IspenttwomonthswithanAmericanfamilylastyearwhenIstudiedinAmerica．Itissaidthat“ThebesthouseisintheU.S.A．，thebestwifeisinJapanandthebestfoodisinChina．”SoItook36 andpleasureto 37 “thebestfood”formyAmericanfamily．Eachday，regardlessofmypoorskillofcooking，Iperformedmyplayin 38 way：changingthedishes’colour，themeat’stypeorthesoup’sstyle．Thus，myAmericanfriendscoulddiscoverthe 39 ofeatingChinesefood．Becauseofmy“ 40 ”job，Iwasoftenrewardedbytheir 41 of appreciation,suchas“very tasty”，“excellent”etc．Butthejokewashere：yesterday，IcookedSichuan－style 42 fordinner．Iwas 43 atmyachievement．Whenallthefamilymembersarrivedatthetable，theyfirstlooked 44 atthefish，thenlookedatme．“Whydoallthefishhavetheir 45 ？”theyasked，“It’shorrible！”Horribleorbeautiful？Idon’tknow．ButI 46 knowthatfishheadsaredelicious.The 47 isthebestpartoffish；in 48 onlytherespectableguestcanhavethespecial 49 ofenjoyingit．Another 50 thingis：theAmericanfriendsoftensaidtome“ 51”asthey 52 fruitsorotherthings．AccordingtoChinesetradition，Iwouldsimplysmileinanswertotheirkindness 53actuallyhelpingmyselftoanyofthefood. 54 ，Isaid“helpyourself”tothemwheneverIbroughthomefruits．Dearme，nomatterhowmuchorhowoftenIbroughthomefood，aslongasitwasnicetotheirtaste，they 55 hesitatedtousetheirhandsto“