How should you behave when you meet someone {#blank#}1{#/blank#}the first time? An American shakes your hand {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (firm) while looking you straight in the eye. In many parts of Asia, there is no physical contact at all. In Japan, you should bow, and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (much) respect you want to show, the deeper you should bow. In Thailand, people greet each other by pressing both hands together at the chest. In both countries, eye contact {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(avoid) as a sign of respect.

    In Spain, lunch is often {#blank#}5{#/blank#}biggest meal of the day, and can last two or three hours. For this reason, many people eat a light breakfast and a late dinner. In Mexico, lunch is a time {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (relax), and many people prefer not to discuss business as they eat. In Britain, it's not unusual to have a business meeting over breakfast.

    In most countries, an exchange of business cards{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be)necessary for all introductions. You should include your company name and your position. If you are going to a country {#blank#}8{#/blank#} your language is not widely spoken, you can get the back side of your card {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (print) in the local language. In a word, when {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (travel) abroad, we should follow local habits.

    My first impression of Mrs. Li, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} kind and patient teacher，was that she was nervous and shy. But now，her characters and teaching styles such as explaining English grammar so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (clear)， {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (avoid) making students feel stupid make the class like working {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her. Mrs. Chen，almost 60，is very strict. She's also very serious and doesn't smile much. Some of our classmates don't like her, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} most of us really appreciate her {#blank#}6{#/blank#} her teaching is so well organized and clear. Mr. Wu  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (teach) us for two weeks and he's already very popular. The young teacher，about 28，has got so much energy that this is one class you do not fall {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sleep) in！He's really amusing and tells jokes {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  he thinks we're getting {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bore)．I respect him a lot.

David will never forget what happened to him the day before yesterday. He was eating something at home{#blank#}1{#/blank#} he received a strange phone call from a hospital. The caller said that his son{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to school. It was he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}took him to the hospital. David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son's classroom, only to find him listening to the teacher attentively. He suddenly realized that he had been cheated, but he felt {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(relieve). Just at that time the phone rang again, saying, "Your son is in great danger and he needs {#blank#}5{#/blank#}immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan. The doctors here say they will not operate {#blank#}6{#/blank#}your son until they receive the money." When{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital, the caller rang off. David gave a big smile and said. "What a pity!"

If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a（an）{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(honest)way, he was wrong. Such phone calls are common these days. A few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks. Most parents are sensitive to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. It was really silly to cheat well—educated men like David.

    Believe it or not, it's a true story. The{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(colleague)in his office can confirm it, such as Tom, Peter and so on.

    Japan is a food heaven which has a unique food culture. You can find food from different countries worldwide in this island nation, and it is also very good at {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(combine) foreign food with its own traditional food. You may even find some food which {#blank#}2{#/blank#}only be found in Japan. One of them is called "Okosama Lunch," or "Kids' Lunch." In major department stores in Japan, there usually are many restaurants on the top floor of the building.' No matter what kind of food they serve, they usually have a menu for "Okosama Lunch." {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it is called a lunch, it is served at suppertime in most cases.

    It is said that "Okosama Lunch," a kid's menu was invented in 1930 by Taro Ando, a chief manager of Mitsukoshi Department, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(famous) department store in Japan founded in1673. Ando came up with an idea to have a variety of food which kids like on one plate and decorate {#blank#}5{#/blank#}nicely. The plate usually has molded rice with a tiny national flag chosen from one of many countries on top. It was during the Depression (大萧条) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Ando thought it would be nice {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(have) something looking good for kids to enjoy. Besides a small portion of rice, an "Okosama Lunch" usually contains kid's favorite food, such as hamburger steak, deep-fried chicken, red Vienna sausages, Spaghetti Neapolitan, fried shrimp and pudding.

    The details of this special menu are different from restaurant to restaurant, resulting in different types of "Okosama Lunch" across the country. They{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(design) to attract kids with popular comic characters on the plate."

    Now you can find "Okosama Lunch" anywhere in Japan. At some restaurants, they usually serve it only to kids {#blank#}9{#/blank#}ten years old. Next time you visit Japan, you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}try this special menu and enjoy Japanese food culture.