It’s half past five in the afternoon. ________ is ready. There are many things ________ the table—plates, bowls and glasses. We can see some meat, eggs and fish ________ the plates. There are some dumplings, noodles and rice. Oh, there is a big round cake in the middle of the ________. There is ________ to drink. There are five glasses. ________ of the glasses is full of milk, two of them are full of coffee and the other ________ are full of Coke. There are two bottles of apple juice. That’s great. They ________ our favorite food and drinks. I’d like ________ them very much. Why are there so many nice ________? Today is Bill’s grandma’s birthday.

The food in America is different from our Chinese food. For example, people in America eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat them every day. They eat bread for breakfast and for another meal. They eat their bread with butter, maybe cheese or jam. Cheese and butter are made from milk. They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink milk in hot or cold, and they put it in their tea or coffee. And they like meat or fish with potatoes and other vegetables, After the meal they always have something sweet. They call that dessert.