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【社会人文】 Showing big love 手作留住乡愁 —— 微缩模型还原记忆中的老屋 The stone walls, the courtyard (院子), clothes hung on a clothesline ... at first sight, you may think they’re real. But in fact, you’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of miniatures (微观模型) of Chinese rural (农村的) houses in the 1990s made by a miniature artist. Feng Jiangtao, 32, has made more than 40 miniatures for people from around the country to reproduce (再现) the old houses that carry their memories. In April 2021, Feng made a miniature of an old shop in his hometown — Yongzhou, Hunan province. It showed black tiles (瓦片 ) and gray walls, a small TV playing cartoons and a bulb (灯泡) giving out a warm, bright glow (光) . He then posted a video of this miniature online and it went viral (走红). People from around the country contacted (联系 ) him, asking him to make models of their old houses using photos they provided. Making miniatures is not easy. It usually takes Feng about 10 days to finish a miniature. He makes them in the ratio of 1:30 to the home’s real size. To better remake the old house, he uses real building materials, such as cement (水泥), wood, and soil and then focuses on how to make it look old. Some parts are more complicated (复杂的), such as making tiles. Since there are no such small-sized tiles, he needs to cut them out of black cardboard or make small models with tile powder. Every miniature model has a story behind it. One of his customers, a post-90s girl, once asked him to reproduce an old house in her hometown Jiangxi. She used to live there with her parents. She wanted to give the model to her mother to keep the memory of her deceased (过世的) father. 1. Which of the following statements about Feng Jiangtao is correct? A. He is from Jiangxi province. B. He can make miniatures based on photos. C. He posted a video about himself online. D. He makes miniatures for the museums. 2. What does “give out” mean in the third paragraph? A. Give up. B. Give off. C. Give in. D. Give away. 3. What can be known about Feng Jian