①Recently, Zibo barbecue(烧烤) has become so popular that people all over China travel there to taste it.
②Last year during the COVID-19 pandemic (疫情), thousands of college students were stuck in Zibo. The local government helped students to get through that period and offered a great barbecue dinner when the quarantine (隔离) was over. The government officers also invited the students to come back to Zibo again when spring came.
③To some people, there is nothing more appetizing(开胃的)than the smell of meat cooking in an open air. All over the world, people love to eat barbecue, because it helps bring friends and families together. Having a barbecue makes people think about how things were with their ancestors(祖先). Cooking over coals or an open flame(火焰) makes people feel more social.
④But there are some differences between Zibo's barbecue and the ones in other cities. Zibo's barbecue restaurants have a small grill (烤架) on each table. People need to cook on the grill by themselves. When the food is ready, you put it onto a small pancake, and then add scallions (葱) and sauce before eating. People in the restaurant didn't know each other before. But they just talked naturally about daily life and sang together. The boss of the restaurant even danced. Some local people even put off their orders when they heard there weren't enough seats. They wanted tourists from other places to have the chance to eat.
⑤Why is Zibo barbecue so popular among people? Is it the promise between the government and the college students, or the special, tasty food, or the warmhearted (热心的) people? Maybe all of these make Zibo become widely known.
①It is cheap.
②It can make people think about the lives their ancestors lived.
③It helps bring friends and families together.
④It helps people more social.