Top 4 Comfort foods----Wellington
Although Wellington has perfect weather most of the time, sometimes our mood can be challenged by occasional rain and light winds in the winter; in these instances I look to find food and friends to lift my spirits. Feeling good in the cold seasons is easy if you fill your belly with food that reminds you of all the things that make you happy. So grab your mates and try these four offerings.
Dragons
Yum Cha dumplings
If there is any food that is always a comfort for your body, it has to be dumplings; these magical treats are perhaps the universe’s perfect breakfast,lunch and/or dinner food. Dragons is widely recognized in Wellington and they beat their peers（同行） with quality and service. Under the watchful eye of Eric Kong(assistant CEO） steameddelicious foods on trollies(推车) are pushed around by waiters wearing Madonna-like head microphone making sure that everyone orders far too much. My favourites are the pork, ginger（姜） and prawn（虾） steamed dumplings; the wrappers are steamed to breaking point but not beyond and the interiors（里面） are piping hot.
Capitol
Grilled Wagyu Beefsteak& Ripped chips
Steak frites is my death-row meal and I find it very difficult not to order it when I see it on a menu. Capitol is almost 20 years old and Kate and Tom Hutchison run this incredible restaurant. This steak is cooked to perfection, the ruby red center with a good char on the perimeter ensures every mouthful is perfect. Then there is ripped chips. Everyone has opinions on what chips go best with steak, but studies show that ripped chips give you 50,000% more surface area and I’m glad Tom believes in the science as these are the best ---crispy（脆） on the outer and soft in the middle. This is like being fed by your parents when you need to feel the love of home and familiarity.
Field&Green
Fish finger sandwich & Bacon sandwich
Wellington’s best sandwich are nostalgic（怀旧的）, familiar. Served by the ever-smiling and massively talented Laura Greenfield, my fish and sharp tartar sauce is sandwiched by the softest house-made white bread ever and is consumed in minutes. While one sandwich is plenty, my appetite turns to sandwich course two and I have zero regrets about this decision. The perfect bread now embraces crispy bacon with ample HP sauce to provide sweetness and extra depth of flavour. This is knocking my death-row meal into second place.
Burger Liquor
The smoky burger
Wellingtonians love their burgers. The greedy buggers consume about 200,000 in August alone but during the rest of the year Burger Liquor is rolling out the best in the city and it needs to be talked about. Its stalwart burger “The smoky” is a juicy, sweet, salty meat bomb that delivers world peace to your hungry stomach. Double-smoked patties, bacon, crispy onion strings and some sort of yellow cheese combine to let you know all is going to be Ok with whatever has you upset. All of this is no surprise as Burger Liquor’s smiling owner Dan Haycock has been officially named the nicest guy in the world for several years running now.
Food for thought
If you’ve got a chance to try one of the four comfort foods for free, which one would you like Why
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Challenge
How does the author recommend his favourite winter food Underline the expressions or sentence patterns that impress you the most.
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2.What is your favourite local food in winter Introduce one in about 80 words entitled “My Favourite local comfort food in winter”. If possible, try using some of the expressions or patterns learned from this passage.
My Favourite Local comfort food in winter
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Pre-review checking
课前检测
结合体
味道
贪婪地
联想，联系
变化，变更
解除，减轻
安全，保护措施
提高，增强
使钦佩
可爱的
味苦的；激烈的
增加，扩大
估计
吃，喝，饮，消耗
创造，创新
促进，激发
食欲，胃口
强调，重视
奏效，起作用
迫切需要
投身于，热衷于
好得不得了
使人满意
破碎，破裂；崩溃
Unit1 Revision
Food matters
Teaching aims
Review some knowledge about the topic--food
Review important words, phrases and sentences patterns
Write a short composition related to comfort food .
Food is as fundamental to man as the people are to the state.
How do you understand the sentence
Food is important /food matters
What is the importance of food
food
heal the heart
tell others your cultural identity
enhance relationship
help develop career
build our body
The food critic, Ego, liked Ratatouille very much, because it is his _________________. It works like a time machine immediately ________________(送回)him back to his happy childhood, carefully taken care of by his mother.
What is comfort food
comfort food
transporting
Comfort food refers to any food that makes us feel better. Its power mainly lies in the _____________(联系) it calls to mind and it often makes up for bad feelings by helping us recall happy memories of the people, things or places we love.
association
association用法
v. associate 联想，联系；交往
adj. associated 有关的，相关的
in association with与...有关联/有来往
be associated with与...有关联
associate with sb与某人交往
一闻到烘烤(baking)食物的味道，我就想起了童年。
I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood
Comfort foods are highly individual. They _______(不同)from person to person, depending on our unique experiences that have shaped our lives. For example, we often connect chicken soup with a happy childhood and its flavour becomes tied up with the feeling of being taken care of. When we eat it again, we unlock memories of a time __________we were loved and looked after, and this cheers us up.
vary
when
vary
在你的写作当中变换你的语言是重要，这样会使读者们不会厌倦。
It is important to _____________________in your writing so that readers do not get bored.
