Question

Most countries have their own breakfast traditions. For example, a breakfast containing bread, eggs, and coffee, is common in the United States. However, people in Japan usually have white rice and vegetable soup for breakfast. 1. In fact, in some Asian countries, breakfast does not usually mean foods that are different from other meals.

European countries have their own breakfast traditions too! In Italy, people usually just eat bread and coffee. 2. And an “English breakfast” means eggs, salted meat, vegetables or fruit, and bread. It is a very large meal.

In Africa, breakfast is very different across the continent. 3. In Nigeria, for example, many different tribes eat different foods for breakfast. One common thing is ground beans. In parts of Nigeria, people make a round cake from beans and cook it in oil. In other parts of Nigeria, people drink coffee. They also eat bread with butter or chocolate on it, along with fresh fruit.

4. People in Costa Rica, Central America have a meal called gallon pinto for breakfast. Gallo Pinto is Spanish for “spotted rooster,” but the breakfast food is not a rooster or a chicken! Gallo Pinto is just rice and beans. It also uses a special sweet and spicy(辛辣的) liquid called Lozano Sauce, which is a special part of the Costa Rican breakfast. People eat different versions of this same food in other Central American countries. 5. But all of them find ways to eat the things that will be healthy for them.

A. But these meals can be different.

B. In other parts of Africa, people drink coffee.

C. This is very similar to other meals in the day.

D. In the Americas, the breakfast meal is different too.

E. Each country across the world has a different breakfast.

F. In Germany, people eat different cold meats and special bread rolls.

G. What people have for breakfast differs a lot even within the same country.

Answer 1