A Bite of China is the name of a TV program on CCTV-1 and CCTV-9. It’s made by our country’s best     1    , three of whom have won international prize. It     2     three years ago, showing traditional specialty dishes in different places of China. It’s causing a speeding storm. And more importantly, it     3     you rich knowledge of geography, history and culture when Chinese eat.

The program     4     us the beautiful and perfect ways of food-making. And it’s not     5     about dishes, it also gets people from different places to tell stories about their experience with food.

As the program serves us a window allowing the world to better understand China, they want to help people all over the world     6     the beauty of Chinese food, and learn Chinese customs and social realities (现实) as well.

The TV program is very popular     7     people both at home and abroad. After the program, many Chinese     8     have increased in business. Visitors have come a long way to enjoy the food mentioned in the program. The program also helps people to speak out about their food safety.

Gao Ya, a Chinese who lives in     9    , wrote, “the taste of home, memories of childhood, joys of work and dream of life, I     10     by each simple story. And this made me sadder because we are losing a lot of these knowledge, those traditional ways of activities are dying out because of the modern life.”

Tanghulu is a popular winter snack in northern China.     1     tanghulu is only made of haws. Haws     2     put out on a thin bamboo stick. Then they are     3     with melted (融化的) sugar. But today, besides haws, fruits     4     strawberries, bananas, oranges and grapes are used to make it.

Tanghulu is so delicious that almost everyone     5     it. The Chinese people regard it as a symbol of happiness and family reunions. Besides, a research     6     that eating tanghulu made of haws can help with digestive (消化的) problems. It is said that tanghulu saved the     7     of an emperor’s wife in the Southern Song Dynasty. She was     8     ill. A doctor boiled haws with sugar and water for her. She ate them before meals. Several days later, she got well. The news     9     quickly to the public. Then people     10     to put the candies haws on a stick.

Many people like to eat pizza (比萨饼), but not everyone knows how to make it. Here is how you make a home-made pizza.

When you make pizza, you must     1     with the crust (酥皮). To make the crust, you will have to make dough (生面团)     2    . You need to knead (揉) the dough with your     3    . If you do not have enough time to do this, you can use a prepared crust that you buy from the store.

    4     you have got your crust ready, you must then add the sauce (酱). It takes a long time     5     your own sauce. You have to buy tomatoes,     6     them, cut them and then cook them. If this sounds like too much     7    , you can also get some sauces from the store.

Now that you have your crust and sauce, you need to add the cheese. Cheese comes from milk. Do you know how     8     milk into cheese? If not you might want to buy cheese from the store     9     of making it yourself.

When you have the crust, sauce and cheese ready, you can add something     10    . Some people like to put meat on their pizza, and some like to add vegetables! The best     11     of making pizza at home is that you can add whatever you want.