A Bite of China

No trip would be complete without     1    (experience) the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, including a wide variety of local snacks.

Without a doubt, for the majority of the foreigners I contacted, and myself included, Peking Duck, Dim Sum, Mongolian Hot Pot were the favorite Chinese    2    (dish). China is a place    3    the food is not only delicious, but the     4    (cheap) I’ve ever found.

    5    my last night in Beijing before returning to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What     6    beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases on the table,     7    (attract) silverware (镀银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed a menu and found most of the prices    8    (be) especially low for the high quality of the food. The duck came in whole or half, along with all the little decorations that you know if you’ve ever eaten Peking duck--a little tortilla (玉米饼) to put the sliced duck and vegetables in chopped onion, sauce.

Anyway, I ended up ordering a whole duck and thought I’d just take the rest back to my hotel     9    (eat) later if I couldn’t finish it. Unbelievably, in the end there was none of the whole duck     10    (leave) on the plate. Umm, yummy!

【推荐2】As is known, China is a great country with a time-honored history and profound culture. While     1    (mention)Chinese culture, Chinese tea culture cannot be missed. It is the culture of making tea and drinking tea in China, which is     2     (difference) from that of Europe, Britain, and Japan.

In China, drinking tea     3    (refer)as tasting tea, which not only means distinguishing the quality of tea, but also enjoying the pleasure of falling into the dream about life while drinking tea. A short retreat from a much busier life, make a cup of tea    4    taste it in a quiet place on your own, not only relieving tiredness but also refreshing     5     (you) soul heartily.

China is a country with a time-honored civilization,     6    is quite particular about ceremony and etiquette(礼节). When guests pay a visit, etiquette of making tea for guests is     7    (basic)required. When making tea, proper blending of tea    8     (leaf)is quite necessary, so that favorable flavor would be created. When drinking tea with guests, pay attentions to the tea left in     9     cup of guests and it should be refilled when the cup is half-full. If         10     (accompany)with tea dessert, candies and dishes, drinking tea would be more tasteful and joyful.

Roujiamo,also called rougamo, is one of the most popular Chinese snacks. Despite its     1     (compare)to a hamburger, it carries far more geographical and historical meaning.

Roujiamo is    2    (close) associated with the north-central city of Xi’an, in Shaanxi province. Since 202 BCE, Xi’an has been both the eastern terminal of the Silk Road and the capital for 13 more-or-less successive Chinese    3    (dynasty).

Traditionally, Roujiamo mainly consists of two parts--the flatbread and the filling. The meat preparation used to make the filling for roujiamo dates back    4    the Warring States period. The introduction into China of Central Asian-style flatbreads, like the kind used in roujiamo, in general,    5    (owe) to Ban Chao, a Chinese general who spent over 30 years battling    6    union of nomadic(游牧的)tribes to regain control of the farthest western reaches of China. The flatbread bun, called baijimo, takes its name from    7    is today known as Beiji township. There exist differences between the flatbreads used for different districts in Shaanxi. For example, the flatbread used for Tongguan roujiamo is unlike    8    used in the Xi’an style. Tongguan roujiamo,was named after a town that, in days long past,     9    guard)a strategic pass roughly 120km east of Xi’an.

Despite its tasty flavor, it’s risky    10    (eat) on the go. Proper roujiamo is filled to bursting, regardless of the potential consequences for one’s clothes and dry-cleaning budget.