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Listening and Speaking
Unit 3 Diverse Cultures
Learning objectives
1. Acquire the ability to remember information quickly.
2. Understand the characteristics of food in a multicultural America by listening to a conversation.
3. Talk about how to make a hometown dish for a potluck dinner.
Quote: The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.
What can you see in this photo?
2. Where is this photo taken?
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Where are they from?
Before-listening
What food comes to your mind when thinking of the USA?
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A
C
D
hamburger
fortune cookie
gumbo
nachos
Where are the following dishes from?
1.Look at the photos of American food and match them with their names. Then guess which countries’ cuisine influenced the food’s invention.
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A
C
D
hamburger
fortune cookie
gumbo
nachos
2. Listen to a radio interview about American food and check whether your answers to activity 1 are correct.
3. Listen to the interview again and decide whether the statements are true [T] or false [F].
1. No food was ever invented in America. T F
2. Hamburgers were invented in Germany. T F
3. Nachos were invented for Americans by a foreigner. T F
4. Every Chinese restaurant in America has fortune cookies. T F
5. American cooking often mixes things from around the world to make something completely new. T F
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That’s not really true.
The final hamburger we know today was definitely created by Americans.
4.Listen to the interview again and complete the notes below.
Take notes
Write down the key words, such as names ,dates, and numbers.
Omit all articles(a, an, the)
Use abbreviations. For example, use “N.O.” for New Orleans, “be” for because, “yrs” for years, “+” for and, and so on.
A short form of a word
German
American
Mexican
San Francisco
French
African
Spanish
Match the word with its abbreviation
Ger
Sp
Fre
Afr
SF
Am
Mex
Names of food Notes
Hamburger mix of _______ + ___________ cultures
Nachos ________ corn chips covered in cheese
made by _______ cook for ______