Hello, everyone! Welcome to our city! And I’m your tour guide today. Let me show you     1     the city. As you can see, at present there are some places     2     (rebuild) in order to make the city more beautiful. Look! A new supermarket     3     (build) in the centre. And the main roads     4     (widen) so far. Next, let’s come to the old museum     5     many art works     6     (exhibit). What’s more, a new one is     7     construction behind it. And now we’re coming to the park in     8     you can see that different kinds of activities     9     (do) by people of all ages. Oh, look, there is a good juice shop where fresh and delicious drinks     10     (prepare) for you if you feel thirsty.

Living in a city can be stressful. But some people in Bogota, Colombia have found a place to help reduce stress and get a break from busy life.     1     place is a park for hummingbirds(蜂鸟).

The park     2    (sit) at the top of Monserrate Hill in a place known as the Paramuno corridor. The area contains a forest that has turned into a peaceful place for both people and birds.

As the hummingbirds fly from flower     3     flower, some scientists concentrate on(集中于) the animals and study them, while others would like     4    (take) pictures with their phones. Camilo Cantor is a worker in the park,     5     job is to mix water and sugar along a 300 meter path. Cantor explains, “You can hear noise from the city, the producer of     6    (pollute).” But, he adds, the park is a special place. It is a place     7     people can go to reduce stress and forget about the pressure of city life.

Ten years ago, the hill     8    (destroy) completely, meaning there were not any trees left on it. But workers began to plant local trees and flowers again to bring the forest back to life. At present, there are a number of birds,     9    (include) 18 kinds of hummingbirds and some migratory(迁徙的) species.

Hummingbirds are only found on the American continent and Colombia is home to     10    (vary) kinds of birds.

Chinese Medicine Food

Medicine food is     1     unique cooking style in Chinese cuisine. It is a perfect combination of Chinese cooking and traditional Chinese medicine to get the effects of health keeping. It is also a skillful application of the yin and yang (阴阳) theory     2     (strengthen) the function of food and herbs.

The Chinese sort each type of vegetable and meat in terms of yin and yang, and combine vegetables with meat,     3     will make each cooked dish     4     (balance).

During the 5th century BC, cooks created cuisines with medical values and developed Chinese art of cooking,     5     (use) the nature of food to balance the diet.

In the Song Dynasty,     6     was recorded that many diseases could be cured through proper diets. Different foods were sorted according to their     7     (origin) nature. Cold foods     8     (believe) to remove fever while warm foods reduce running noses.

Knowing the nature of individual foods     9     (enable) the Chinese to eat right food and balance the yin and yang of the body. For example, sour food eases some disorders,     10     (slight) sweet food relieves illness related to the veins and bitter food helps to cure an overheated body.

Many people are fond of Chinese Cuisine (烹饪). In China, cooking     1    (treat) not only as a piece of craftsmanship, but also as a work of art. Chinese cuisine     2    (prepare) well is both tasty and good-looking. The cooking skills and dish ingredients vary greatly in different areas of China,     3     good Chinese cuisine always shares something in common, that is, the color, smell, taste and nutrition. As food is vital for one’s health, a cook, who has a gift for cooking, is always trying to make a balance among grains, meats and vegetables. That’s     4     Chinese Cuisine is tasty and healthy.

The art of Chinese cooking goes far beyond the simple need     5    (satisfy) people’s stomach. Careful     6    (consider) is given to the appearance and smell of a dish as well as its flavor. The color of a dish has to be     7    (visual) pleasing, and the balance of colors is kept in mind during its preparation.

The Chinese cuisine is based     8     five basic tastes. They are sour, sweet, bitter, hot and salty. The cooking should avoid all     9    (pleasant) smells, as well as those strong ones which might cover the rest. Chinese cooking art basically     10    (include) four aspects: the choice of ingredients, cutting and decoration, heat control, and cooking techniques.