Laba Festival, which falls on the 【小题2】 day of layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people 【小题3】 to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

On Laba Festival, people often eat hot Laba porridge. There are 【小题4】 eight things in the porridge: rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds（莲子）, dates（红枣）, and three different 【小题5】 of fruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but best wishes for the coming of the Chinese New Year.

Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in layue. Laba garlic（蒜）is 【小题6】 in the north. People begin to soak（浸泡）garlic in vinegar（醋）from that day on, and have it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. 【小题7】 in the south, people like making sausages.

【小题8】 major celebration before the Spring Festival is Xiaonian. It is usually on the twenty-third day of the last lunar month. Traditionally it is an important day when people 【小题9】 sacrifices to the Kitchen God who looks after the family.

Don’t forget to clean your home. This is also an important thing to do to prepare for the Chinese New Year. It 【小题10】 sweeping away the dust of the old year and welcoming a fresh start. Now, the last thing for you to do is to wait for the coming Spring Festival.

Riding a Motorbike on the street, you might hear some people 【小题1】 Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are 【小题2】 sale.

But you are not in China, you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many 【小题3】 Chinese products have been accepted worldwide.

Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western 【小题4】 for a long time. To meet Western people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants provide them big pieces of meat without bones, 【小题5】 people there don’t like to eat meat with the bone in.

Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL 【小题6】, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. And more 【小题7】, half of the US-owned drones are 【小题8】 in China.

In the past, most Western people 【小题9】 Chinese products were cheap and not dependable. But now, things have changed 【小题10】 “Made in China” has become cool.