Dumplings are the most essential and popular food for Winter Solstice especially in northern China. There is a legend for this 【小题1】 (tradition ) food. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous medical scientist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, found his fellow-townsmen 【小题2】(suffer) from coldness and hunger in winter. More 【小题3】(severe), many of them had terrible chilblains (冻疮) in the ears. On the Winter Festival, he cooked food named Jiao Er 【小题4】 a stuffing (馅）of medicine and other ingredients resisting the cold to feed these people, and they recovered soon.

Nowadays, there are different 【小题5】 (custom) in southern and northern China. As a popular saying goes in northern China that "Have dumplings for Winter Solstice and noodles for Summer Solstice." Dumplings have been 【小题6】 must for this winter festival. If you happen to be in China on the day, go to the restaurant early, 【小题7】 there will be no dumplings left.

However, sweet dumplings are 【小题8】 (popular) for locals in south China. In their mind, the round shape of sweet dumplings 【小题9】 (symbolize) a family reunion. Besides, it's said that in some areas, people also have mutton, noodles or drink winter wine for 【小题10】 (celebrate).

These are all hot food to help people keep warm and avoid catching cold.

The fish and chip shop is the most traditional form of British takeaway, a place that sells affordable hot meals at lunch time and in the evening. However, the last thirty or forty years have seen a rapid spread【小题1】foreign fast food restaurants, and there are now few towns without Chinese, Indian and Italian restaurants, as well as many other【小题2】(variety) of food.

Despite the constant innovations, the idea is always 【小题3】same: economical meals to eat in or take away for people who don’t have the time or energy to cook for 【小题4】 (they). Restaurants such as McDonald’s 【小题5】(pioneer) the idea of fast food being eaten while their customers sat down in the restaurant itself, and also developed ways【小题6】(make) sure their customers ate quickly and left.

Visitors to Britain【小题7】(advise) to try everything at least once,【小题8】 (especial) the foods which are not common in their own countries. They are also warned not to make comparisons with the food they eat at home; the pizza and pasta, 【小题9】is served in London, is very unlikely to be as 【小题10】(taste) as the dishes available in Naples or Rome.

Yum cha, literally drinking tea, is unique in its form and feature among various types of breakfast in China. It is very popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking 【小题1】(region) and used to last from 5:00 or 6:00 to 11:00 in the morning. But nowadays, many tea houses serve it all day long and one can go for yum cha any time. Apart 【小题2】 being a way of leisure, it has been part of Cantonese daily life after years of development.

The origin of Cantonese morning tea tradition can 【小题3】(find) in the Qing Dynasty. There were the restaurants called “Yili”, hanging a wooden board with the word “Tea Talking”, 【小题4】 the passers-by could rest. It only served simple tea and cakes 【小题5】 the environment was very poor, with only a few wooden tables and benches available. Then the tea shops appeared and then the even larger tea houses. Since then, it 【小题6】(become) common for Cantonese people to go to the tea house to drink morning tea. With time 【小题7】(pass) by, the tea has been a supporter in those tea houses while various delicate dim sums (点心) 【小题8】(constant) appear.

【小题9】(compare) with other types, Cantonese morning tea has its own etiquette (礼节). While drinking tea, you need to help your friends or families pour tea first and bend the right index finger (食指) and middle finger and knock on the table 【小题10】(express) your gratitude if others pour you tea. When the teapot is empty, open the cover to show the waiter the need for tea.