(共34张PPT)
Unit 1 Food matters
Reading
Lead in
What might give you bad mood Answer YES or NO.
Homesickness
Poor marks
Huge pressure
Failure
Loneliness
Getting hurt
Lead in
How do you comfort yourself Answer YES or NO.
Reading
Seeing movies
Playing computer games
Doing homework
Talking with friends
Eating
Lead in
Let’s watch a short video. Tell us what they are doing
Cooking
Instructing how to cook
Recalling stories
Tasting dishes
Lead in
How do they feel about the dish (Ravioli Bolognese), and why
They are surprised and happy because of the taste in their memory.
Lead in
Ravioli Bolognese is their comfort food.
Warm-up for reading
Food keeps us healthy and energetic. It can also do more than that. The article below, from a food magazine, discussed the idea of comfort food. Before you read the article, think about the following questions:
What do you think the article will talk about according to the title
What Why How
Cute images of food
Cute and colourful font
Positive stuff
Warm-up for reading
What foods can have an impact on your feelings
Reading
Read the article and complete the chart below with the main idea of each para.
A1
Reading
Comfort food has the unique power to make us feel better.
Our comfort foods are highly individual, depending on our own unique experiences.
Comfort food gives the “taste of home” to people who feel homesick when they move to a new country.
Comfort food is food for the soul.
Giving a example and specify the subject first
Leading in “comfort food”
Conclusion
Reading
What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the first paragraph
logic words
locating
noun
Read the article again carefully and answer the following questions.
A2
Reading
2. What is comfort food in its broadest sense
Tips - Understanding definitions in a text
In some texts definitions are given to key concepts with such expressions as refer to. In some cases, in a broad sense or in a narrow sense is used to make the definition more accurate.
Any food that makes us feel better.
Reading
According to the third paragraph, how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up
locating
method
Reading
For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food
locating
Noun/phrase
logic word
Why important
Discussion
In pairs, discuss the following questions.
A3
How does the author introduce the topic of comfort food What do you think of the technique
Whenever I feel lonely, I have a secret recipe that never fails.... No matter how bad my mood is,.... …like a time machine immediately transporting me back to my sunny childhood. With pleasure, I remember the lazy Sunday afternoons I used to .... I take my time over every spoonful, …. Before I know it, I’m happy again.
a personal experience from her childhood to lift our spirits
Discussion
What foods can remind you of your happy memories Describe the memories they recall.
Occasion: grandma’s flat
Time: lazy Sunday afternoon
Activity: eating bowl after bowl, listening to grandma’s story
Feeling: enjoyable, happy, warm, wonderful…
Discussion
In your opinion, is there any difference between one’s comfort food and favourite food Give your reasons.
Comfort food Favourite food
Remains the same from past to future
Beautiful memories from childhood
…
Can come and go
For appetizing and satisfying hunger
…
Discussion
How do you understand the last sentence of this article: It’s food for the soul.
Key words
greedily / ɡri d li/ adv. 贪婪地;贪食地
to swallow greedily 狼吞虎咽
e.g. He ate the pastries greedily and with huge enjoyment.
他十分快乐而贪婪地吃着那些糕点。
emotion / ɡri d li/ n. 情感;情绪
emotion quotient (EQ) 情商
e.g. Jealousy is a primal emotion.
嫉妒是一种原始情感。
Key words
link / ɡri d li/ vt. 连接,连结;联合,结合
n. [计] 链环,环节;联系,关系
data link 数据链
e.g. If you've forgotten your login ID, click this link.
如果忘记了自己的注册账号就点击此链接。
New roads will link the principal cities of the area.
新建道路将连通这个地区的主要城市。
Key words
cry out for 迫切需要、恳求、急需
e.g. She wanted to cry out for customers along the street in market.
她还想吆喝几声。
do the trick 达到理想结果
e.g. Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.
有时只言片语就能达到目的。
Key words
mood /mu d/ n. 情绪,语气;心境;气氛
mood disorder 情感障碍
in the mood 兴致勃勃
e.g. Nancy was in a fractious mood.
南希处在一种易怒的情绪中。
relieve / ɡri d li/ vt. 解除,减轻;解围;使放心
relieve stress 减压
e.g. The secretary will relieve us of some of the paperwork.
新来的秘书会减轻我们文案工作的一些负担。
Building up your language
The passage below is about a different kind of comfort plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
B1
cry out for
do the trick
emotions
desserts
mood
verb
verb
noun (s)
noun (s)
noun
Building up your language
adv
verb
verb
greedily
is/has been lined
relieve
Discussion
Let’s watch a short video to sum up the contents we’ve read, and think about whether you have the similar situation in the context.
How can we deal with the “sugar addiction”
Building up your language
The article uses several phrasal verbs with “plete the sentences with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs in the left box. There are two phrasal verbs you do NOT need to use.
B2
Building up your language
Cheer up
Make up for
Give up
Take up
Keep up
Set up
Show up
振奋
弥补
放弃,交出
开始从事
保持,继续
搭建
出现,露面
Building up your language
cheer up
make up for
give up
take up
keep up
set up
show up
showed up
taken up
Building up your language
Then think of more phrasal verbs up “up”. And try to make sentences about “food”.
B2
Building up your language
The article uses different phrases to express “to make sb think of sth” and “to make sb feel better”. Find these expressions in the article.
B3
to make sb think of sth to make sb feel better
transporting me back to…
calls to mind/ recall…
unlock memories of …
takes us back to …
lift my spirits…
makes up for bad feelings…
cheers us up…
reliving feelings of ….
Why should we vary our expression in a passage
Building up your language
Lear this
It is important to vary your language in your writing so that readers do not get bored. To achieve this, you can use words and phrases with similar meanings.
I like my mother’s homemade soup. I like it because it can help me recall my memories in childhood. I like it so much.
I adore it
I have to say I’d never be tired of my mother’s soup.
Building up your language
Improve the sentences below by varying the language.
B3
Step 1: find out repeated phrases
Step 2: other expressions
different – diverse, unlike, varying, individual, unusual…
Step 3: rewrite the sentences
Homework
Micro writing: describe you comfort food
Thank you!