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Learning about language
Build up your vocabulary
Unit 3 Food and Culture
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Find words from the reading passage which have similar meaning to the words in italics.
(1) We’ll need ten months at least to have the restaurant decorated.
(2) Some traditional Chinese dishes from before the Ming Dynasty
are still popular today.
(3) My grandpa’s breakfast mainly includes wholegrain biscuits and
a glass of milk.
(4) People in this area would eat nearly a kilo of cheese per week.
(5) We enjoyed a special dinner in a fancy restaurant where the waiters
all wore attractive suits.
(6) He prefer this brand of coffee which, as he said, has an unusually
good flavour.
at a minimum
prior to
consists of
consume
elegant
exceptional
Practice
2
(1) Italy, Greece, and Spain are
famous for their olives, figs, and
other ingredients,
(2) She sliced off
(3) A traditional Western dinner can
consist of
(4) Chinese cuisine is generally
divided into
(5) The French eat rich foods such as
Learn more about foods around the world by matching the first and second halves of the following sentences.
A a piece of sausage for her dinner.
B an appetiser, a main course, soup, and
dessert.
C which have all contributed to centuries
of cuisine development.
D cream, butter, pastry and rich cheeses, and
they also consume red wine and olive oil.
E eight regional cuisines based on their
geographic locations.
C
A
B
E
D
dessert n.(饭后)甜点
Practice
3
(6) Simple, rich and with a
focus on high-quality
ingredients,
(7) Sushi is vinegared rice,
(8) Fusion cuisine (融合菜)is a combination of different
cooking styles,
F which is meant to be enjoyed by
people who are experimental when it
comes to food.
G Italian cuisine is popular all over
the world.
H usually topped with other ingredients
including fish (cooked or uncooked)
and vegetables.
G
H
F
Practice
4
Familiarise yourself with some food idioms by matc