The exhibition offers a ________of modern artworks.
The menu varies with the season.
There are ________ ways of doing it.
variety
vary your language
various
For people who move away from their home country, there are some aspects of culture that people will lose right away, but with food, there are more opportunities to connect to memory, family and place. Each person’s comfort food largely depend on where they come from. One mouthful of comfort food takes us back to our cultural roots, giving us the“taste of home” that we ________________ (迫切需要)and ___________(缓解)feelings of homesickness.
cry out for
relieving
cry out for relieve
go all out for
look out for
set out for
try out for
watch out for
这个公司正迫切需要新的人才。
消除焦虑/内疚/压力
缓解贫困
缓解交通拥堵
Bill was relieved of his command(指挥权)
她欣慰地说，“太棒了，你平安无事地回来了。”
The company is crying out for new talent.
She said in relief, “It is so wonderful that you’ve come back, safe and sound.”
Read a passage about food and culture
Food-culture connection Example
On an individual level
On a larger scale
on the national level
we grow up eating the food of our culture
comfort food of his
childhood
food is an expression of cultural identity
China
The United States
immigrants
Each country or community’s unique cuisine reflects its history
Summary
Can you tell us what roles do food play in a person’s life
Describe your comfort food
小试牛刀
Write about the scene the food critic Ego ate Ratatouille
Having been served the dish, Ego picked up his pen , ready to write his most fair and serious comment on the dish. The moment he ate it, his eyes wide open, he was transported immediately back to one day in his childhood when he came back home, sobbing. His mother made him a bowl of ratatouille and stroked him softly, which made his mood lifted at once. Extremely stunned, he dropped his pen on the ground unconsciously. Staying still for a short while, he smiled, continuing to enjoy his comfort food and memorizing his beloved mother. So delicious was it that he licked the last drop of the sauce.
Do you have your own comfort food
Read a passage about Wellington’s comfort food and then write your own comfort food in winter.
fill one’s belly with food that reminds sb of all the things that make sb happy
If there is any food that is always a comfort for sb’s body, it must be..
Once you dip these little ones in the chili oil-soy sauce, any over-indulgences from Friday night will wash away.
.....is my death-row meal and I find it very difficult not to order it when I see it on a menu
This is like being fed by your parents when you need to feel the love of home and familiarity.
While one sandwich is plenty, my appetite turns to sandwich course two and I have zero regrets about this decision.
This is knocking my death-row meal into second place.
....is a juciy, sweet, salty meat bomb that delivers world peace to your hungry stomach.
.... and ....combine to let you know all is going to be OK with whatever has you upset.
How to describe food
sour juicy
steamed sauce
chili sweet
bitter
spicy salty
crispy
salt
sugar
vinegar
ginger
garllicWhat food tells us about culture
Have you ever wondered why people from different parts of the world eat different types of food and why certain foods and culinary（烹饪的） traditions are so important to one’s culture There is more of connection between food and culture than you might think.
On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture, and we learn to closely identify with（与...产生共鸣） it. Sometimes, foods help us remember things in the past--memories that have special meanings to us. Family dishes often become the comfort food we seek as adults at lower points of our lives. When I was sick as a child, my mother used to cook soup and bring it to me in bed because I was too weak to get up. The smell and taste of the soup became something very familiar to me. Now, whenever I feel tired or stressed, I remember the soup my mum used to make for me.
On a larger scale, food is an expression of cultural identity. Traditional cuisine is passed down from one generation to the next by maintaining precious family recipes. Immigrants cook traditional food as a way of preserving their culture in their new homes and as a means of coping with homesickness.
Each country or community’s unique cuisine reflects its history, lifestyle, values and beliefs. In China, harmony is a vital trait. This is reflected in Chinese cuisine, where almost every flavour(salty, spicy, sour, sweet and bitter) is used in a balanced way to create delicious dishes. Also, Chinese people have a historically elaborate(精心制作的) style, which can be seen in their architecture and costumes（服装） as well as in their food. They believe that food not only needs to be nutritious but also needs to look appealing and colourful.
The cuisine of the United States reflects its history of immigration, which introduced many different ingredients（调料） and cooking styles. Over the years, the US therefore has developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.
As the world becomes more globalized, it is easier to access cuisines from different cultures. We should embrace our heritage through our culture’s food, but we should also become more informed about other cultures by trying dishes from around the world. Food is a portal into culture, and it should be treated as such.（北京）股份有限公司
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