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Unit 3 Food and Culture
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Reading and Thinking
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By the end of this class, students will be able to:
Make predictions according to the title and pictures ;
Understand the relationship between culture and cuisine and the logical relationship of cause and effect;
Strengthen cultural confidence and the awareness of spreading traditional Chinese culture.
Learning Objectives
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Lu鲁
Yue粤
Su苏
Chuan川
Min闽
Zhe浙
Xiang湘
Wan皖
Activity1:Warming up---A rap song
1.Why do people living in different places eat different kinds of food?
2.What do the foods tell us about the local people who eat them?
China’s eight great cuisines
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The passage may talk about the __________________ between culture and cuisine.
CULTURE AND CUISINE
relationship
Food cooked in a certain way
Activity2:Predicting
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Read the text quickly to check your prediction and find the topic paragraph.
Activity3:Reading for the Main idea
Tip1
A topic paragraph is often at the beginning or end of the text.
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Para7---the Topic Paragraph
Activity3:Reading for the Main idea
Topic Sentence
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand .
Tip2
The content following "however“ ,"yet", and "but" is usually stressed.
1.Which sentence is the topic sentence?
2. What do the foods tell us about the local people who eat them?
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1.How does the author introduce the topic ?
By quoting Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin’s words.
2.How does the author understand “You are what you eat”?
The author thinks that the food people eat shows people’s personality, character,and culture.
Activity4:Reading for Details
Para1---the Introduction Paragraph
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the author’s experiences
Para.2-6---
Activity4:Reading for Details
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or Culture
America
Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
General Tso’s chicken
Americans love... and are not afraid to...
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Activity4:Reading for Details
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or Culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest
China
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