Have you heard of bubble tea? It’s from Taiwan. It’s like a drink and a snack in one cup. Shops that sell it are opening all over.
Bubble tea starts with milk tea. Then, treats are added. They usually rest at the bottom(底部). They’re sweet. People call them “bubbles.” Many times, there are also bubbles on top of the drink. You will see the bubbles when you shake the drink.
Bubble tea was first made in Taiwan in the 1980s. It soon became popular. And it spread across Asia. In the 1990s, bubble tea shops started opening in the US. Now, they’re everywhere.
Some bubble tea shops sell over a hundred flavors (味道)! Would you like mango? How about chocolate pudding? And don’t forget the toppings. How about red beans or something else?
Bubble tea shops can be great places to have fun. In some places, kids go there to play with friends.
【小题1】When did bubble tea shops start opening in the US?【小题2】How many flavors do some bubble tea shops sell?
【小题3】Do you want to go to bubble tea shops? Why or why not?
Many people around the world like sweet food. But different countries have different traditions.
In western countries, people like to eat something sweet after a meal. It’s called desserts, like cakes, cookies, pudding and ice-cream.
Why do western people like eating desserts after a meal? Maybe no one knows the answer. Every western country has their own special desserts. For example, many people in the US like eating a lot of apple pie best.
China is home to many dessert foods, such as rice balls and moon-cakes. It’s hard to name the most famous dessert in China. People in different places have different desserts. Some people think eating too much sweet food could make them fat. Luckily, people now can have more low-fat（低脂）and low-calory（卡路里）sweet food as their dessert.
| Sweet food is popular and different around the world. | |
| Places | The |
| In western countries | ◆It’s a ◆Common desserts—cakes, cookies, pudding and ice-cream ◆Apple pie is many Americans’ |
| In | ◆There are many dessert foods. ◆Hard to name the most famous desserts. |
| Now more low-fat and low-calory sweet food are made to satisfy people’s need and not to get | |
People drink tea. There are many kinds of tea, such as black tea, green tea, white tea and yellow tea. People drink a lot of tea in China. Some people drink it because they think it makes them healthy. Many people drink it because it is delicious.
In Vietnam, people like to drink coffee first. Then they drink tea. In England, people like to drink tea with milk.
Many people drink black tea in the US. In the South, people like to drink sweet tea. Sweet tea is cold black tea with sugar in it.
Most tea comes from China. Some tea comes from India or Sri Lanka. Kenya, Japan and Indonesia also grow tea.
Drinking tea around the world
| Reasons | Places | Customs |
| Tea makes people healthy. And it’s | In Vietnam | People drink |
| In England | Drink tea with | |
| In | People drink black tea. In the South, people drink |
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