Recently，Zibo barbecue（烧烤） has become very popular online，so people all over China travel there to taste it.My father and I（1）

are

are

（be） two of them.
    On the way（2）

to

to

Zibo，my father told me a story.During the COVID-19 pandemic，thousands of college students were stuck in Zibo.Zibo's government helped the students and offered （3）

a

a

great barbecue dinner before they left.The government also invited the students（4）

to come

to come

（come） back to Zibo again when spring came.
    There are some（5）

differences

differences

（difference） between Zibo's barbecue and the ones in other cities.First，there is a small grill （烤架） on each table.People need to cook on the grill by themselves.（6）

Second

Second

（two），when the food is ready，you put it onto a small pancake，and then add scallions and sauce before eating.It is（7）

really

really

（real） delicious.
    People in the restaurant didn't know each other ，（8）

but

but

they just talked，ate and danced together like friends.Some people in Zibo put off（9）

their

their

（they） orders when they heard there weren't enough seats.They wanted tourists from other places to have the chance to try the food.
    I kept thinking about why Zibo became so popular.I think it is not only because of the delicious food but also the（10）

friendly

friendly

（friend） people there.