Unit 3 Lesson 4 Reading for writing（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】2025-2026学年七年级英语下册同步备课（外研版）

该初中英语课件围绕“跨文化食物”主题，通过“Look and Say”展示冰淇淋、肉夹馍等食物图片导入，结合Pre-reading预测、While-reading找中心句及完成表格等活动，搭建从食物认知到文化理解的学习支架，帮助学生梳理冰淇淋等食物的历史与文化联系。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过冰淇淋时间线梳理（周代储冰、宋代冰酪、元代马可·波罗传至欧洲）、伊朗桑加克面包与陕西石头馍对比等实例，引导学生分析食物跨文化传播，培养跨文化尊重。采用任务型写作步骤（选食物、回答来源与传播等问题、写作并检查），提升语言表达能力。学生能增强文化理解与写作技能，教师可借助结构化资源高效开展教学。

Reading for writing Unit 3 Food matters Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. know about the history of ice cream and some other foods of different countries; 2. respect and appreciate the different food cultures; 3. write a short paragraph about a food across borders. Look and Say What foods can you see? ice cream stone pancakes roujiamo hamburgers Roujiamo is called the Chinese hamburger. What’s their relationship with cultures? It is a bridge between cultures. Pre-reading Look at the title and the pictures, can you predict what the passage is about? n. 边界；国界 across border 跨越国界 Read the passage. Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 The history of foods is never simple. Sometimes, totally different cultures have similar dishes. Food is a bridge between cultures. Tip: 中心句概括了每段的大意。 While-reading Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 1. What food was mentioned in this paragraph? 2. When did Chinese people start to enjoy ice in summer? The ice cream. In Zhou Dynasty. People store ice in winter and enjoy in summer. Bingjian, Warrior States Period 战国铜冰鉴 It is the earliest fridge in China. 3. What was ice cream called in Song Dynasty? It was called binglao. 冰酪 4. What did Marco Polo do with the ice cream? 马可・波罗是意大利旅行家。他在元朝时来到中国，居住了约17年之久，期间游遍了中国各地，深入了解了不同的风土人情。回国后，他口述了在东方探险的经历，并最终整理成一部著作《东方见闻录》，简称《马可・波罗游记》。 4. What did Marco Polo do with the ice cream? Marco Polo tasted binglao and carried the idea all the way back to Europe. People there added heavy cream and new tastes. Can you draw a timeline to show the history of ice cream? Zhou Dynasty Song Dynasty _____ Dynasty People started to _____ ice and _____ it in summer People started to make _______ Marco Polo brought ice cream to Europe. store enjoy binglao Yuan People there added ____________ and new tastes. heavy cream Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions. 1. What is sangak [sæŋˈɡæk]? What food is similar to? It’s a kind of flat bread in Iran [ɪˈrɑːn]（伊朗）. It’s similar to the stone pancakes in Shannxi. 伊朗的桑加克面包和石头馍都是在加热的石子上烙制出来的。 sangak stone pancakes 2. How is roujiamo similar to hamburgers? They both have meat in the middle. 3. What are arepas [əˈreɪpəz] of Venezuela [ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlə] like? arepas roujiamo Arepas of Venezuela look more like the twin brother of roujiamo. 阿瑞巴 委内瑞拉 Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. Chinese people in the Zhou Dynasty began to 1. to enjoy in summer. In the Song Dynasty, people made binglao. It means 2. in English. Marco Polo brought the idea back to 3. . People there added to the idea. Ice cream store winter ice ice cream Europe Sangak Roujiamo It is a kind of 4. in Iran. But the 5. in Shanxi, China, looks very much like it. Many people call it 6. . But arepas look more like it. flat bread stone pancakes Chinese hamburger 1.What does “this sweet treat”mean? Why does the writer use this expression? Answer the questions. “This sweet treat” means ice cream. The writer uses this phrase to stress that ice cream comes from China. 2.What is the meaning of “The rest is history!”? After Marco Polo brought binglao back to Europe, people there added their ideas and innovations（创新）to this kind of sweet dessert. After that, different kinds of ice cream were created. Then, ice cream became very popular. Its development became widely known by people. 3.What is the writer trying to say in the last sentence of the passage? When one kind of food was introduced to a different culture, people there would add their own ideas to the food, and the food became different but better. When foods cross borders, sweet things can happen. People in different cultures can make similar food. Think and share 1. Why do you think Marco Polo brought the idea of binglao back to Europe? Binglao was special. Binglao was delicious. He wanted to share binglao with his families and friends. ... 2. Do you agree that food is a bridge between cultures? Why or why not? Learning to think for question 2 To express your agreement or disagreement with an idea, you need to give your opinion and support it with examples. You can use your own experiences, historical events, or personal stories of others. Write a short paragraph about a food across borders. Step ① Think about some foods across borders. Choose one of them to write about. Answer the questions below. Why is it popular in different countries? What is the food? Where did it come from? Where did it go? Step② Write your paragraph with the help of the questions. Step③ Check. Did you: answer all the questions in Step 1? use the words and expressions from the reading passage? give your opinion about food and culture? Step④ Share your paragraph with class. Language Points 1. Many people see it as a Western dessert. see... as...意为“认为……是……，把……看作……”。 E.g. I see the event as a challenge. I see him as a good friend. 2. In the Yuan Dynasty, Marco Polo tasted binglao and carried the idea all the way back to Europe. all the way back的意思是“全程; 一直”，在这句话中表示Marco Polo把冰酪一路带回欧洲。 He walked all the way back to his hometown. E.g. I picked a lot of fresh fruits in the countryside and brought them all the way back home to share with my parents. 3. People often compare roujiamo to hamburgers, a symbol of American food. compare... to...意为“把……比作……”。 E.g. In the novel, the author compares life to a journey. People often compare children to the flowers of our country. 着重强调被比较事物之间的相似性，通常用于比喻。 【拓展】(1)compare...with...将…… 与…… 作比较 E.g. We often compare the present with the past to see how much we have progressed. Teachers always compare students’ performance with others’ in the same class. 用于比较两个或多个事物之间的相同点和不同点。 本文件著作权为创作公司所有, 仅限于教师教学及其他非商业性和非盈利性用途。如发现盗用、转卖、网络传播等侵权行为, 本公司将依法追究其相应法律责任。 部分素材选自网络, 如有争议, 请联系删改。 声 明 $