, but the living room is also the bedroom!
工作室公寓可能有单独的厨房，但客厅也是卧室！
A condominium, or "condo" for short, is an apartment that is owned by the occupant, not the building owners.
共管公寓，简称为“共管公寓”，是指由居住者而不是建筑物所有者拥有的公寓。
Most American are happy to talk about their homes. And if they've done anything special in their home, they'll let you know what it was, and maybe tell you what it cost to put in the Jacuzzi, deck or patio, etc. Most Americans live in cities, but nearly as many live in suburbs. Suburban American has shopping centers called malls and residents usually need a care to get around. Most of the houses in the suburbs are one or two stories tall, with private yards and gardens and garage. There are few tall buildings in the suburbs. Cities have neighborhoods, "warehouse" stores, and public transportation (bused, trains and taxis) is usually pretty good. Private houses might only have a back yard, and if there is a garage it probably is small. Cities have a lot of apartment buildings and some tall buildings may seem to "scrape the sky", so they are called "skyscraper".
大多数美国人都乐于谈论自己的房子。如果他们在家里做了什么特别的事，他们会告诉你是什么，也许会告诉你在按摩浴缸、甲板或露台等地方花了多少钱。大多数美国人住在城市，但几乎同样多的人住在郊区。美国郊区有购物中心，称为购物中心，居民通常需要一个照顾来四处走动。郊区的大多数房子有一两层楼高，有私人庭院、花园和车库。郊区几乎没有高楼。城市有社区，“仓库”商店，公共交通（火车、出租车）通常都很好。私人住宅可能只有一个后院，如果有一个车库，它可能是小的。城市里有很多公寓楼，一些高楼看起来像是在刮擦天空，所以它们被称为摩天大楼