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2019人教版选择性必修二unit3 Food and Culture
Reading and Thinking CULTURE AND CUISINE 课件
云南省曲靖市第一中学
原创制作:周昆林
Food brings people together on many levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s true love.
——Giada De Laurentiis
食物把不同层次的人聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料,是真正的爱。
——吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
Pre-reading
1. Before you read, discuss these questions in groups.
1. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there and how can these cuisines be described?
They are quite different in taste and texture (口感)
2. What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them?
It is believed that different cuisines reflect different personalities of people who eat them. For example, it is said that people who like spicy food are probably adventurous and hardworking. While people in Yunnan living in the mountainous area, which helps shape their brave, simple, and unconstrained characteristics, which also reflects in the clothes they are dressing.
3. Look at the title and pictures on Page 26 and predict what the article is about.
It is about different kinds of Chinese food and the culture each food
represents.
4. In pairs, discuss what you think this saying “You are what you eat.” means.
The food we eat actually reflects our personality, character, and culture.
Skim Reading
Please read the text quickly and answer the following questions:
1. Which is the topic paragraph?
The last paragraph.
2. Which is the topic sentence?
What we can say, however , is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand,
and if you don’t experience one, you can never know the other.
1. In what way does the writer show us that culture and cuisine go hand
in hand?
By sharing his different experiences with Chinese cuisine.
2. What places are mentioned where the writer experienced Chinese food?
America. Beijing, Shandong, Northwest China, South China. And centra