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UNIT 3
FOOD AND CULTURE
Order food together with a foreign friend
To learn some English expressions for Chinese food.
To listen to a conversation at a Hunan Restaurant.
To learn how to order food in English.
To practice ordering food with your group.
China is famous for its food in the world. There are many kinds of food in China, like Contonese food, Sichuan food, Hunan food, Shandong food and so on.
Look at the pictures and discuss the questions.
1. How do you describe the food in the pictures?
2. What is the English name for each food?
3. What do you know about the food? What does it contain? How is it made?
1. Match the dishes to their English names. Then in groups, discuss what you know about these dishes, including what they contain and how they are made.
D steamed fish head covered with chillies
As the name suggests, it contains fish head, which is steamed with chillies.
A hand-torn cabbage
It is a typical vegetable dish in Hunan cuisine. It tastes crisp, fresh, and a little bit sour and spicy. It is fried over high heat with dried chilli peppers, garlic, and green onion.
C dry pot duck with golden buns
It is a popular dish buns, which is a popular dish in Sichuan cuisine.
B bridge tofu
It is a perfect combination of tofu, egg, and minced meat. Tofu is a smooth food with a cheese-like texture and it has a high nutritional value.
Preview
Listening is often combined with some sort of picture or text. If you preview the picture or text before you listen, it will help you better understand what you hear.
2. In groups, discuss the menu below and answer the questions.
1. What kind of restaurant is it and what kinds of food are served?
2. Which dishes would you recommend to a foreigner? Why?
1. What kind of restaurant is it and what kinds of food are served?
2. Which dishes would you recommend to a foreigner? Why?
It is Hunan restaurant, and it serves somewhat spicy food.
I would recommend the dry pot duck with golden buns and the bridge tofu because they are quite healthy. I would also like to recommend the red braised pork and the steamed fish head covered with chillies if my foreign friends are bold enough, because these are really delicious and they are famous Hunan dishes.
3. Tingting, Anna, and Lisa are at the Hunan Restaurant. Listen to their conversation and tick the dishes that they order in the menu above.
Listen again and answer the questions.
somewhat adv. 稍微;有点
somewhat of 在某种程度上,有些
somewhat larger/ higher/ newer 大了点/ 高了点/ 新了点
more than somewhat 非常
【拓展】
somehow adv. 以某种方式;不知怎么搞的
1. How is Hunan cuisine somewhat different from Sichuan cuisine?
2. What are the reasons why Hunan people like spicy food?
3. Why do so many people love steamed fish head covered with chillies?
4. Why does Tingting recommend bridge tofu instead of dry pot duck with golden buns?
5. Why is red braised pork the most famous dish?
The heat in Sichuan cuisine comes from chillies and Sichuan peppercorns. Hunan cuisine is often hotter, and the heat usually comes from just chillies.
Hunan people will tell you that they like bold flavours because they are a bold people. But many Chinese people think that hot food helps them overcome the effects of rainy or wet weather.
People love it because the meat is quite tender and there are very few small bones.
Because bridge tofu has a lighter taste.
Because Chairman Mao was from Hunan, and this was his favourite food.
【语境应用】用somewhat或somehow填空。
1. It won’t be easy, but we’ll get across the river _________.
2. Although his relationship with his mother had improved __________, he was still depressed.
3. The resort has changed _________ over the last few years.
4. I know what we’re doing is legal, but _________ it doesn’t feel right.
somehow
somewhat
somewhat
somehow
5. In groups of three, discuss what types of restaurant you would like to take a foreign visitor to, and why. Then take turns role-playing taking your foreign guest to the restaurant you have chosen. One of you should act as the foreign guest, one as the Chinese host, and one as the waiter or waitress. You may start like this:
A: I really love spicy food, so what dish would you recommend?
B: I suggest Mapo tofu.
A: Really? What’s that?
……
B: Waiter!
C: May I take your order?
Can I help you?
I’ll take your order in a minute.
What should I order?
Why don’t you order…?
Do you have …
How about ordering…?
You should have/ try…
This restaurant has the best …
It will cool you down/ warm you up.
Anything else, please?
Are you ready to order, sir/ madam?
What would you like…?
What would you suggest/ recommend?
You could order ...
Why not …?
You’ll like it because…
Right now, … is in season.
I’d like … / I’ll have …
Enjoy yojur meal!
Ordering food
Can I have the bill, please?
How will you pay?
Here’s your bill./ here you are.
Do you accept credit cards?
I’ll pay in cash / through my mobile phone / by credit card.
Here’s your change. Thank you for your coming. Goodbye.
Paying the bill
A: I really love spicy food, so what dish would you recommend?
B: I suggest Mapo tofu.
A: Really? What’s that?
B: It’s tofu served in a spicy bean and chilli sauce with beef or pork. It’s quite hot.
A: That sounds OK, except that I don’t really like tofu. What else do you recommend?
B: You know, this restaurant has the best hot pot. You’ll like it because it is really spicy and you decide what you want to put in it.
A: That sounds great!
B: But then we should order some cold drink as well.
A: Why?
B: Well, the food is so spicy that we’ll need something to cool us down.
A: That sounds good.
B: Waiter!
C: May I take your order?
B: We’d like hot pot for two with a good selection of meat and vegetables.
C: So that’s hot pot for two.
