(共29张PPT)
Developing ideas — reading
Unit 1 Food for thought
目录
contents
Pre-reading
I
Language points
IV
Fast-reading
II
Homework
V
Careful-reading
III
VI
Post-reading
I
Pre-reading
Pre-reading: Discuss
Work in pairs. Talk about what you usually eat for dinner and decide who eats more healthily.
vitamin
dietary fibre
low-fat
nutrition
low-salt
low-calorie
high-protein
Useful Words
II
Fast-reading
Fast-reading: Read & Match
Read the passage and match the pictures of the fridges to their owners.
Ellie — Junior doctor
Jenny — Teacher
Ted — Construction worker
Mike — Chef
Max — College student
Read the passage and match the pictures of the fridges to their owners.
a
e
c
b
d
Jenny
Ted
Max
Mike
Ellie
Check Your Answers
Fast-reading: Read & Match
Find out who might say the sentences below.
Fast-reading: Read & Guess
1. “There is a lot of food from my workplace in our fridge.”
2. “You might find bean products in our fridge, but hamburgers Never!”
3. “My fridge is a total mess! All I do is party and hit the books.”
4. “There isn’t really much in my fridge. I’m just too busy and tired to cook at home!”
5. “If you’re someone who avoids animal products, you wouldn’t find anything to eat in my fridge!”
hit the books “做学校的功课,用功”
Find out who might say the sentences below.
1. “There is a lot of food from my workplace in our fridge.”
2. “You might find bean products in our fridge, but hamburgers Never!”
3. “My fridge is a total mess! All I do is party and hit the books.”
4. “There isn’t really much in my fridge. I’m just too busy and tired to cook at home!”
5. “If you’re someone who avoids animal products, you wouldn’t find anything to eat in my fridge!”
Check Your Answers
Answers: 1– d 2 – b 3 – e 4 – a 5 – c
Fast-reading: Read & Guess
III
Careful-reading
1. What do you think the saying “You are what you eat” means
2. Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health What is your understanding of them
3. Which person’s eating habits are most similar to yours
4. What can you do to improve your eating habits from now on
Careful-reading: Answer the Questions
Think & Share
1. What do you think the saying “You are what you eat” means
“You are what you eat” means the food that you eat affects your health, your energy level, your mood, and even your behaviour. Therefore, in order to be fit and healthy, you need to eat fresh and healthy food.
Careful-reading: Answer the Questions
Think & Share
2. Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health What is your understanding of them
A closed mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一天一个苹果,疾病远离我。
A good breakfast makes you healthy.
要想身体好,早餐要吃饱。
Careful-reading: Answer the Questions
Think & Share
3. Which person’s eating habits are most similar to yours
4. What can you do to improve your eating habits from now on
Various answers are possible. Show your own answers.
Careful-reading: Answer the Questions
Think & Share
Post-reading
IV
How could we understand the title of the passage “Cold Truths”
“Cold Truths”原意是“冰冷的事实”,结合课文内容,可理解为冰箱里冷冰冰的食物所反映出的真实的生活方式。深入思考会发现,课文中展示的不良饮食习惯和生活方式终将影响人们的身体健康,这也是一个残酷的事实。标题语带双关。
因此这篇课文的意义在于呼吁人们形成良好的饮食和生活习惯。
Post-reading: Think
Work in groups. Make comments and suggestions about the lifestyle of each person in the passage.
Post-reading: Group Work
Name Lifestyle
Ellie
Jenny
Ted
Mike
Max
1. Discuss the lifestyle of each person. Use the table to make notes.
Work in groups. Make comments and suggestions about the lifestyle of each person in the passage.
2. Organise your ideas following the steps below.
Describe the lifestyle of each person in the passage.
Explain the possible problems with their lifestyles.
Make suggestions about how they can improve their
lifestyles.
3. Share your ideas with the class.
Post-reading: Group Work
Share your ideas with the class.
Post-reading: Group Work — Presentation
Language points
V
Language points: Phrases
put sth to the test
belong to
end up
catch up on
bring sb up
more or less
work full-time
do a big shop
Find the following phrases in the passage and work out their meanings.
对……做个测试
属于
结束
了解;得到……的消息
养育
或多或少
全职工作
大采购
Language points: Sentences
1. There’s not enough room to swing a cat in my small apartment, so I don’t cook very often.
Paraphrase (释义): My apartment is too small to leave enough room for me to cook, so I don’t cook very often.
not enough room to swing a cat 的含义为“(地方或空间)小得无法转身”。
猜一猜:
① let the cat out of the bag
② put / set the cat among the pigeons
(无意中)泄露秘密;说漏嘴
引起麻烦;招惹是非
Language points: Sentences
2. This means we don’t eat meat, and any milk or cheese had better be dairy-free.
dairy-free 的含义为“不是动物乳制品的”。
牛奶的替代品有豆奶、杏仁乳等,这类乳制品被称为 plant milk(植物乳);不是动物乳制成的奶酪被称为 vegan cheese(纯素奶酪),是由植物乳和坚果、大米等发酵制成的。
vegan adj. 严格素食的;不吃肉的 n. 纯素食者 (vegetarian)
Language points: Sentences
3. When I get back home, there’s nothing more satisfying than a big meat dinner.
Paraphrase (释义): When I get back home, a big meat dinner is the thing that I like best.
本句中表否定的单词与形容词的比较级连用,表达最高级的含义。
① 常用于该结构中的否定词有:not, no, never, nothing等。
② 该结构还可以用“can’t / couldn’t + V + 比较级”的形式。
Language points: Sentences
练习:
① 我非常赞同作者的观点。
② 没有什么比那更难了(那最难了)。
I couldn’t agree more with the writer.
Nothing is more difficult than that.
Language points: Sentences
4. I guess I’ve always been a big meat eater and in this house, no family meal is complete without some form of meat.
Paraphrase (释义): I love eating lots of meat and in my family all meals are always served with some kind of meat.
英语中存在用名词表达动词含义的现象,本句中用 I’ve always been a big meat eater ... 表达 I love eating lots of meat ... 的含义。
Language points: Sentences
Homework
VI
Homework
1. Search the Internet to get
more sayings about healthy
eating;
2. Write a short passage about
your own lifestyle.