Unit 1 Food for Thought Understanding ideas 学案-2024-2025学年高一英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit1 Food for thought Understanding idea 学案 A Child of Two Cuisines Activity 1. Lead-in 1. Have you ever try the following food? Soybean Juice Stinky Tofu Luosifen Stinky Mandarin fish foodie (吃货) A person who enjoys cooking and eating different types of food. 2. Tick the food you would like to try and see how adventurous your are. Activity 2. Prediction 1. Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title A boy who have two different eating habits and can eat two different kind of cuisines 2. The two cuisines refers to? The British and The Chinese cuisines Activity 3. Pre-reading 1. Choose the main idea of the passage. A. How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food. B. What the family has done to promote Chinese food. C. How the family cooks both Chinese and English food. D. How the family combines food from two cultures. 2. Match the main idea of each paragraph Para.1Dad dare not try some dishes even after many years of marriage to Mum. The food Dad cooks and the opinion of Mum about them. Para.2 The view of the author about the food from the two cultures. Para.3 Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother. Para.4 The first visit to China of the author. Para.5 The author's experience of buying pigs ears. Para.6 Activity 4. While-reading 1. Choose the correct symbols and complete the table with information from the passage. 2. Read the passage and choose the best answers 1. According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is true? A. Dad likes cooking spicy dishes. B. Dad began to like hot pot. C. Dad likes to eat every part of an animal. D. Dad has completely taken to eating Chinese food. 2.How did the author feel when he first came across stinky tofu in China? A. Satisfied. B. Disappointed. C.Amazed. D.Excited. 3. What does the author mean by saying one man's meat is another man's poison? A. Different persons have different eating habits. B. Different food suits different persons. C.Don't ask people to eat the poison. D. Meat is suitable for everyone. 4.What is the Mum's view about eating too much roast food? A.It makes us suffer from heat inside our bodies. B.It makes us feel happy. C.It makes us have sweet memories of the food. D.It makes us feel at home. Activity 5. Post-reading 1. What does the author mean by saying “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”? Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese? It means that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else. Similar sayings in Chinese include “萝卜青菜，各有所爱。吾之蜜糖汝之砒霜。” It means that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else. Similar sayings in Chinese include “萝卜青菜，各有所爱。吾之蜜糖汝之砒霜。” 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$