B: Oh, and do you have iced tea?
C: Yes, we do.
B: Then we’d like two glasses to go with our mea.
C: Thank you very much. I’ll have your order to you in just a moment.
To check your study of grammar and vocabulary in this unit by doing some exercises
To think about what cuisine and/or culture in this unit impressed you most
Assessing Your Progress
Match the words with their meanings.
minimum
elegant
fibre
dessert
recipe
exceptional
chef
prior to
beautiful, attractive, or graceful
sweet food served after the main part of a meal
the smallest or least
sth from food to help to keep you healthy by moving food quickly through your body
a set of instructions for cooking a particular type of food
preceding, before
unusual and likely not to happen often
a skilled cook
Choose the suitable words to complete the conversations.
1. A: Why do you eat so many bananas?
B: Because bananas offer an excellent source of ______ and vitamins.
2. A: How do you manage to stay so slim and fit?
B: I have brought my consumption of sweets and ________ down to the bare __________.
3. A: How do you like your new cooking classes?
B: They’re ____________! The teacher used to be a famous ______ in a big hotel.
4. A: What is Jessie busy with in the kitchen?
B: She is trying a new _______ for pumpkin pie.
5. A: Why did they refuse the dinner invitation?
B: They had to refuse the dinner invitation because of an engagement made ________ it.
6. A: How did you find the restaurant you visited yesterday?
B: It was beautiful and _________! We’ve never been to such an attractive restaurant before.
minimum elegant fibre dessert recipe exceptional chef prior to
fibre
desserts
minimum
exceptional
chef
recipe
prior to
elegant
1. A: Could you tell that she ______? (cry)
B: Sure. Her eyes were very red. Maybe she had just had a quarrel with her brother.
A: But I thought it was because she _________ red curry. (eat)
B: Oh, maybe you’re right.
2. A: I wish you _________ me earlier. I know a buffet restaurant nearby which is really nice. You could have taken your parents there. (tell)
B: What a pity! But I ____________________________________ that they were coming for the weekend. They said they wanted to surprise me. Anyway, it’s very nice of you to offer. (not inform)
Read the conversations which take place in restaurants. Then complete them using the correct forms of the words in brackets.
cried
had eaten
had told
hadn’t been informed/ was not informed
过去完成时:过去某时之前已经发生的动作(可说是更早的过去,也可算是现在完成时的过去形式)
结构:had + 动词的过去分词
过去完成时的被动语态
结构:had been +动词的过去分词
eg He wanted to know if the result had been announced (宣布).
What cuisine and/or culture in this unit impressed you most? Why?
What useful vocabulary or structures did you learn in this unit?
Do you think “understanding cause and effect” was a useful strategy?
Could you talk with your friends about foods, restaurants, and/or cultures after doing this unit?
What aspect of food and culture would you like to learn more about?
Overall, I thought this unit was interesting practical so-so difficult.
To get the information of a new cuisine by watching the video.
Describe and explain whether students like the new cuisine.
To talk about eating insects.
Video Time
Is there any new food popular in China now? what is it?
Do you know about any special food in other countries? What is it and where is it from?
What kind of food do you think Australians love?
Cuisine around the world
Beijing Roast Duck
Greek Moussaka
Indian masala pancake
Japanese Tappan Yaki
......
北京烤鸭
希腊木莎卡
印度玛沙拉薄饼
日本铁板烧
......
Cuisine around the world
Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
challenging, crawling onto, flying out of, proving, starting to
1. There’s an unfamiliar cuisine _____________ menus.
2. It’s ___________ the harvest of diners.
3. A twist of lime and a dash of salt has these crickets ____________ the kitchen.
4. Insects remain a hard sell, but bug by bug, that could be __________ change.
5. The unique treat is ________ popular at farmer’s markets and trendy eateries.
crawling onto
challenging
flying out of
starting to
proving
1. Choose the best words to complete the sentences.
1. Insects are _______ in protein, cheaper, and _______ sustainable than beef.
A. lower, less B. higher, more C. equal, just as
2. More than _______ people worldwide eat insects as a part of their diets.
A two billion B. two million C. a few billion
3. Insects are a common part of people’s diets in parts of Asia, _______ America, and Africa.
A. North B. Central C. Latin
4. Bugs _______ a regular feature on Aussie dinner tables.
A. are not yet B. are already C. will soon be
2. Complete these quotes with the words you hear in the video.
1. Nowshad Alam Rasel, Chef: “They’re asking ______. Yeah, it’s very ____________.”
2. Skye Blackburn, Entomologist: “Some of them will try edible _______ and some of them won’t, but they’ll go away and talk about _____________...”
3. Guy McEwan: “So I’m going to go _____ gob ... Yeah, _________!”
4. Danny Stagnitta: “Sometimes _______________ the packet, it looks like ____________.”
insects
eating insects
a big
it’s great
when you move
they’re alive
for it
famous here
1. Has anyone in your group ever eaten an insect? What was it like?
2. Would you ever eat an insect? Why or why not?
Discuss the following questions in groups.
3. What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten? Why was it strange? What makes a food strange?
1. Why do some people eat insects while other people find them disgusting?
2. Can you bear people eating something that you think should not be eaten?
3. Do you think it’s important to respect the differences in food culture? Why?
Make conversation about ordering food, using the expressions you have learnt.
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