题目内容：

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填入一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。每空一词，含缩略词。

Warm weather and sunny days mean it’s a barbecue( 烧烤 ) season in the US.These days, 1. people say they’re going to a barbecue,they usually 2. that they’re going to cook the food over a grill( 烤架 )out doors.Popular barbecue foods include hamburgers, hot dogs, and vegetables.

Barbecue fans say that this is not real barbecue;it’s just grilling.True barbecue,which is also 3. BBQ,is an American tradition (传统)that is as old as the country itself.

Barbecue refers to meat that is cooked for a very long time(sometimes as long as 24 hours) over low heat from a wood fire.The smell of the burning wood adds flavor （味道） 4. the meat,which becomes soft as it cooks.

Different parts of the US have different 5. of making barbecue. In Texas, people often use beef. In North and South Carolina, pork is the most common. In Kansas City, pork ribs ( 猪肋排 ) are the favorite. Each region( 地区 ) says that its own barbecue is the 6.. There are barbecue competitions every year, and even magazines about the art of making great barbecue.

Most Americans don’t have the time or patience to dig a hole, fill it with special wood, light a fire and 7. cook meat carefully over it all day and night. So when they want a real barbecue, they go to restaurants that do the hard work for them. For those who want to have 8. own, easy barbecues, there’s always grilling.