阅读理解

    Look at the foods around you. From grapes and wainuts (核桃)to cucumbers and spinach(菠菜), they make our diets special. But did you know that none of the foods above are native to China？They came to China through the Silk Road hundreds of years ago. Are there any foods that are native to China？Of course there are. Rice, soy beans, chestnuts (栗子), Chinese cabbage and hawthorns(山植)were all grown in China first.

    Where are these foods from？

Food	Home country	Time to enter China
Luffs	India	Tang Dynasty(AD 618﹣907)
Eggplant	India and Southeast Asia	Han Dynasty(206BC﹣AD220)
Cucumber	South Asia	Han Dynasty(206BC﹣AD202)
Watermelon	Africa	Tang Dynasty(AD 618﹣907)