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Unit 3 Cultural focus
A new way of eating: online food delivery services
——designed by Zhong Dan
Textbook
P54-P55
Pre-reading: think and say
Task 1:
Have you used online food delivery apps?
Why do you use them?
Read and match (Para 1-4)
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
A. Benefits
B. Drawbacks
C. Popularity
D. Suggestions
(weakness/
disadvantages)
Task 2:
Title
Popularity
Benefits
Drawbacks
Suggestions
Task 3: read the passage and identify the topic sentence of each paragraph. Then find out the supporting details. Fill in the table on your worksheet. You can underline the key sentences or write down some key words or phrases.
While-reading
Para. Topic sentence Supporting details
1
Few people knew about online food delivery apps ten years ago, but today, many would find it hard to live without them.
Over 400 million people use such apps.
Changing the way we eat.
powerful effect
Having a huge impact on our society.
Deep-reading
Task 3
2
Para. Topic sentence Supporting details
These services have no doubt brought us many benefits.
Providing jobs for people;
Helping restaurant find more customers.
Saving time
Providing more choices.
把握,得到
For retired people/seniors: more easily to get hold of meals and groceries
3
Para. Topic sentence Supporting details
However, we cannot forget the drawbacks of online food delivery services.
More easily to order unhealthy food.
Food safety can’t be guaranteed.
④ huge amounts of packaging waste /
have a negative impact on the environment.
Couriers pay little regard to traffic rules.
pay little attention to
4
Para. Topic sentence Supporting details
There are many advantages of these services, but we need to make sure that we make the right choices in the long run.
Thinking about what we eat and the impact on our health.
Limit waste, especially when it comes to packaging.
refer to
To the society
To restaurants
To consumers
Providing more jobs
Having more customers
Saving time
Having more choices
Being convenient
The retired
The senior
Task 4 Group work
To consumers
To couriers
To the environment
Food safety——healthy or unhealthy
Food sources
Personal safety
Having a negative impact
Task 5: Read the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). And then correct the false ones. (P56)
(1) Online food delivery apps are convenient and useful, but it is hard for retired people to use them. ( )
(2) Online food delivery apps are useful for people with a busy lifestyle. ( )
(3) The biggest disadvantage of online food delivery services is that the food you order may be high in sugar, fat and salt. ( )
(4) The writer thinks that it is better to order in than to cook at home. ( )
F
F
F
T
They are convenient to use and are useful for retired people as well.
This is one of the disadvantages of online food delivery services, not the biggest one.
The writer thinks that it’s better to cook at home.
My views on online food delivery services
Do you prefer home-cooked meals to takeout food? Why or why not?
How can we make the online food delivery industry more eco-friendly?
I’d prefer to…
Home-cooked meals …for me.
In spite of the problems…
We may improve the situations by …
As consumers, we need to…
Post-reading
Polish your writing.
Assignment:
Thank you!
Have a nice day!
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