1. What does the man want to eat tonight?
| A．Eggs. | B．Dumplings. | C．Noodles. |
| A．Angry. | B．Tired. | C．Hungry. |
Following Zibo barbecue and ice city Harbin, Chinese social media has once again show eased its influence in highlighting the next Internet-famous city worthy
This time it’s Tianshui,
Known as Tianshui Malatang,
On the Internet, vlogs show eager food enthusiasts
Dong Liangyan, 29, from Daqing in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Province,
In mid-March, the average daily passenger flow at railway stations in Tianshui
1. What does the woman think is wrong with herself?
| A．She has eaten something bad. |
| B．She doesn't sleep well. |
| C．She has a fever. |
| A．A party. | B．Her work. | C．A TV show. |
| A．Some apples. | B．Some soup. | C．Some pizza. |
Northwest China’s Tianshui spicy hot pot goes viral on social media
Tianshui malatang, a version of a spicy hot pot in northwest China’s Gansu Province, has recently gone viral on Chinese media,
Malatang,
According to the China News Agency, а restaurant owner in Tianshui said he had been serving more than 400 customers a day, as people from other cities and
“There is a long queue outside my restaurant recently,” one shop owner said. One customer posted on Chinese social media that she had queued for six hours
Nowadays, a Tianshui spicy hot pot restaurant is
5 . Bred to be more sweeter, today’s cherries, bananas and apples taste different than they used — to but not necessarily better. Among fruit farmers, the word “quality” is now routinely used as a standard for “high in sugar”, though firmness, color and size are also considerations. In a recent study about ways to enhance the sweetness of fruit using “molecular (分子的) approaches”, a group of plant scientists wrote that, in general, the sugar content of many fruits are now higher than before owing to continuous selection and breeding. Modern apple varieties, the scientists stressed, were on average sweeter than older ones.
The sweetness of fruit depends not just on how it is bred but also on growing conditions, yield and harvest. The lead researcher, Sugiura, said, “If you could taste an apple harvested 30 years ago, you would feel the difference.” He believed that modern apples are picked so early that even if they are bred for sweetness, they often don’t develop their full character. The fragrance (香味) never develops in fruit that is harvested too early.
Jim Cooper, an apple farmer in England, is regretful to admit the fact that many people will never taste the “strawberry hint” in a really ripe Pearmain, a type of heritage apple. In a way, the rise of consistently sweeter fruit in our lifetimes has been a victory of plant breeding. After all, it’s a rare person who would seek out bitter grapes if they could have sweet ones instead.
But the sweetness of modern fruit is not without its problems, especially for people with diabetes (糖尿病), who have to reduce their intake of higher-sugar fruits. Fruit that is bred sweeter also tends to be lower in the chemicals that make it healthy. Considering health, maybe the real problem with modern fruit is that it has become yet another sweet thing in a world with sugar. Even grapefruits, which used to be quite bitter, are sometimes now as sweet as oranges. If you’ve never tasted a sour cherry, how can you fully appreciate a sweet one?
1. In what aspect is many fruits different from before?| A．Sugar content. | B．Soft skin. | C．Bright color. | D．High yield. |
| A．They are bred too early. | B．They taste so sweet. |
| C．They are losing a good flavor. | D．They need a higher yield. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Critical. | C．Ambiguous. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．It’s a wise choice to breed fruits for sweetness. |
| B．Breeding sweet fruits improves the quality of fruits. |
| C．Some fruits like grapes and cherries taste the same. |
| D．The sweetness of fruits will cause health issues. |
Across the world, people prepare and drink tea in many
Chinese people
Tea sets (茶具) have been
In order to protect skills
1. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
| A．Co-workers. | B．Husband and wife. | C．Waitress and customer. |
| A．Cola. | B．Lemonade. | C．Wine. |
| A．He is a vegetarian. |
| B．He hates noodles. |
| C．He wants something cheap. |
| A．Corn soup. | B．Beef noodles. | C．Fried fish. |
| A．Beef. | B．Fish. | C．Pork. |
| A．At 6: 00 p.m. | B．At 6: 30 p.m. | C．At 7: 30 p.m. |
As one of the three major drinks in the world, tea is also the most consumed drink after water on earth. Since tea trees
How could such a little leaf from nature generate such great power? An ongoing exhibition
The World of Tea: Special Exhilition of Tea Culture takes place at the Wu Men Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum from September 2 to November 30 in Beijing. It displays 555 items
Furthermore, it also provides insights into a cultural phenomenon’s origins, evolution and
Wang Guangyao, director of the show and also a researcher at the Palace Museum, says, “We want our audience to
