[00:04.78]Lesson 29 1 Dialogue
[00:11.15]Jill and Bob are at Li Jia's house for dinner.
[00:16.80]Li Jia:Would you like another piece of beancurd?
[00:20.95]Yes,please.It's delicious.Did you cook it youself?
[00:26.59]Yes,of course.It's very easy.I'll teach you if you like.
[00:33.65]How about some more beef?There's plenty more.
[00:38.82]Well,just a little,please.
[00:42.66]Let me give you some more chicken.And have another pancake.
[00:47.93]They're better when they're bot.
[00:51.38]No,thanks.I've had enough.
[00:55.33]What about you,Bob?A bowl of soup?
[01:00.08]I'm full,thank you.
[01:03.56]What a delicious supper!Next time you must come to us.
[01:10.01]Lesson 30 Reading
[01:22.68]Read the passage to find the answer to this question:
[01:27.95]In which part of the world were the tomato,
[01:33.13]the potato and com first discovered?
[01:37.99]FOOD A ROUND THE WORLD
[01:41.75]When Christopher Columbus and his friends reached America in 1492,
[01:48.90]they discovered the plant "corn" there.
[01:53.76]At least 450 years ago corn was brought to China.
[01:59.93]By 1555 it had already become important here.
[02:06.17]Corn is a useful plant that can be eaten by both people and animals.
[02:13.15]In the 17th century corn was grown a lot in Tibet and Sichuan.
[02:19.91]At that time the land along the Changjiang River was becoming very crowded;
[02:26.76]There was not enough room for the population.
[02:30.80]Farmers had to move into the hills,
[02:34.67]but they couldn't grow rice there.
[02:38.43]They needed a plant which didn't need as much water as rice.
[02:44.08]Luckily they were able to grow this new corn.
[02:49.04]Today,corn is found all over the world.
[02:53.90]It is a very useful plant that can be prepared in many different ways.
[03:00.06]People in the West often boil it and eat it with salt and butter.
[03:06.59]Sometimes they cook it whole over an open fire.
[03:11.84]In many parts of the world corn is made into powder.
[03:16.91]They powder is they mixed with water and other things,
[03:21.87]and made into different kinds of food.
[03:25.64]Corn was not the only food that was taken to Europe.
[03:30.39]In 1519 another traveller who went to America from Europe discovered the tomato.
[03:37.84]Tomatoes were first taken back to Europe
[03:41.99]and they soon reached other parts of the world.
[03:46.06]When they arrived in England they were called "love apples".
[03:51.11]In the beginning,people who bought them often got angry.
[03:56.38]They thought that they were buying apples.
[04:00.04]A number of other plants were found in America,
[04:04.30]for example,beans,potatoes and different fruits.
[04:10.46]The potato is another plant that was taken back by early travellers.
[04:16.24]It is a very useful plant;
[04:19.79]it can be grown in places where it is too cold to grow rice.
[04:25.25]Early European travellers to China
[04:29.19]took back to their own countries the seeds of fruit trees
[04:33.95]that they had not seen before.
[04:37.19]Today,fruit trees which once grew only in China
[04:42.85]can be found in many parts of the world.
[04:47.01]And the fresh fruit from these trees
[04:50.95]is shipped from one country to another.
[04:55.21]Today,new foods are travelling faster than ever before |