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Understanding ideas
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Match the main idea with each part.
Part 1 (para 1)
Part 2 (para 2)
Part 3 (para 3-5)
Part 4 (para 6 )
D. Different attitude towards food of my
family.
I feel at home with food from Britain and China.
B. My family background
C. Influenced by my mother, my father
loves hot pot, but he still shocked at
Chinese food.
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Choose the main idea of the passage.
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B
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What the family has done to promote Chinese food.
How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food.
How the family cooks both Chinese and English food.
How the family combines food from two cultures.
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Choose the correct symbols and complete the table. (P5)
Sichuan hot pot Opinion
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Animal parts Opinion
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Full English breakfast Opinion
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Sunday roast Opinion
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Stinky tofu Opinion
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Sichuan hot pot Opinion
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Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes.
Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot!
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Animal parts Opinion
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But I enjoy that sort of food myself.
Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.
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Full English breakfast Opinion
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Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen!
Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen!
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Sunday roast Opinion
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We all love roast beef and vegetables…
We all love roast beef and vegetables…
We all love roast beef and vegetables…
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Stinky tofu Opinion
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But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing…
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Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks!
现在分词作状语
1)Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks!
我在英国长大,父亲是英国人, 母亲是中国人。自从我能拿刀叉和筷子以来,我就喜欢上了两国的食物。
现在分词短语作原因状语,一般位于句首,相当于一个原因状语从句。
Finding the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lower grade. 原因状语
Hearing that she had just been admitted to Peking University, she jumped with joy. 时间状语
The cooling wind swept through our bedroom windows, making air conditioning unnecessary. 结果状语
The visitors stood on top of Mount Tai, enjoying the rising sun. 伴随状语
Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. He once told me he was surprised by what he saw on the table when he first visited my mother’s parents in China. He was even shocked at their wedding when he saw how the Chinese ate almost every part of an animal. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.
But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Last week, I went to the butcher’s and asked, “Do you have pigs’ ears?” “No,” the butcher said, pulling at his own ears, “just these ordinary ones.” He must have thought I was joking.
Dad can cook a super “full English breakfast” of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter—Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! He also does a typical Sunday roast. We all love roast beef and vegetables, but Mum says we’d better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, according to traditional Chinese medicine.
I’ll never forget my first visit to China. Mum encouraged me to try different kinds of food, and I did! I loved everything. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe. “You needn’t try it if you don’t want to,” Mum said, but I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasn’t so bad. It reminded me of blue cheese, a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate. Maybe I’ll fall in love with stinky tofu—someday.
People say that one man’s meat is another man’s poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures.
人们说,甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜,但我对来自两种文化的食物都感到自在。
People say that= It’s said that...=sb./sth. is said to do sth.
It’s reported that... 据报道
It’s announced that... 据宣布
It’s considered that... 人们认为
It’s agreed that... 人们一致认为
It’s believed that... 人们相信
It’s hoped that... 人们希望
It’s suggested that... 有人建议
To me, there’s nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup!
对我来说,没有什么比由英式饼干和用精致瓷杯沏的中国乌龙茶组成的这种跨文化下午茶更好的了!
There is nothing better than...意为 “没有什么比...更好的了”
否定词(常用not, no, never, nothing, nobody, hardly)+ adj/adv 的比较级 (+than)
Using Language
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If you dare not try a “painful” diet to stay healthy, this new app is the perfect solution — and you needn’t pay for it! The app works by quickly showing photos of different food. All you have to do is select the photos of healthy food. Then you’ll be able to train your brain to select healthy food in real situations. So, if you’re a sugar addict and aren’t able to say no to chocolate or cola, you had better download it now! Soon, you’ll be filling your cupboards with real healthy food.
Underline the modals and talk about their meanings.
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Complete the tips for good table manners with the correct form of the modals you learned today.
While going on your first trip to the UK is exciting, new and different customs can also be confusing. Table manners are no exception. But don’t worry — here are some tips:
•You 1. _____________ wait until everyone else has been served
before you start eating.
have to
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• Sometimes there are so many knives and forks that you
2. _____________ pick them up in case you get it wrong. The
trick is to start with the ones on the outside.
• When you finish your meal, you 3. ____________ place the knife
and fork together on your plate with the handles at the four
o’clock position.
dare not
had better
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Table manners, however, can differ in different situations. For example, you 4. __________ use a knife and fork when eating a hamburger or pizza. Just remember: when in Rome, do as the Romans do, and you will 5. ___________ enjoy the local cuisine!
needn’t
be able to
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1 Backyard BBQ, Kansas City, US
The most tender steak I’ve ever had! The barbecue gives it that famous smoky flavour, and it comes with a shiny sauce that’s very, very spicy!
56 reviews
2 Bund 59, Shanghai, China
A bowl of soup with a large, round meatball! The meatball is cooked through, which looked slightly pink inside. Incredibly soft and juicy — it melts in the mouth!
98 reviews
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Read and match the comments to the pictures.
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3 Antonio’s Pizzeria, London, UK
Worst pizza ever! I ordered a large vegetarian pizza, but it was tiny! It was served cold and came with some sort of sticky sauce which tasted bitter and smelt really fishy!
86 reviews
4 Madame Laurent’s Bakery, Paris, France
You’ve got to try the strawberry cheesecake. It’s smooth and creamy with fresh strawberries, which give it a lovely sweet and fruity taste. Highly recommended!
95 reviews
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Read and match the comments to the pictures.
