In 1608, an Englishman named Thomas Coryate travelled in Italy. He liked the country and wrote down everything interesting. But he found one thing more interesting than others. In his diary, Thomas wrote, “When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands like us because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.”
Before he went back to England, Thomas bought a few forks.
At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When he wanted to eat the steak (牛排), he took out a fork as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were bored when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove (证明) that his friends were wrong, so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first piece of steak he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh at him and he had to take the fork away.
However, only fifty years later, people in England began to use forks.
| How English People Began to Use Forks | |
| In the | People in England used hands to eat. But people in Italy ate with small forks because they thought hands were sometimes |
| In 1608 | An Englishman named Thomas Coryate travelled in Italy. He bought a few forks and took them back to England. |
| After the Englishman | He |
| Fifty years later | People in England began to use forks. |
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【推荐1】Everyone in China likes dumplings. We can make dumplings in many ways. The kind of dumplings is more than ten. We can put meat and vegetables in them. Also, we can put sugar, eggs or other things in them. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork best. Usually people make dumplings at home. If you are busy with your work, you can buy the take-away dumplings from any supermarkets. Then you take them home. Or you can enjoy them in a restaurant. The Spring Festival is the most important in China. When it comes, we usually make dumplings. Usually we put a coin in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he will be lucky in the whole year. Welcome to China! We will invite you to eat the traditional (传统的) food—dumplings.
| Dumplings in China | |
| The number of kinds | At |
| The kind of dumplings the writer likes | Dumplings with vegetables and pork |
| Where people buy some take-away dumplings | From |
| The meaning of eating the dumpling with the coin in it | Having a good |
| The tradition in the Spring Festival | |
任务A：补全1–4题的信息，每空一词。
任务B：回答5题提问，必须写出理由，不超过20词。
Arepas (玉米饼) are the most simple and delicious food in Venezuela (委内瑞拉). They are made of corn flour (面粉).You can eat them anytime, everywhere and with whatever you want.
In the past, the arepas were made of corn. To make one arepa was complicated (复杂的).But now it is much easier to make arepas. You only need to pour the corn flour into a bowl (碗) with some hot water and salt, mix them together, and then make the arepa with your hands and cook it. That takes only about fifteen minutes to make an arepa. For this reason, the arepa in Venezuela has become the most popular and traditional food. Also, it is a main dish (主菜) and you can eat arepas with anything you want.
People in Venezuela make and eat arepas in their homes. Also, you can find arepas in small restaurants called Areperas. They are the places where you can eat only arepas, with whatever you want——cheese, meat, chicken, eggs and so on. If you go to Venezuela, don’t forget to eat arepas.
Arepas in Venezuela | |
| What you need to make an arepa | Corn flour, 1 and hot water. |
| How to make an arepa | First, pour the corn flour into a bowl. Next, 2 hot water, salt and corn flour together. Then, make the arepa with your hands. Finally, cook it. You need to spend about 3 minutes in making an arepa. |
| How to eat arepas | It is a main dish and you can eat arepas with anything you want. |
| 4 to eat arepas | People in Venezuela make and eat arepas in their homes. Also, you can find and eat them in small restaurants called Areperas. |
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Britons are well known for the amount (量) of tea that they drink. Each person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all sections of society. But tea is not native to Britain. Most tea is grown in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, Britons were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available in Britain to buy.
At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first, people drank this tea exactly as it was drunk in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic (特色).
In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by rich people. At this time, they began to have afternoon tea. People drink tea with a snack around 4 p. m. to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. In the late 1800s, the price of tea decreased heavily as more tea began to arrive on ships. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms and shops where you could buy and drink tea started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socializing (社交) in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it.
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5. Do you like drinking the special British characteristic? Why or why not?
