Different ways of shopping at markets

Differences

Reason

In Southern China

In Northern China

The weather

    It is usually cold and dry in the north, so food can be       ⑷       for a long time.

    The hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or the food may go       ⑸       .

    People always buy what they need for just one or two meals.

    People can buy a

Small       ⑴     of fruit.

    It is       ⑵      to buy vegetables and meat enough for a week.

    Many fruits are sold in baskets and      ⑶     .