There are many TV programs on Chinese food, but few of them are like A Bite of China. It tells us something 【小题1】 (interest) about what the Chinese eat in different cultures and places.

China is famous 【小题2】 its delicious food. And food plays 【小题3】 important role in Chinese culture. You can see all 【小题4】 /kaɪndz/ of foods through the program. And you can also learn how to make the food. That’s why it 【小题5】 (become) so popular.

The program is also 【小题6】 /edʒuˈkeɪʃən(ə)l/ because it is not only food. There are also many great stories of food 【小题7】 people. It helps people from other 【小题8】 (country) know more about China. They can 【小题9】 /bəʊθ/ enjoy the beauty of Chinese food and learn Chinese culture.

You can watch the program 【小题10】 on the Internet or on TV.

What would people like 【小题1】 (eat) on their birthday? The answer would be different in different 【小题2】 (country).

In many places, people have birthday cakes 【小题3】 candles. The number of candles 【小题4】 (be) the person’s age. The birthday person must 【小题5】 (make) a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she 【小题6】 (blow) out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is 【小题7】 (luck).

In China, it is 【小题8】 (get) popular to have cake on your birthday now. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles 【小题9】 the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on 【小题10】 (they) birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.

All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person.

People on the earth move, eat and sleep on the ground (地面). And the plants on the earth grow 【小题1】 (they) roots in the ground. But in space, everything floats (漂移). So people need a different way to live in space.   

Astronauts 【小题2】 the space station sleep standing up. Their sleeping bags are tied to a wall (系到墙上). They have to 【小题3】 (get) inside the sleeping bags and then sleep standing up. As for food, astronauts can 【小题4】 (choose) from many kinds of food such as fruit, chicken and beef. But they eat in 【小题5】 special way. Their food comes in special bags, so it will not float away.

Astronauts can grow 【小题6】 (vegetable) in space. They put plants in a wet box and leave the lights on them. Some plants can even grow when they are floating. Their roots will grow either up 【小题7】 down. Now, astronauts can eat fresh vegetables, too! But they need to wait for a long time, because plants grow 【小题8】 (slow) in space.

Today scientists are trying to 【小题9】 (make) the dream of living in space come true. In the future, more and m【小题10】 people may float, eat and sleep standing up in space.