All of us like eating different kinds of food. Some students like eating fast food (快餐). Though (尽管) they know it is not healthy, they think fast food is very delicious (美味的). Some students like vegetables and fruit. For them, vegetables and fruit are very healthy. Some students like eating meat (肉). Because they say it can make them strong. There are 45 students in Class Five, Grade Seven. To know what the students like eating, Sally makes a survey (调查) in her class. Now let’s see what they like eating.

Britons are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. The average (平均) person in the UK consumes (消费) 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, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the richer sections of society.

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 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 people with money. At this time, they began to have “afternoon tea”. This involves (包含) drinking tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today.

In the late 1800s, the price of tea decreased sharply as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socializing in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it.

Three days ago, Tom, one of my classmates, bought some food from a supermarket. He bought some beef, pork, chicken, fruit and vegetables. Because it was his fifteenth birthday. He wanted to have a big party at home. He invited most of his classmates to share the food together. But after they had the food, all of them didn’t feel well. They got poisoned (中毒) and had a stomachache. Then they were sent to the hospital nearby at once. The doctor there looked them over carefully, then said that the food they ate was poisonous. The doctor gave them some injections (打针) and some medicine for them to take at home. They were out of danger at last. But it was very dangerous. If they weren’t sent to the hospital in time, they would have the danger of dying.

From this accident we realize the importance of food safety. I hope all of us can pay more attention to it. If everyone can do something to stop it, there will be fewer food safety problems in our society. And I think the government should do something to stop the problem, too.