Many Ways of Life

All over the world, people do many of the same things necessary in order to live,yet in different ways.

Along the Amazon River,people live in river houses. Many South American Indians live in grass huts, and Eskimous may live in snow houses. You may be living in an apartment building several stories high, （26）_____

People live in different places,and they eat different foods. （27）_____ For instance, sea spiders （蜘蛛） are caught for food in Japan. You may have eaten a sea spider, too, in the form of a seafood cold dish. In the United States, you may buy your lunch from a hotdog stand. （28）_____ But there,a native seller may sell you a hotdog that is actually a piece of dog meat.

（29）_____Yet the Indians there have found a way to take the poison out from the plant and use the plant to make flour. From the flour, they make the bread, which is the major food all over South America.

Much of the food you eat probably comes from your local supermarket. （30）_____ But an Indonesian on the island of Bali may wait much longer for a meal. There, a sticky （粘性的） liquid is spread on the end of a long pole. Then it is held up in the air until dragonflies（蜻蜓） come along and are stuck in the sticky liquid. In this way, a meal is done.
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