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Do you like to drink hot water? Compared _________ people in most other countries, Chinese people especially like to drink warm water. Do you know why?

In the old days, people drank water from the _________. The bacteria (细菌) in it could make them _________. Ancient people around the world used different _________ to kill the bacteria in the water. For the Chinese, they thought drinking boiled water was the easiest way to protect _________ from the harmful bacteria.

What’s more, in traditional Chinese _________, “yin” and “yang” mean cold and hot energy. It was believed that the power of your body _________ “yang”. And drinking hot water could nourish (滋养) the “yang” energy. That’s _________ traditional Chinese doctors always suggest people should not drink cold water.

Besides this, before people in northern China had central heating (中央供暖), it was hard for them _________ the cold in winter. Drinking hot water helped them keep warm. Another reason is that since the early 20th century, the Chinese government has __________ people to drink more warm water. It has also helped the Chinese to form this special habit.