Unit 1 Food matters Reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语译林版(2020)选择性必修第一册

Reading Food matters Unit 1 Learning Objectives 1. give a brief introduction to comfort food; 2. distinguish between comfort food and favourite food; 3. describe our own comfort food. 泗洪县第一高级中学 上善若水 博学笃行 Watch the video, then think about what is about. What is comfort food? Prediction Comfort food may be a type of delicious food related to our happy memories. Reading inspectional reading Skim the article and choose its right structure. ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ① ②③④ ⑤ ① ②③④ ⑤ ① ② ④ ③ ⑤ ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ A B C D A fast reading Read the article and complete the chart below with the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: Rice pudding cheers me up whenever I feel unhappy. Para. 2: ______________________________________________________ Para. 3: _________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Para. 4: __________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Para. 5: _______________________________________________________ Comfort food has the unique power to__________________. make us feel better Our comfort foods are highly __________, depending on __________ ___________________. individual our own unique experiences Comfort food gives the “______________” to people. Comfort food is food _____________. for the soul taste of home A1 P4 2. Discuss the function of each paragraph and then fill in the blanks. ________ the topic of “comfort food” by describing the author’s personal experience. Give the ________ of comfort food and narrow down the ______ which will be discussed in this article. Talk about one kind of comfort food linked with ______________ in our memories. Talk about the other kind of comfort food related to one’s sense of ________ and cultural _____. Make a _________. Para.2 Para.1 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Introduce definition positive emotions belonging roots conclusion topic What’s the main idea of this passage? This passage tells the readers what is ____________and its features and _________. comfort food functions   What is the text type of the passage? A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentation(议论文)． C．Exposition(说明文)． D．Practical writing(应用文)． Global reading √ 1. What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the first paragraph? (para. 1) 2. What is comfort food in its broadest sense? (para. 2) 3. According to the third paragraph, how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up? (para. 3) 4. For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food? (para. 4) Read again and answer the following questions. Detailed reading 比作... 广义上 A2 Careful-reading Ⅰ. What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to? Para. 1 A time machine immediately transporting the author back to her sunny childhood. In a broad sense: ___________________________________________ In a narrow sense:___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Ⅲ. Which one will be talked about in this article? Para. 2 any food that makes us feel better a particular type of food whose power lies in the associations it calls to mind Ⅱ. According to the author, what is the definition of comfort food? The one in narrow sense Para. 3 The answer: By connecting with our happy childhood and being tied up with the feeling of being taken care of. 3. According to the third paragraph, how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up? Para. 4 4. For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food? The answer: Where they come from. Paras. 3-4 highly individual our own unique experiences where they come from connected to positive emotions memory, family and place cultural roots taste of home depending on linked with Examples Ⅳ. Complete the mind map based on Paras. 3-4 Comfort foods Para. 5 Ⅵ. What is the author's purpose for writing this article? A. To tell us the definition of comfort food. B. To tell us why food can comfort us. C.To tell us what her comfort food is. D. To tell us that food can not only keep us alive and healthy, but also benefit us emotionally by lifting our spirits. √ I take my time over every spoonful, gently rolling the silky dessert around my mouth and enjoying the perfect marriage of rice and milk. 我细细品尝每一勺，让丝滑的甜点在我口中翻转，享受米糊和牛奶的完美融合。 Detailed reading—para.1 translation Descriptions of the rice pudding rice, milk and sugar the perfect marriage of rice and milk cooked low and slow lovely creamy falvour gently rolling the silky dessert around my mouth ingredients cooking texture flavour How can we describe food tastes and textures? 甜&酸 松软的 松脆的&多汁的 油腻的&富含脂肪的 大蒜的 耐嚼的；有嚼劲的 Para. 5 How do you understand the last sentence of this paragraph “It’s food for the soul” ? We usually associate food with something our bodies need—it relieves our hunger and satisfies our appetite. However, comfort food not only serves that purpose, but also makes us feel comfortable mentally and emotionally. Since comfort food is closely connected with positive personal experiences and happy memories, eating it can lift one’s spirits. Therefore, comfort food is considered to be food for the soul. Para. 5 How do you understand the last sentence of this paragraph “It’s food for the soul” ? Hotpot was my favourite food when I visited Sichuan province. As I grew up in Sichuan, so whenever I see hotpot, it can remind me of those days when my parents often took me out for dinners in the weekends. I always make a bowl of pasta when I feel lonely. Its chewy taste and sour flavor can always relieve my tiredness and cheer me up. I ued to regard pasta as my favourite food, but now I think cheese bread is more delicious than it. Kevin David Jane Selina Consolidation √ √ “Which one is food for the soul ?” taste good Favourite food Comfort food Similarities Differences come and go easily remain the same satisfy our hunger recall happy memories pass on cultural significance Comparison ≠ Differences Comfort food not only tastes good, but also builds an emotional, mental, cultural bond with our happy memories, which makes us feel better. Chinese British People from different countries Japanese Italian South Korean their comfort food a plate of dumplings the classic fish and chips sushi（寿司） pizza（披萨） kimchi （泡菜） Only food and love cannot be failed! Whenever I feel lonely，I have 1._______ secret recipe that never fails：rice，milk and sugar.That perfect 2.___________(combine) is always enough to lift my spirits.When I was a child，I liked my grandma’s rice pudding very much,3.________ served as my comfort food.Our comfort foods are 4.______(high) individual and they vary from person to person，depending on our own unique experiences that 5.____________(shape) our lives. a combination which highly have shaped Post reading If we grow up 6._________(eat) certain foods in our family，then those foods tend 7.__________(link) with positive emotions.The feeling of happiness and sense of 8.________(belong) can become particularly important for people who move away from their home country.Each person’s comfort food largely depends on where they come from and their comfort foods can relieve feelings 9._____homesickness.Comfort food always makes us feel good by building an 10._________(emotion) bond with our happy memories and it’s food for the soul. eating to be linked belonging of emotional • How does the author introduce the topic of comfort food? What do you think of this technique? • In your opinion, is there any difference between one’s comfort food and favorite food? Give your reasons. The author introduces the topic with a personal experience from her childhood that illustrates the power comfort food has to lift our spirits, before continuing with a more detailed description of exactly how comfort food does that. This technique is quite effective , as it attracts the reader’ s attention and inspires interest in the topic of discussion. I think people’s favourite food and comfort food are different in two ways. First, people’s favourite food can come and go, while their comfort food often remains the same. Second, people’s favourite food often connects with satisfying their hunger, while comfort food usually connects with memories from their childhood. A3 B1 The passage below is about different kind of comfort food. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. B Building your language greedily emotion link cry out for mood dessert relieve do the trick When we are in low spirits, we may ______________ things that gives us comfort and a sense of security. cry out for greedily emotion link cry out for mood dessert relieve do the trick Since it brings back happy memories of the past or offers an opportunity to connect with our home culture, comfort food can often _____________. However, there is another type of comfort food, which generates positive __________ in a different way. Food high in calories may also make us feel better. As __________ like cakes are digested, blood sugar levels can go up quickly. As a result, we will be in a better __________ after eating the comfort food. do the trick emotions desserts mood greedily emotion link cry out for mood dessert relieve do the trick However, the sharp increase in blood sugar will cause the body to produce a special chemical to remove it. When the chemical lowers blood sugar level, we are likely to feel sad again and will ___________ eat more comfort food. There is then the danger of entering a cycle of highs and lows where more and more comfort food, high in carbohydrates, needs to be eaten. This ___________________ with health problems like being overweight. greedily is / has been linked greedily emotion link cry out for mood dessert relieve do the trick Comfort food is an important tool in helping us __________ tension and feel good about ourselves. However, be aware of the hidden dangers of high-calories comfort food! relieve Match cheer up make up for give up take up keep up set up show up A. 出现，露面 B. 放弃，交出 C. 开始从事 D. 保持，继续 E. 弥补 F. 搭建 G. 振奋 Column A Column B G E B C D F A keep up showed up set up taken up make up for B2 A Writing Task Write an article about your comfort food Requirements are as follows: 1. no less than 80 words 2. give reasons why you regard it as your comfort food Presentation Describe your comfort food and happy memories about it. sour 酸的 bitter 苦的 spicy 辣的 juicy 多汁的 fluffy 松软的 crispy 外皮松脆的 sticky 粘的 1、My comfort food is .... (What) 2、The comfort food is made of/ consists of ...， which tastes ... (How) 3、When I eat it again, I unlock happy memories of... ( Why) Presentation Describe your comfort food and happy memories about it. My comfort food is Zongzi -- sticky rice dumplings. Zongzi is mainly made of glutinous rice with various fillings, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves and cooked for a few hours by steaming or boiling. I love the sweet flavor with red dates and red bean paste as fillings. Whenever I eat it, I unlock memories of a time when I were loved and looked after by my grandma, and this cheers me up. THANK YOU! 2020 Blues 218710.67 Lavf54.59.106 null 218762.92 Lavf59.14.100 $$