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U1 Extended Reading
Eating in China
Learning objectives:
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. describe the three traditional Chinese foods based on their popularity, features and history;
2. analyse the author's attitude towards traditional Chinese foods and his purpose of writing the blog entries;
3. introduce one of their popular local dishes in English to a foreign traveller.
Scanning
Look through the text quickly and answer these questions:
• What’s the genre of the text?
A blog
博客
What does a food critic usually do?
What would be included in the blog?
Food d_________, i___________, c_________.
Try various kinds of foods and talk about the f________ and f________.
escriptions
ntroductions
omments
lavours
eelings
If you were a food critic, what would you write to recommend these foods?
taste
appearance
ingredients
ways of cooking
history
smell
reasons for
popularity
Eating in China
7 March
Sichuan hot pot
12 August
Nanjing salted duck
8 December
Cantonese dim sum
Where did the critic go?
Scanning
Skim the three blog entries from the food critic and then finish the following table.
7 March, Sichuan hot pot ________ experience
________
________ for his favour
12 August, _________________ ________ experience
________ to make salted duck
________
8 December, ________________
_________
_____ the Cantonese have their breakfast
Dishes
Personal
History
Reasons
Nanjing salted duck
Cantonese dim sum
Personal
Ways
History
Ways
History
Sichuan hot pot
Read the first blog entry and answer the following questions.
How popular are Sichuan hot pots?
Why are Sichuan hot pots so popular?
What are the features of Sichuan hot pots?
Careful reading
Sichuan hot pot
popularity
reasons for
popularity
features
ingredients
making process
flavour
→famous both in China and overseas
→1.heat up a cold midwinter evening
3. offer the best way to relax with friends
multiple soups, vegetables, meat, and sauces
→ boil various ingredients
→hot, spicy
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