内容正文:
Food and Culture
reading and thinking
unit 3
Monica
福环学校
1.To learn to gain some knowledge about culture and cuisine;
2.To learn to understand the passage by using different reading skills;
3.Have a deeper insight into the link between food and culture;
4.Develop your skills to figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic;
5.Raise your awareness of Chinese traditional food culture, be proud of it and spread it.
Teaching objectives
01
Lead-in
02
Pre-reading
03
While-reading
04
Post-reading
目录
CONTENTS
PART ONE
1
Lead-in
Warming-up
How do you understand the quote?
食物在许多不同的层面上,把人们聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料,是真正的爱。
—吉亚达·德·劳伦蒂斯
Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.
— Giada De Laurentis
People show and receive love through food, and in that sense food feeds both the body and the heart. Besides, it binds us together.
Lead in
What causes the difference?
different regions
different climate
different geography
different history
different kinds of crops they grow
different traditions
various cultures
cause
effect
PART TWO
2
Skimming
Skim the text and chose the right choice.
1. Where is the writer of the article from?
A. Australia.
B. England
C. France.
D. America
Skim the text and chose the right choice.
2. From the passage we can learn the writer and his family visited __________ in China.
A. three places
B. four places
C. five places
D. six places
Skim the text and chose the right choice.
3. We could infer from the passage that the writer liked __________.
A. English food
B. French food
C. American food
D. Chinese food
Skim the text and chose the right choice.
4. What is the most famous food in Shandong?
A. Dumplings.
B. Boiled or roasted meat.
C. Pancake rolls.
D. Noodles.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Introduce topic by a famous quote.
The foods in America and its cultures.
Experiencing the foods in Beijing.
The foods and cultures in Shandong.
The foods in northern Xinjiang and the life of people there.
The foods in South China and its cultures.
Para.7
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Get the main idea of each paragraph.
Read for structure
1.Skim the passage and choose the main idea of the passage.
A. You are what you eat.
B. Most famous food in China.
C. My experiences of food and culture in
China.
D. My exciting journey in China.
2.Which of the following shows the strcture of the text?
A. B.
C. D.
Read for structure
◆Topic (Para.1)______________________
“You are what you eat.”
◆Body (Para.2 — Para.6 )
My _________________ with Chinese food.
different experiences
◆Conclusion (Para.7)
________________________________
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
South China
Central China
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
America
Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
General Tso's chicken
Americans love bold, simple flavours and are not afraid to try new food.
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
dishes with Sichuan peppercorns
People there offered them good friendship
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Shandong
Shandong cuisine
boiled dumplings served with vinegar; pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions
Family is important to the people there.
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Northwest China
Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisine
boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab
People there traditionally wandered the open range on horses so their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
South China
Central China
Guangdong cuisine
Henan cuisine
dim sum
stewed noodles
Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.
PART THREE
3
Scanning
Read for details
"祈使句 +and/or+ 简单(常用一般将来时)"结构
what引导表语从句
How do you understand “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are”?
The author related this saying to our personality, characters and culture.
The kind of food local people consume tell us what they grow in their region, what kind of lives they lead and what they like and do not like.
Para.1
Read for details
adj. 在先的,在前的
adv. 在前,居先
vi. 组成, 构成
n. 辣椒
n. 烹饪法; 食谱
Para.2
介词短语作状语
which引导的非限制性定语从句
since引导的原因状语从句
General Tso’s chicken has been changed to suit American tastes.
Cause :
Effect :
We know that Americans are not afraid to try new foods.
Therefore
More examples from the text: (cause/effect)
(Para.2)
(Para.3)
(Para.4)
(Para.2)
The Chinese food is probebly not an authentic Chines recipe, so it cannot tell us a lot about Americans.
Tired, hungry, and not knowing a word of Chinese, we had no idea how to order.
________
_________________.
Family is important to the people there. It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China.
___________________________________.
Since the dish was also invented recently, it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foods.
_____________
____________________________________.
___________________________________________________,
How many places are mentioned in the passage?
And what is the typical dish of these places?
Xinjiang
America
Guangdong
Henan
Shandong
Beijing
PART THREE
4
Post-reading
5 Discuss the following questions in groups.
1 Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? Give your reasons.
2 Imagine that it is true that people's personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat.
What does eating the following foods tell you about a person?
Yes, because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served.
Possibly, people who like spicy food love excitement and new experiences. And people
who like junk food like to enjoy life without worrying about the future.
2 The first paragraph has a quote: "You are what you eat." In pairs, discuss what
you think this saying means. Then read the article to see if you share the same
ideas as the author.
put sth. + 状语 ……地说 (to put it simply简单地说 to put it mildly 说得轻点或婉转点)
e. g. It’s fairly risky. Or to put it another way, don’t try this at home.
To put it simply(=Put simply / Simply put), he’s a fool, and he never deserved you.
Simply put, a case in point is a specific example to support a statement.
_____________
Y / Simply put
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Assignment
Write a short passage about your understanding of “You are what you eat”.
Finish the reading on P80 to expand your world: Farm-To-Table.
Thanks for your listening
Monica
福环学校
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