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Choose the best answers.
In 99% of human history, people took their
food from the world around them. They ate all that they could find, and then
moved on. Then about 10,000 years ago, or in 1% of human history, people
learned to farm the land.
The kind of food we eat depends on which
part of the world we live in, or which part of our country we live in, For
example, in the south of China they eat rice, but in the north they eat
noodles. In European countries near the sea, people eat a lot of fish. In
central Europe, away from the sea, people don't eat so much fish. They eat more
meat. In Germany and Poland there are hundreds of different kinds of sausages.
In North America, Australia, and Europe,
people eat with knives and forks. In China, people eat with chopsticks. In parts
of India and the Middle East people use their fingers to pick up food.
Nowadays it is possible to transport(运 输) food easily from one part of the world to the other. We can eat
what we like, when we like, at any time of the year. In Britain, bananas come
from Africa; rice comes from India or the USA; strawberries come from Chile or
Spain. Food is very big business. But people in poor countries are still
hungry, and people in rich countries eat too much.
