Unit3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第二册

该高中英语课件围绕“美食与文化”主题，从中国八大菜系切入，通过法国作家名言“You are what you eat”导入，引导学生阅读分析不同地区（北京、山东、西北等）的菜系、典型菜肴（如川菜花椒、山东饺子、西北烤羊肉串）及其文化内涵，结合表格梳理信息，构建“地域-美食-文化”的知识脉络，帮助学生理解文化与美食的关联。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、文化意识与思维品质培养，通过因果分析（气候、地域对菜系的影响）、表格信息提取、深层思考问题（如饺子象征团圆）及谚语引用，提升学生的阅读理解和文化探究能力。采用任务型阅读与文化对比（美国改编中餐与本土菜系），学生能在语言实践中深化文化认知，教师可借助结构化表格和问题链提高教学效率。

Unit 3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking： Culture and Cuisine How many kinds of cuisines in China? Anhui cuisine(徽菜) Jiangsu cuisine(苏菜) Zhejiang cuisine(浙菜) Hunan cuisine(湘菜) Sichuan cuisine(川菜) Shandong cuisine(鲁菜) Canton cuisine(粤菜) Fujian cuisine(闽菜) The eight traditional Chinese cuisines Lead in Why are there so many cuisines in China? Different regions Different weather conditions Different cultures cause effect Different histories … Fuzhou 1. What’s 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 one can show the strcture of the text? A. B. C. D. Read for structure Topic（Para.1） Body(Para.2-Para. 6) Conclusion(Para.7) My _________________ with Chinese food. different experiences Culture and cuisine go hand in hand. “You’re what you eat ”refer to your personality, character and culture. Paragraph 1 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 referring to our personality, character and culture. Q1.What’s the purpose of the author using the quote in Para1? Q2. “You are what you eat.” What does the quote mean? To introduce the topic. It means that the kind of food we eat tells something about our personality, character, and culture. Read for information 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. What kind of food Chinese food did the writer experience in America? And how about the typical dish? What can you conclude about their culture or personality from the cuisine? 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 Deep thinking (Cultural Value) Why do people in Sichuan like spicy food? They are bold/brave. They need pepper to resist rainy and wet weather. The weather in Sichuan is suitable for growing peppers. Why did author eat Sichuan cuisines in Beijing? 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. Deep thinking (Cultural Value) 1. What cultural value does dumpling convey? Dumpling conveys reunion, love between families, inclusion and harmony. 2. Can you think of other food that carries the same meanings as dumpling? mooncake, yuanxiao 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. 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. 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. Paragraph 7 Q1: What can the food local people consume tell us? It can tell us their agriculture, their lifestyle, their preference. Q2: Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? Give your reasons. Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? Give your reasons. Yes, because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served. No, with the impact of globalization, food no longer reflects cultures. In this fast-changing world, everything is changing, including cuisines. Topic: You are what you eat Chinese food in America Chinese food in Beijing Chinese food in Shandong Chinese food in Xinjiang Chinese food in south and central China Conclusion: Culture and cuisine go hand in hand ...love... ...not afraid... friendship family ....on horses... open fire friendship and kindness in time and space order ...acturally refers to _______________________________. personality, character and culture How is the passage developed? Food Different places Culture ① People live in different places, so they share different local cultures. ② They share different local cultures, as a result, they have different kinds of food. What is the relationship between them? cause effect cause effect Reasoning and Analysis Read the proverbs. Eat to live and not live to eat. 吃饭是为了活着, 活着不是为了吃饭。 Much meat , much malady (疾病). 吃多病多，食多伤身。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一个苹果， 医生远离我。 One man’s meat is another man’s poison. 甲之熊掌， 乙之砒霜。 thank you null 205047.17 $