In many countries, ____ is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. ____, in the United States, this idea may still be considered strange.

    But this type of housing, ____ (call) co-housing, is getting its ____ (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes (综合设施) appear across the country. For many people, this way of life is a good ____ (choose) in the busy modern society. A co-housing community has ____ (private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house" with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities ____ (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.

    A co-housing complex is a place ____ citizens shop, cook, and eat together. Citizens of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play ____, which many families like. Other citizens like the feeling of living in a “village”. Citizens also say that they can live in co-housing for ____ (little) money than they would pay for nearby apartments.