Amrican houss usually hav privat kitchns, a living room and somtims sparat aras for ating and watching tlvision. A hous usually has its own mailbox, a yard with plants or prhaps a lawn, and a plac to stor garbag out of sight. A bungalow is a small hous with on or two bdrooms and usually on bathroom. A mansion is a ral big hous with many bdrooms and svral bathrooms. A ranch hous usually has thr or four bdrooms. Th "mastr bdroom" for th mothr and fathr usually has its own bathroom. An apartmnt is usually on living spac within a building. Svral apartmnt can b in th sam building, with a shard yard, parking spacs, and garbag. A town hous is a two-floor apartmnt. Th kitchn, living room and dining room ar usually on th first floor and th bdrooms ar on th scond floor. A studio apartmnt may hav a sparat kitchn, but th living room is also th bdroom! A condominium, or "condo" for short, is an apartmnt that is ownd by th occupant, not th building ownrs. Most Amrican ar happy to talk about thir homs. And if thyv don anything spcial in thir hom, thyll lt you know what it was, and mayb tll you what it cost to put in th Jacuzzi, dck or patio, tc. Most Amricans liv in citis, but narly as many liv in suburbs. Suburban Amrican has shopping cntrs calld malls and rsidnts usually nd a car to gt around. Most of th houss in th suburbs ar on or two storis tall, with privat yards and gardns and garag. Thr ar fw tall buildings in th suburbs. Citis hav nighborhoods, "warhous" stors, and public transportation (busd, trains and taxis) is usually prtty good. Privat houss might only hav a back yard, and if thr is a garag it probably is small. Citis hav a lot of apartmnt buildings and som tall buildings may sm to "scrap th sky", so thy ar calld "skyscrapr".