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Have you seen people around you running towards many pizza shops? You might be thinking why people are so c____1.____ about pizza. Actually, there are many r_____2.__ why so many people prefer pizza when there is a variety of fast food.
First , pizza has a lot of flavors. If you are a c___3.__ lover, you can have one with just a cheese topping(配料). You can have vegetables as well as meat. Pizza is also in different s____4.___ ranging from the personal to the large party size. Pizza is now available at every corner from your house to your office. Just o____5.____ the phone call you can have pizza at your doorstep. People like pizza during office lunch hours or when they don’t have enough time to prepare food t____6.____. This is the main reason why pizza business is d____7.____ so quickly these days.
You will be amazed to hear that pizza, u____8.__ other fast food , is really a healthy diet. It is made f___9.___ olive oil(橄榄油), tomato sauce(酱), vegetables and whole meat, if you often eat it , you are less l_____10.__ to have a heart attack.
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Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most exciting traditions around the world. Since this festival marks the beginning of the year, New Year’s Day is thought of as a perfect time for a “clean start”. People in the world decide to act better in the year just beginning than the year just ended.
No day has ever been celebrated in so many different ways. All over the world, countries have their own special beliefs about what the New Year means to them.
In Scotland, the New Year is called Hogmanay. In the villages of Scotland, barrels of tar (沥青) are set on fire. It represents that the old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter.
New Year’s Day is also the Festival of Saint Basil in Canada. Children leave their shoes by the fireside on New Year’s Day with the hope that Saint Basil, who is famous for his kindness, will come and fill their shoes with gifts.
The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is an important time when Jews promise to do better in the future. Special services are held in the church, children are given new clothes and New Year bread is cooked to remind people of harvest time.
On New Year’s Day in Japan, everyone gets dressed in their new clothes and homes are decorated (装饰) with bamboos—symbols of long life.
In European countries such as Germany, France and Belgium, families start the New Year by first attending church services. Afterwards, they visit friends and relatives. In France, boys and girls receive gifts of money on New Year’s Day.
New Year celebrations around the 1.
Country/people | Celebration activities | Special beliefs |
Scotland | People 2. barrels of tar. | The old year is burned up and the new one is allowed to enter. |
Canada | Children leave their 3.by the fireside. | Their shoes will be 4. with gifts by Saint Basil. |
Jews | It is a time for people to 5. to do better in the future. People 6. New Year Bread to remind of harvest time. | |
Japan | People 7. their new clothes. Homes are decorated with bamboos. | Symbols of 8. life |
European 9. | People attend church services 10. visiting friends and relatives. |