“Can I have a glass of hot water?” This is a very common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But ____ you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water.

    For most Chinese people,____ (drink) hot water is part of everyday life. It is believed that water of a warm temperature (25-30 C) is good for people's health,____ (especial) for the stomach.

    But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in winter. One possible reason is ____ in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil ____. And it's also normal to jump into a cold shower after exercise,____ (bring) the heart rate down.

    However, there is one common thing ____(encourage) in both the East and the West: One ____ cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. Because sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drinks make you hotter and you begin to sweat.

    Of course, it doesn't matter if you drink hot ____ cold water. The more comfortable your body feels, the ____(good) it is.