The Hakka people are seen as a united people in China. This character is especially (1) among overseas Hakkas. They share their good and bad times together. This spirit of unity and cooperation is (2) in the culture of Hakka Earth Buildings.
It was because when it was hard for individuals to survive on their own, people had to help each other and learn to unite and cooperate. Only in this way could they hope to (3) more. The design and (4) of Hakka Earth Buildings made it easy to pull together all the weaker forces and form one stronger force. With this stronger force, better results could be achieved in terms of developing business as well as improving living (5) .
A Hakka Earth Building used to hold together the (6) interest of a family clan (家族) or a whole village community. But now this fortress-like (城堡般的) structure can no longer meet the needs of a (7) society. People have moved out.
Hakka Earth Buildings have recorded a (8) of history as well as the life road of several generations of the Hakka people. For those later generations who have never lived and will never live in these earth buildings, they may well become a tourist (9) in the villages. But the (10) tradition represented by these earth buildings should be kept and passed on by the Hakka people as their own family culture and ethnic culture.
A. generating B. standards C. modern D. achieve
E. unique F. vain G. period H. attraction
I. constitution J. rooted K. distinguish L. structure
M. almost N. shared O. remarkable