Unit1 Food for thought Understanding ideas A child of two cuisines 教案 2023-2024学年高中英语外研版必修第二册

Book2 Unit 1 A Child of Two Cuisines Good morning, dear judges. I’m Candidate No.1. My topic is A Child of Two Cuisines. May I ..? Thank you! Good morning, everybody! How are you today? Fine! Great! I am very well. Look at the picture, what can you see? All kinds of food. Some of them are Chinese food. Some of them are from foreign countries. Have you ever tried foreign food? What have you tried? Beef steak. Spaghetti. Tai food. Sushi. Do you like them? Some of you like the foreign food, but some don’t. Different people have different tastes. People from different cultures have different food traditions. Today, let’s learn more about this topic. Open your books and turn to Page 2. What’s the title of this passage? A Child of Two Cuisines. Look at the title and the pictures in your book. Can you guess what this passage is about? Your predictions are so interesting! Let’s read the passage quickly and check your predictions. Well, this passage is about how the family combines food from two cultures. So, A Child of Two Cuisines means a child from two different cultural background enjoys the food from both countries. Now, let’s read the passage carefully and find out where the author’s parents are from and what food from the two countries are mentioned in this passage. The author’s mother is from China and his father is from Britain. What Chinese food are mentioned? Hot pot. Animal parts. Stinky tofu. What British food are mentioned? Full English breakfast. Sunday toast. Besides the description of the food, the author also expresses his family’s attitudes towards these different food. Do they like them? Can you find some evidence in the text to support your ideas? Read the passage again and underline the key words or expressions. You have 5 minutes. Does his mum like hot pot? Yes. Why do you think so? Lily. In the second paragraph, the authors says “ Mum has a sweet memory of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy food.” Exactly, Lily. You a