It has been reported that many health benefits are associated 【小题1】 green tea consumption, such as lowering blood cholesterol levels, cancer prevention, anti-inflammatory(消炎), and weight loss. The principles are multiple, 【小题2】(large) due to a group of bioactive compounds called catechins 【小题3】(act) as anti-oxidants(抗氧化剂), which are highly concentrated in teas.

Tea research started from green tea, 【小题4】 is believed to be the most natural tea of all. The research has been extended to all other tea 【小题5】(category), such as white tea, oolong tea, black tea, and Pu’er tea.

As 【小题6】 result, many tea consumers put extensive effort into searching for teas with the highest level of anti-oxidants. The truth is that the variation of the anti-oxidant levels in different teas 【小题7】(find)minimum. Lifestyle change and long-term consumption yield far 【小题8】(many) benefits than selecting tea types with the highest anti-oxidant levels.

Tea is a kind of drink in China, with the tradition of medicinal use, long before modern scientists 【小题9】(discover)and documented their health benefit. Aged white tea was well known and used widely by the locals for treating fever caused by measles(麻疹)【小题10】（infect）before the modern antibiotic era. It is now established that white teas are anti-inflammatory.

Chinese people are proud of their food. However, when foreigners talk about Chinese food, they express opinions 【小题1】 your expectations.

As I grew up in the UK, the Chinese food I was used to eating was 【小题2】 I now recognize as Guangdong food because most Chinese immigrants to the UK came from Guangdong. The typical dish 【小题3】 (order) there would be pork in sweet and sour sauce. When most British people attempted 【小题4】 (pronounce) words in Chinese, they actually made the sound of Cantonese. So hearing Mandarin (普通话) is kind of 【小题5】 huge shock to some British people, who think it sounds completely different from the words they have heard!

British people's 【小题6】 (think) on Chinese food is probably changing, though. Chinese­American chef, Ken Hom, who 【小题7】 (work) on British TV for over 30 years, says: “Chinese food in the 1980s in the UK was mainly sweet. Now more regional (地方的) Chinese food from Sichuan, Hunan and other areas of China 【小题8】 (see). These various cuisines become successful here and 【小题9】 (taste) Chinese dishes also broaden their appeal to the British.”

But what do foreigners think when they come to China and eat real Chinese food? In my experience, the impression usually is 【小题10】 (amazing) good.

Do you like eating insects? In the past decade, insects 【小题1】 (become) a familiar sight on dinner tables. One reason is that people are concerned about the environment. Traditional livestock farming is harmful 【小题2】 the environment as it is generally unsustainable. Raising insects is much more environmentally friendly. One kilogram of insect protein needs about 10 percent of the feed, water and land used to produce the same amount of beef. 【小题3】 (expert) say farming insects is better for the environment than raising livestock. 【小题4】 reason why we may have to eat insects is that the world's population is increasing 【小题5】 (rapid). By 2050 this is expected 【小题6】 (be) 9. 8 billion, up from the current 7. 7 billion.

The insect farming industry is growing quickly. There are hundreds of companies worldwide creating meals 【小题7】 (make) from insects. There are stores in Tokyo, Japan, 【小题8】 you can purchase a can of insect snacks. The menu includes dried tarantulas and scorpions. However, not everyone is 【小题9】 (excite) by the idea of insects as food. 【小题10】 Israeli insect farmer, Dror Tamir, said, “May be I will find insects tasty someday, but not right now.”