Amy’s school needed to raise money to buy more computers. Amy knew that many of her classmates’ families were from different countries all over the world. They had many special traditions, spoke many different languages and ate many different kinds of foods.

Amy had a good idea! She suggested that every student should bring their favorite dishes and hold a dinner party together. She knew the students would be glad to pay money in order to try foods from all over the world.

“That’s a great idea,” Amy’s teacher said. “Let’s have a big dinner.”

Amy brought her favorite meal, chicken and noodles. Her friend Amina was from Brazil. Her family brought some beef and curry. Brian was from Japan and he brought sushi and fish. Kevin, from China brought a roast duck and some dumplings. Jessica was a vegetarian from Canada and she brought a meal with no meat. Her mother made some vegetable soup and fruit salad.

The dinner party was a great success. Everyone enjoyed seeing,smelling and tasting foods from so many different cultures.

Going to the Supermarket

Martha is at the supermarket, getting ready for a house party. She has a list of what she needs with her as she goes along. The first section she comes has produce. Martha sees apples, bananas, cherries, grapes, and strawberries. She checks her list:

-6 apples

-1 bag of grapes

- 2 cartons of strawberries

Martha gets her items (清单上的东西) and looks the bananas. They are on sale for much cheaper than they are normally. She picks 3 bananas. Next are vegetables. She sees potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and salad in bags. She checks her list:

-5 pounds of potatoes

-6 carrots

- 4 tomatoes

- 2 onions

-4 mushrooms

As she is putting her items into her cart (购物车), Martha checks the many bags of salad and chooses 2 of them. She pushes her cart ahead. The next section is meat and dairy. She sees meat, fish, cheese, eggs, and milk. She checks her list:

-2 fish (salmon)

-1 block of cheese (cheddar)

- 1 dozen eggs

- 2 gallons of milk

She looks at the meat that is on sale and chooses a 5-pound roll of beef. She gets the rest of the items in that section. She still needs rice, bread, salt, sugar, and flour. She gets:

-2 bags of rice

-4 loaves of bread

- a 2-pound bag of sugar

- a 2-pound bag of flour

Martha then realizes that she has forgotten something. She runs back and gets 1 container of salt and then rushes to the checkout. She puts her groceries into her car and leaves.