27．Recently，I visited my former classmate Leo in his new home，where he lives his wife and daughter.Nowadays，he would like to spend his （1）h
and weekends making his house look more beautiful.Like hundreds of thousands of other British people，he has found the （2）j
of DIY home repairs.This means that if anything needs （3）f
around the house，he will try to do the job himself.
Leo showed me his new kitchen that he put together himself，and his newly-painted walls.I asked him （4）w
he got the idea to do these things.He told me that it came from a DIY program on TV.
This got me to think about how（5）p
DIY programs are in the UK.Each channel （頻道） has at least one home or garden makeover （裝飾，翻新） show.Some channels are （6）e
completely talking about the subject.
I don't think it's really （7）s
that DIY programs are so welcomed by people.There are two common British sayings --- "an （8）E
home is his castle" and "there's no place like home" --- which show how （9）i
their houses are to them.With the economic （經(jīng)濟(jì)） changes of the last several years，many people don't have enough money to buy bigger houses than before.So they are looking at how they can make their houses（10）b
without spending a lot of money.DIY，obviously，is the perfect choice.
