Do you know how rice first came to China? There is an old Chinese story is about a little girl who went out to fish.
There was a famine(饥荒) and everybody was very /ˈhʌnɡri/.
The little girl felt her net growing heavy and was very happy. However, it was the King of Frogs(青蛙) that she /kɔːt/. The frog told her to hold out her fishing net to the sun's rays and he would sing magic song. The little girl followed his instructions. She was (great) surprised to see the rays of sunshine falling through the net. And they were changed golden grains (谷粒) of rice. The first rice was thought to arrive in this way.
We do not know whether this story is true, but it tells (we) that rice has the same value as gold to the Chinese. Rice (be) always the main food for the Chinese. For centuries, much land has been devoted(奉献) to rice-planting and many Chinese people are (farmer), who work very hard for each grain.
It's important to /seɪv/ food and say no to waste. After all, waste not, want not.
