(共34张PPT)
Unit 1 Food matters
(Welcome— