(共30张PPT)
Unit 1
Welcome to the unit
Food Matters
How food is important to us
“Food is as fundamental to man as the people are to the state”.
----Chen Shou
The importance of food to people is comparable to the importance of people to their countries.
Each country has its typical food.
Let's listen and fill in blanks.
List some typical food of different provinces.
Fish and chips from the UK consists of deep-fried fish and
___________ chips.
Where is the best place to find the fish and chips
fat golden
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Small local restaurants or food trucks.
Sushi from Japan comes in _________________ and is very popular partly because of its freshness and convenience.
What’s the key to sushi
all shapes and sizes
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Its sticky rice.
A taco, a traditional Mexican dish, is made up of a ________ or
wheat pancake rolled around a filling.
It is popular because _________________________________
corn
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it is easy to hold and quick to eat.
Pasta from Italy is typically made from flour, water and
sometimes ______.
eggs
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Free Talk
What do you think is the most typical Chinese food
What foods can have an impact on your feelings
I think the most typical Chinese food is dumplings or Jiaozi. It has different fillings, including meat and vegetables. Chinese people usually have dumplings when celebrating the New Year's festival.
Step 1 Lead-in
How do you understand the title
Comfort food
Read the first paragraph and try to figure out the meaning of “comfort food”.
1. What is the first paragraph
It is my personal experience / an example.
2. Acorrding to the example, what is comfort food
Food to make me happy again and lift my spirits.
Read the second paragraph and find out the definition.
Read the other 3 paragraphs and underline the topic sentences.
Para 1 My personal experience
Para 2 Definition
Para 3 Highly individual
Para 4 Giving us the “taste of home”
Para 5 Food for soul
Step 2 Understanding the structure
Choose the right answer!
A
text structure
Para. 1: Rice pudding cheers me up whenever I feel unhappy.
Para. 2: ____________________________________________________
Para. 3: ____________________
______________________________________________
Para. 4: _________________
________________________________________________
Para. 5: _____________________________________________________
Comfort food has the unique power to make us feel better.
Comfort foods are highly individual, depending on our own unique experience.
Comfort food gives the"taste of home"to people who feel homesick.
Comfort food is food for the soul.
How does the author introduce the topic of comfort food And what do you think of this technique
The author introduces the topic by giving an example of his own life.
Such a technique can make the language more vivid, and attract readers' interest.
Step 3 Reading for specific information
1. What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the first paragraph
2. What is comfort food in its broadest sense
3. According to the third paragraph, how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up
4. For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food
A2 on P4
Step 3 Reading for specific information
1. What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the first paragraph
2. What is comfort food in its broadest sense
3. According to the third paragraph, how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up
A time machine that transports the author back to her sunny childhood.
Any food that make us feel better.
By connecting with our happy childhood and being tied up with the feeling of being taken care of.
4. For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food
Where they come from.
Detailed reading
Para. 3
What does “positive emotions” in line 19 refer to
The feeling of being taken care of.
Why are comfort foods individual in different people’s opinions
Because they vary from person to person, depending on our own unique experience.
Para. 3
comfort food
positive emotions
be linked with
chicken soup
the feeling of being taken care of
become tied up with
Para. 4
(A2/4) For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food
It depends on where they come from.
Why can food from hometown give them comfort
It gives them happiness and sense of belonging.
It connects to memory, family and place.
It takes people to their cutural roots.
It relieves the feelings of homesickness.
draw a __________.
Para. 4
How does the author explain the relationship between comfort food and one’s sense of belonging in paragraph 4
quote (引用)_________________________
give______________
examples
conclusion
some food experts’ words
Para. 5
How to understand “It's food for the soul”
We usually associate food with something our_________ need—it relieves our hunger and satisfies our appetite.
However, comfort food not only serves that purpose, but also makes us feel comfortable __________and ______________.
bodies
mentally
emotionally
Para. 5
How to understand “It's food for the soul”
unlock memories of a time L21
2
take us back to our culture roots L31
3
recall happy memories L15
4
lift one’s spirits
L3
1
Step 4 Further reading
In your opinion, is there any difference between one’s comfort food and favorite food Give your reasons.
1. People's favorite food can come and go easily while comfot food often remain _____________.
2. People’s favourite food often connects with satisfying their hunger, while comfort food is connected to ______________________________.
the same
family, place, memory, soul and positive emotions
1. Read the magazine again and underline the difficult points that you cannot understand.
2. Are there any other information about comfort food What are they Go to the library or surf the Internet to collect some relevant information and share them with your classmates.
Homework