Have you ever thought about the best meal you have ever eaten? For many people, it isn't just about the quality of the food; it's also about great memories of a particular vacation or the person it was shared {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. We asked 100 famous chefs from around the world {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their best meals were, and we got some{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (interest) answers.

    As the researchers expected, 30% of the chefs{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(survey) said that their best meal as a kid was still what they liked the most as an adult. 20% {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (consider) a meal in a fancy restaurant as the best one in their lives, and another 10% said that a meal while on vacation with their wife{#blank#}6{#/blank#}husband was the best of all time. 15% said that a simple meal that they often cooked at home ranked{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (high) than any other meal, and the same number said that their best dish was something they make where they work.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprising), 10% of these chefs said that their favorite meal of their entire lives was at a fast food restaurant! These best{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cook) in the world would pick McDonald's or KFC if they had the choice of what {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eat).

    Do you like trying different things? Are you afraid {#blank#}1{#/blank#} things that you think you're bad at?

    Last year I started to learn Tai Chi (太极)in order to improve my health and reduce my stress. It was something new for me, and I found it to be quite difficult, very {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(difference) from anything I'd ever learned before. Small {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(move) are important in Tai Chi. I was used to being fast and active , {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to learn Tai Chi I had to learn patience. Now I've found that I'm a much more patient person than before, and Tai Chi isn't nearly as difficult as it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) before.

    We tend {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like) things we are good at that's normal. For example, I'm naturally very good at badminton and tennis, but I'm very bad at anything {#blank#}7{#/blank#} involves keeping balance, such as skating, skiing and gymnastics. Tai Chi has {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(great) improved my balance which has been a very good thing for me.

    My point is that you can keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(do) the things you know you're good at and live in your comfort zone, or you can try something new. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what it would be like to try something new to challenge {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(you). It will definitely pay off in the end.

    During World War II, I lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. My family was Jewish,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}we had been hidden away for a year and a half. During that time I hadn't been able to be outdoors for so long{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I had grown so crazy {#blank#}3{#/blank#}everything to do with nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon at midnight. But I didn't dare{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (open) the window to see the night face to face {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I was afraid of{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(discover) by the Nazis. I felt very lonely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}seeing my old friends. So I had to make a new true friend, my diary Kitty,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I could tell everything to.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fortune), at last my family were discovered and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(catch) by the German Nazis half a year later.

In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7,000 years. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, in which bamboo played an important role. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (success) sank a 1,600­-metre-­deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe until the 19th century, and it was by using the technology {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the Americans drilled(钻) the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.

Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(face) tough situations.