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Unit 3
Reading and thinking
Food and Culture
New York-based photographer Henry Hargreaves and food stylist Caitlin Levin created snapshots of countries using 'iconic' delicacies from each region. Commenting on their latest project, they write “These maps show how food has traveled the globe. This project speaks to the universality of how food unites people.”
Let’s enjoy the feast for the senses !
The U.S. is crafted from corn.
Spices including cardamom pods, chili flakes and cinnamon sticks were used to create this map of India.
小豆蔻豆荚、红辣椒片、肉桂棒
Chocolate, jam and cream-filled biscuits were used for the UK.
The artists used cheese and biscuits to make this map of France.
For Mr Hargreaves' home country, New Zealand, kiwi fruits were chopped up and molded into shape.
How many kinds of Chinese cuisines in China
How can these cuisine be described
Why are there so many cuisines
Throughout the country, there is a great diversity of cuisine. China’s vast territory and long history have given birth to distinct regional cuisines.
Different cultures
Different personalities
Various weather conditions
Different regions
8 regional cuisines
Culture and Cuisine
Q1: What do you think the text is about
Q2: How do you understand “You are what you eat”
Activity 1: Read to check
Q1: What do you think the text is about
Q2: How do you understand “You are what you eat”
The text mainly talks about ___________________________.
★ The food we are eating or we enjoy cooking relates a lot to our personality, character, and culture.
Activity 2: Read for the main idea
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
A. Famous food in Xinjiang.
B. Famous food in Shandong.
C. Experience of food in South China.
D. Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
E. Experience of Chinese dish in America.
F. Experience of Sichuan food in Beijing.
G. You are what you eat.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Para.7
Activity 2: Read for the main idea
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
General
Particular
General
Activity 2: Read for the structure
How is the passage developed
America
Shandong
Xinjiang
Guangdong
Activity 3: Read for information
Read Para.2 carefully and answer the following questions.
What is America’s most popular Chinese dish
And what can the dish tell us about Americans
Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. Prior to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers. This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe, however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. On the other hand, it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold, simple flavours. And, since the dish was also invented recently, it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foods.
Activity 3: Read for information
Read Para.3-6 carefully and complete the table.
1stPlace
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
2nd Place:
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
1.
2.
3rd Place
Cuisine:
Typical Dish:
4th Place
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
5th Place
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
dishes with Sichuan pepercorns
Shandong
Shandong cuisine
Boiled dumplings + vinegar
Pancake rolls stuffed with
sliced Chinese green onions
Xinjiang and Inner
Mongolian cuisine
Boiled or roasted
meat,such as lamb kebab
South China
Guangdong cuisine
dim sum
Henan cuisine
Stewed noodles
Consolidation
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
S1: Where did the write experience.... S2: ....
S1: Which dish impresses the writer most in... S2: ....
S1: What do we know about people in ... according to their food S2: ....
S1: What is the personality of people in ... S2: ....
S1: Why is ... the typical dish in ... S2: ....
Activity 3: Read for information
Read Para.2 carefully and answer the following questions.
What can the food local people consume tell us
What is the main idea of Para.7 How do you understand it
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.
1. Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand” Give your reasons.
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
Cuisine in certain place can tell us what the local people like to eat, grow or dislike.
The food flavor they eat the food features they cook also well demonstrate the personality, characters or culture of the local people.
Activity 4: Critical thinking
2. Imagine that it is true that people's personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat. What does eating the following foods tell you about a person
spicy food vegetarian food junk food seafood sweets chocolate rice noodles onion garlic bacon ham sausage cabbage mushroom bean curd
Possibly, people who like spicy food love excitement and new experiences. And people who like junk food like to enjoy life without worrying about the future.
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
Activity 4: Critical thinking
Activity 5: Read for language
Where can we find the topic paragraph
Which is the topic sentence
The last paragragh
Expressions to summary & clarify the topic:
In short/conclusion
What we can say/conclude is that...
Expressions to show writer’s opinion:
but/ however/ yet/ in fact
Activity 5: Read for language
Do people in different places share the same food or different kinds of food
Do people in different places share the same culture or different cultures
People are in different places. As a result, people share different kinds of food.
Cause
Effect
Relationship
Understand cause and effect.
Activity 5: Read for language
People are in different places. As a result, people share different kinds of food.
Cause
Effect
Relationship
Understand cause and effect.
Activity 5: Read for language
Match the causes to the effects.
Cause
1.The flavor preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese
2.We had no idea how to order food.
3.These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
Effect
A: The chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.
B: Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
C: Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.
Try to find more cause and effect sentences in the pqssage.
Most people relate “You are what you eat” to healthy eating. It 1 (actual) refers to personality, character, and culture. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. When introduced to America, it 2 (change) to suit American tastes, which tells us Americans like trying new foods.
Later, I visited China and 3 (experience) authentic Chinese food. In Beijing, we ate in a restaurant where the chef treated us to dinner 4 (consist) of Sichuan peppercorns. It was wonderful but what was even more important was the friendship. In Shandong Province, we had 5 (boil) dumplings with vinegar. I found making dumplings is always an affair with the whole family. In South China and central China, I experienced local dishes from Guangdong’s elegant dim sum to the 6 (exception) stewed noodles in Henan. Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness. At 7 minimum, the kinds of food 8 (consume) by local people tell us what they grow in their region, what kinds of lives they lead, and 9 they like and do not like.
All in all, culture and cuisine go hand 10 hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.
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Summary
Read the culture and ead about the culture and cuisine by reading the article and pictures
Thank you