Unit 3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking 课文知识点课件 -2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 3 Food and Culture 1 Culture and Cuisine 文化和美食 Part 1 Culture and Cuisine The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Put more simply, this means “You are what you eat.” Most people today relate this saying to healthy eating. However, Brillat-savarin was actually referring to our personality, character, and culture. Para 1 put v.表述 指的是…… 参考…… 谚语；格言=proverb=motto Culture and Cuisine Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. Prior to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers. This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe, however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. Para 2 左宗棠鸡 1952年，美国太平洋第七舰队司令、海军上将雷德福访台，由蒋介石的私厨、负责公务宴请的大厨彭长贵掌厨。当时负责接待的是蒋介石的海军总司令梁序昭，他要求彭长贵要保证每天的菜都要不一样。到第三天时，彭长贵开始犯愁了，因为传统的红烧、清蒸、油淋做法都已经用过了，于是他创办了一个新做法：将鸡肉切成大块，先炸到半焦状，再粘上辣酱，用大蒜、生姜和辣椒小炒。 雷德福吃了之后后开心的询问菜名，哪有什么菜名？彭长贵灵机一动，freestyle的瞎编了一个名字：“左宗棠鸡”因为彭长贵是湖南人，他希望菜名与湖南有点关系。 Culture and Cuisine On the other hand, it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold, simple flavours. And since the dish was also invented recently, it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foods. Para 2 invent v. 发明 invention n. 发明 inventor n. 发明者 Culture and Cuisine Later, I had a chance to experience authentic Chinese food by coming to China. When my family and I had just arrived in China, we went looking for a good place to eat in Beijing. A Sichuan restaurant had been recommended to us by a friend, and finally, we found it. Tired, hungery, and not knowing a word of Chinese, we had no idea how to order, so the chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten. Para 3 recommend v. 建议；介绍；推荐--- recommendation n. 建议；介绍；推荐；推荐信 Culture and Cuisine With this, we had the pleasure of experiencing an entirely new taste: Sichuan peppercorns. The food was wonderful and different, but what was even more important was the friendship offered us. Para 3 有……的荣幸；很荣幸…… offer v. 提供；提出 offer to do... 主动提出做某事 Culture and Cuisine We soon moved to Shandong Province in the eastern part of North China. My favourite dish there was boiled dumplings served with vinegar. I observed that family is important to the people there. It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China, where making dumplings has always been a family affair with everyone—from the youngest to the oldest—joining in to help. Later, I learnt that the most famous food in Shandong is pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions. Para 4 Culture and Cuisine Then we moved to northern Xinjiang. Some of our friends were Kazak and Inner Mongolian. These groups traditionally wandered the open range（牧场；范围） on horses. As a result, their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire—usually boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab. Para 5 Culture and Cuisine Our travels then took us to South China, and then on to central China. In each place we went, we experienced wonderful local dishes, from Guangdong’s elegant dim sum—small servings of food in bamboo steamers（蒸笼）—to the exceptional stewed noodles in Henan. Everywhere, the food was as varied as the people. However, one thing is always true: Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness. Para 6 Culture and Cuisine At a minimum, the kinds of food local people consume tell us what they grow in their region, what kinds of lives they lead, and what they like and do not like. Could we also say, for example, that those who like bold flavours are bold themselves? Or, that those who like spicy food tend to have a hot temper? Maybe. Maybe not. What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other. Para 7 Healthy Eating 健康饮食 Part 2 Healthy Eating There is much debate nowadays as to what makes up a healthy diet. For example, scientists have insisted for years that a big enemy of health is fatty food. However, there is increasing evidence that the real driver of poor health is not so much fatty food, as it is sugar. Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans. Para 1 Healthy Eating And in America, people who receive 25% of their daily calories or more through sugar are twice as likely to die from heart disease than people who receive less than 10% a day (Journal of the American Medical Association, 2014). This is true regardless of how healthy the rest of their diet might be. Put more simply, while people continue to argue over whether or not fatty food is dangerous, we already know that sugar is a killer. Para 1 Healthy Eating Much of this extra sugar comes from sweets and sweet drinks. The average American gets 1/3 of his or her sugar through sweet drinks alone. The American Heart Association recommends that we (should) limit ourselves to less than 100-150 calories a day from sugar, which is less than what is usually contained in one can of sweet drink or in a single candy bar. In other words, if you want to be healthy, you have to cut down on desserts, and cut out sweet drinks altogether/entirely. Para 2 Healthy Eating Beyond this, you can keep healthy by consuming different categories of fresh foods, especially fruit and vegetables, which are full of vitamins and fibre, rather than processed foods. Processed foods often contain less nutrition, and have higher quantities of sugar, salt, and fat than fresh ingredients. Para 3 Healthy Eating Besides this, it is also important to have some meat, beans, or dairy products in your diet, as they provide the necessary protein for strong bones and muscle growth. As with （正如）everything in life, moderation is key. The ideal diet is a balanced one, without too much or too little of any one thing. Para 3 Healthy Eating Finally, a fundamental key to healthy eating is to eat slowly. It takes about twenty minutes from the time you start eating for your brain to tell your body that you are full. What this means is that people who chew too quickly end up eating too much food because they still feel hungery. Eating slowly also allows your body to digest your food better, and will allow you to enjoy your food more. Para 4 key to... ……的关键 Healthy Eating In addition, studies show that consistent eating habits, for example, taking three meals a day at the same time each day, are better for our health. It is also better to eat a modest amount of food each time, rather than to eat a lot in one meal, and then a little in the next. Para 4 Healthy Eating There is no one trick to healthy eating. Rather, healthy eating starts with having a healthy attitude towards food. One question you can ask yourself is, “Do I eat to live, or live to eat?” If you are using food mostly for nutrition, then you are on the right track with your diet. However, if food has become the centre of your life, you might be on the road to bad health. It is up to you to decide how you want to live, and to make the right decisions about your diet. Para 5 Thanks $$