Americans have a sense of space, not of place.Go to an American home in exurbia, and almost the first thing you do is drift toward the picture window.

• 相比之下，让我们来看看传统的中国家庭：环绕着庭院的是清一色的围墙，围墙后便是一处院落，拐角的地方也许会有一座小巧的花园。