WhydoChinesepeoplelovehotpotsomuch?AsthewintermonthsbegintosettleinIfindmyselfwonderingwhatitisaboutthistraditionalmealwhichhasexistedformorethan1，000yearsthatmakesitaChinesefoodfavorite．Butitseemsthattheanswerliesbeyondthedishitself．

Hotpotisn'tjustdesignedtokeepyouwarmduringthecoldmonths;it'salsoasocialexperience．It'sa"theater”cuisinethatturnsamealintoanevent．Thereisalotoffunforeveryonetohaveinaddingingredientstothehotpot．

Hotpotiseatenovertwotothreehours．Forthisreasonitisoftenconsideredanevening'sentertainmentandtimetospendwithfriendsandfamily．Howevermanywesternerswouldbeputoffbytheideaofotherpeoplestickingchopsticksintheirfood．WhenwecometoeatatthetableintheUKwetendtohaveourownindividualportions（份额）althoughtheexperienceisstillasocialone．

AsimilarexperiencetothehotpotonecanbefoundinKoreanbarbecuerestaurantswhichletyoucookyourownmeat．Thisallowspeopletohavetheirmeatdonehowevertheywant．

FormostWesternerstheideaofgoingtoarestauranttocooktheirownfoodisbizarre（古怪的）．ButhavinggivenhotpotagoIfindit'snowoneofmyfavoritemealsinBeijing．ThesteamfromthepotleftmyclothessmellingoffoodwhenIgothomebutperhapsthisisalsopartoftheexperience．Whenthechilly（刺骨的）windisblowingoutsidejustgrab（抓）somechopstickssomegoodfriendsanddigin．Formeit'slikethrowingadinnerpartywheremytastebuds（味蕾）andmyappetiteareequallysatisfiedinthewarmcompanyoffriends．

小题1:AccordingtotheauthorhotpotispopularinChinabecause________．A．itisafunsocialexperienceB．ithasbeendevelopingforover1000yearsC．itinvolvesmanyuniqueingredientsD．itkeepspeoplewarminwinteranditiscreative小题2:WecanconcludefromthearticlethatgenerallyBritishpeople_______.A．preferaKoreanbarbecuetoChinesehotpotB．finditinterestingtocooktheirownfoodinrestaurantsC．don'tlikesharingfoodwithothersD．don'tmindthesmelloffoodstayingontheirclothesafterdinner