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Appearance Smell Taste Feel
shiny
large
round
pink
tiny
fresh
fishy
smoky
spicy
bitter
sweet
fruity
tender
soft
juicy
cold
sticky
smooth
creamy
How to describe food in Food comments
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Developinging ideas
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Is there any truth behind the saying “You are what you eat”? We put this to the test by asking five people to open their fridge doors and talk about their lifestyles. Can you guess which fridge belongs to which person? Maybe you can recognise your own fridge here!
俗话说“人如其食”,这是真的吗?为了检验这句话,我们邀请五个人打开自己的冰箱,聊聊他们的生活方式。你能猜出哪个冰箱属于哪个人吗?也许你能在这里看到自家冰箱的影子哦!
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Ellie 24 Junior doctor 实习医生
There’s not enough room to swing a cat in my small apartment, so I don’t cook very often. My fridge is usually half empty and I’m often too tired to eat much anyway. I often end up saving part of my meal for the next day. Some evenings, I’ll just have something quick, like toast, or even just a yoghurt with honey. As a doctor, I know I had better change the way I eat, but I just don’t have the time or the energy right now.
我的小公寓连转身的空间都没有,所以我不常做饭。我的冰箱通常都是半空的,反正我也经常累得吃不下多少。我经常会把一部分饭菜留到第二天吃。有的晚上,我会只吃些速食,比如吐司,或者只是酸奶配蜂蜜。作为医生,我知道我最好改变这种饮食方式,但我现在完全没有时间和精力。
(地方或空间)小得无法转身
最终成为,最后处于 end up + doing sth. / adj.
Jenny 31 Teacher 教师
My husband and I avoid all products that come from animals. This means we don’t eat meat, and any milk or cheese had better be dairy-free. We like cooking at home and make our meals from fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables. Cooking together gives us a chance to relax and catch up on each other’s days. If we have children, I want to bring them up just like us, but my husband says that everyone should be able to make their own lifestyle choices.
我和我的丈夫什么动物制品都不吃。这意味着我们不吃肉,牛奶或奶酪也最好不是动物乳制成的。我们喜欢在家做饭,用新鲜的时令水果和蔬菜来做饭。一起做饭给了我们放松的机会,也让我们聊聊彼此日常的情况。如果有了孩子,我想按照我们的生活方式养育他们,但我丈夫说,每个人都应该有权利选择自己的生活方式。
以 -free 构成的词还有fat-free, duty-free, rent-free 等。
vegetarian
Ted 35 Construction worker 建筑工人
Each day at the construction site is more or less the same—tiring! When I get back home, there’s nothing more satisfying than a big meat dinner. I guess l’ve always been a big meat eater and in this house, no family meal is complete without some form of meat. I still don’t think that anything can beat my mum’s homemade sausages, though.
建筑工地上每天都差不多——累!回家后,什么都比不上一顿肉食大餐更让人满意了。我想我一直都挺爱吃肉的,在我家没有一顿饭菜是没有肉的。不过,我还是觉得什么也比不得上我妈妈做的香肠。
Mike 49 Chef 厨师
With five children, we’re one big family! My wife and I both work full-time, so life can get pretty busy! Like a lot of chefs I know, I don’t really do much cooking at home. Sometimes I bring home food from the restaurant where I work. Once a week, we do a big shop and buy a lot of frozen food. I know we should eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, but ready meals are so convenient.
我们有五个孩子,是一个大家庭!我和妻子都有全职工作,所以日子过得相当忙碌!就像我认识的许多厨师一样,我在家里并不怎么做饭。有时我会从上班的餐馆带一些吃的回来。我们每周一次大采购,会买很多速冻食品。我知道我们应该多吃新鲜水果和蔬菜,但是即食食品真的非常方便。
Max 19 College student 大学生
There are five of us living in our shared student house. My mum says I need to have three healthy meals a day, but I’m too busy studying and meeting friends! We don’t really buy fresh food, and I suppose the fridge could be kind of cleaner... I daren’t let my mum see this photo!
我们五个人共住一间学生公寓。妈妈常说,一日三餐要吃得健康,但我的学习和社交生活太忙了!我们不怎么买新鲜的食物,而且我觉得冰箱应该再干净点儿……我可不敢让我妈妈看到这张照片!
be busy doing sth 忙于做某事
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Check Your Answers
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1. “There is a lot of food from my workplace in our fridge.”
2. “You might find bean products in our fridge, but
hamburgers? Never!”
3. “My fridge is a total mess! All I do is party and hit the
books.”
4. “There isn’t really much in my fridge. I’m just too busy
and tired to cook at home!”
5. “If you’re someone who avoids animal products, you
wouldn’t find anything to eat in my fridge!”
Find out who might say the sentences below.
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hit the books “做学校的功课,用功”
Answers: 1– d 2 – b 3 – e 4 – a 5 – c
Cold Truth
“Cold Truths”原意是“冰冷的事实”,结合课文内容,可理解为冰箱里冷冰冰的食物所反映出的真实的生活方式。深入思考会发现,课文中展示的不良饮食习惯和生活方式终将影响人们的身体健康,这也是一个残酷的事实。标题语带双关。
因此,这篇课文的意义在于呼吁人们形成良好的饮食和生活习惯。
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Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health?
What is your understanding of them?
A closed mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
A good breakfast makes you healthy.
要想身体好,早餐要吃饱。
Three gingers with the breakfast are better than ginseng soup.
朝食三片姜,胜过人参汤
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