人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册 Unit3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking 精品课件(共19张PPT)

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2019人教版选择性必修二unit3 Food and Culture
Reading and Thinking CULTURE AND CUISINE 课件
Food brings people together on many levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s true love.
——Giada De Laurentiis
食物把不同层次的人聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料，是真正的爱。
——吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
Pre-reading
1. Before you read, discuss these questions in groups.
1. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there and how can these cuisines be described
They are quite different in taste and texture （口感）
2. What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them
It is believed that different cuisines reflect different personalities of people who eat them. For example, it is said that people who like spicy food are probably adventurous and hardworking. While people in Yunnan living in the mountainous area, which helps shape their brave, simple, and unconstrained characteristics, which also reflects in the clothes they are dressing.
3. Look at the title and pictures on Page 26 and predict what the article is about.
It is about different kinds of Chinese food and the culture each food
represents.
4. In pairs, discuss what you think this saying “You are what you eat.” means.
The food we eat actually reflects our personality, character, and culture.
Skim Reading
Please read the text quickly and answer the following questions:
1. Which is the topic paragraph
The last paragraph.
2. Which is the topic sentence
What we can say, however , is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand,
and if you don’t experience one, you can never know the other.
1. In what way does the writer show us that culture and cuisine go hand
in hand
By sharing his different experiences with Chinese cuisine.
2. What places are mentioned where the writer experienced Chinese food
America. Beijing, Shandong, Northwest China, South China. And central China.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
Sichan cuisine
Shandong cuisine
3. Use the information to complete the table below.
Careful reading
General Tso's chicken
Americans love bold, simple flavors, and are not afraid to try new foods.
dishes with Sichuan peppercorns
offer them good friendship.
boiled dumplings; pancake rolls stuffed
Family is important to the people there.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Northwest China
South China
Central China Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisine
boiled or roasted meat
wandered the open range on horses ; cook food over an open fire.
Guangdong cuisine
Henan cuisine
stewed noodles
dim sum
Through food, Chinese people show friendship and kindness.
4. Match the causes to the effects below. Then find more examples
from the text.
Cause
The flavour 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
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.
Understand cause and effect
Sometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect. That is, one thing causes something else to happen. Cause-and-effect relationships can be direct. For example,“It was raining, so I took my umbrella.”However, some cause-and-effect relationships are not direct, and some may also have more than one cause or effect.
Please read Paragraph 2 and answer the following questions.
1. Why cannot General Tso’s chicken tell us much about the Chinese
Because it is not an authentic Chinese recipe.
2. Why does General Tso’s chicken tell us that Americans are not
afraid to try new foods
Because it was recently invented in America.
3. What does the writer think of Chinese food in America
Chinese food in America is not authentic because it has been
changed to suit American tastes.
General Tso’s chicken
Please read paragraph 3 and answer the following questions:
1. Why did the writer and his family go to a Sichuan restaurant in Beijing
Because it was recommended to them by a friend.
2. Why did they have no idea how to order in the restaurant
Because they didn’t know a word of Chinese.
3. Why did the chef just fill the table with food
Because they didn’t know how to order.
Now please read paragraph 4、5 & paragraph 6 and answer the
following questions:
1. Why did boiled dumplings become a favorite dish of the people in North China
Because family is important to the people there and making dumplings has
always been a family affair with everyone joining to help.
Pancake rolls stuffed with green onion
2. Why do people in northwest China cook traditional foods over an open fire
Because people there traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
3. What do the varied foods have in common
Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.
Now read the last paragraph and answer the following questions.
1. Why does the writer mention the French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
in the first paragraph
To introduce the topic about food and personality.
2. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage
To share with readers his viewpoint: Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
3. What are the reasons the writer presents to support his opinion
In America Chinese food has been changed to suit American tastes and it tells
much about the characters of Americans. In China, people in different places
have different kinds of traditional food, which reflect different traditional
cultures. As a result, the writer thinks Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
How is the passage developed
Topic: You are what you eat
Chinese food in America
Chinese food in Beijing
Chinese food in Shangdong
Chinese food in Xinjiang
Chinese food in Gunagdong&
Henan
Conclusion: culture and cuisine go hand in hand
Retelling
fill in the text and retell the text
“You are what you eat.” In fact, the French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarie ______________ (refer) to our personality, character, and culture. Chinese cuisine is a good example. Prior ________ coming to China, I only experience Chinese food thatto had been changed to suit American tastes. America’s _____________(popular) Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken _________ tells us a lot about Americans. When I came to Beijing, a friend recommended a Sichuan restaurant _______ we had the pleasure of experiencing an entirely new taste: Sichuan peppercorns. What was even more important was the friendship ________(offer) us. In Shandong, I liked boiled dumplings served with vinegar best. I observed that family is of great _______________ (important) to people there.
to
most popular
which
was referring
where
offered
importance
In northern Xinjiang, I enjoyed boiled or roasted meat. Everywhere we went, we experienced wonderful local ______(dish). Although the food was as varied as the people, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness through food. At a minimum, the kinds of food local people consume tell us ________ they grow in the region, and their liking or disliking. From my experiences, I know that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.
dishes
what
Discussion: Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand” Give your reasons.
Cuisine in certain places can tell what the locals like to eat, grow or dislike.
The food flavor they eat and the food features they cook both well demonstrate
the personalities, characters or culture of the local people.