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unit 3 food and culture
Reading and Thinking
1. Enable the Ss to read about the culture and cuisine in China.
2. Enable the Ss to understand the structure and the writing style of the passage well.
3. Let the Ss learn some reading strategies by scanning and skimming.
Teaching Goals
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
-- Giada De Laurentiis 吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
食物把不同层次的人聚集在一起。它是灵魂和身体的养料;这是真正的爱。
Lead-in Culture and cuisine in China
In China,people in different cultures enjoy different cuisines. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there
Chinese food culture
Throughout the country there is a great diversity of cuisine.
China’s vast territory and long history have given birth to
distinct regional cuisines.
Eight well-known cuisines in China: Shangdong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Anhui cuisine
(八大菜系:鲁、川、粤、闵、苏、浙、湘、徽等菜系)
2.When and where do you think it was taken
1.What impresses you most in this picture
Hundreds of long tables are put together with hundreds of hot pot on them, widing their ways along the street like a dragon.
The buildings and lanterns show it was taken in an ethnic minority area during a festival.
Warm up
Pre-reading Prediction
Before you read, look at the title, and the picture. What do you think this article is about
It is about various culture and cuisine about a place or some countries.
Read and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Fast-reading Think and Answer
Read the text quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Para 7
You are what you eat.
Chinese food in America has changed to suit American flavor.
My experience of authentic Chinese food in Beijing.
Chinese food in Shandong Province.
Chinese food in Xinjiang.
Chinese food in Guangdong and Henan.
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
( )1.Prior to coming to China, the writer had enjoyed the authentic Chinese cuisine.
( )2.Americans are willing to try new foods.
( )3.When the writer arrived in China, he could speak fluent Chinese to order the food.
( )4.In Shandong, roasted meat has become a favorite dish of the people in North China.
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scanning
( )5.The people in northern Xinjiang are good at riding horses.
( )6.The food local people consume can inform us of what kinds of lives they lead.
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Skimming
Fill in the table below
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish
America Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
South China
Central China Henan cuisine
General’s Tso’s chicken
America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavored with hot red peppers.
Skimming
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish
America Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
South China
Central China Henan cuisine
General’s Tso’s chicken
dishes with Sichuan peppercorns
boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab
stewed noodles
Sichuan cuisine
boiled dumplings served with vinegar
Guangdong cuisine
Shandong cuisine
Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisine
dim sum
pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions
fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavored with hot red peppers.
Fast-reading Think and Answer
1. How does the writer understand the saying "You are what you eat."
The writer thinks that the food we eat actually reflects our personality, character, and culture.
2. Which is the topic paragraph
The last paragraph.
3. Which is the topic sentence
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.
Fast-reading Think and Answer
Read for sturcure
Topic(Para.1)
You are what you eat.
Body(Paras.2-6)
Conclusion(Para.7)
My _________________ with Chinese food.
different experiences
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Careful-reading Reading Comprehension
1. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. You are what you eat.
B. Most famous foods in China.
C. My experiences of food and culture in China.
D. My exciting journey in China.
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Careful-reading Reading Comprehension
2. According to the passage,what can’t be shown
in the food you eat
A. Your personality. B. Your figure.
C. Your character. D. Your culture.
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3.Put the following places that the author had been to in time
order.
①Xinjiang ②Henan ③Shandong ④Beijing ⑤Guandong
A. ④③①⑤② B. ②③⑤④①
C. ④②①⑤③ D. ②⑤④③①
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Careful-reading Reading Comprehension
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4.What is the most famous food in Shandong
A.Boiled dumplings. B.Roasted meat.
C.Stewed noodles. D.Pancake rolls.
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5.Why do people in Xinjiang prefer their food to be cooked
over an open fire
A.Because they like the flavour of boiled or roasted meat.
B.Because they traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
C.Because that way of cooking can bring the people together.
D.Because that way of cooking can show their character.
Careful-reading Reading Comprehension
6.What is the author’s opinion about culture and cuisine
A.Cuisine has nothing to do with culture.
B.The foods a person eats can reflect his
personality vividly.
C.Culture and cuisine are closely related to
each other.
D.Cuisine only shows what people grow or raise
in their region.
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Read and fill in the blank (para3-6)
1stPlace
Cuisine:
Typical dish: dishes with
2nd Place
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
1. served with ;
2. with
4th Place
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
5th Place
Cuisine:
Typical dish:
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
Sichuan pepercorns
Shandong
Shandong cuisine
Boiled dumplings
vinegar
Pancake rolls stuffed
sliced Chinese green onions
South China
Guangdong cuisine
dim sum
Central China
Henan cuisine
Stewed noodles
Place Kind of Chinese Food Typical dish People or culture
America had been changed to suit American tastes General Tso's chicken Americans love bold, simple flavours and are not afraid to try new foods.
Beijing authentic Chinese food Sichuan pepper-corns friendly
Shandong a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China, and the most famous food in Shandong boiled dumplings served with vinegar and pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions.
family is important to the people there
Northwest China what you can cook over an open fire lamb kebab traditionally wandered the open range on horses
South China local dishes elegant dim sum friendly and kind
Central China local dishes exceptional stewed noodles friendly and kind
After-reading Reading Comprehension
Use the information from the text to complete the table
Disccusions
Discuss the following questions in groups.
1. Do you think "culture and cuisi ne go hand in hand" Give your reasons.
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
keys
Personally, culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Reasons are as follows:
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.
Language points
prior to
put more simply
consist of
have a chance to do
recommend sb to do
make dumplings
Slice …off
over an open fire
dim sum
at a minimum
Tend to do
之前
把更多的只是
由…构成
有机会做吗
推荐某人做某事
包饺子
切去……
在篝火上
点心
至少
倾向于做
Homework
Write a short passage to share your own experiences with culture and cuisines.
Thank you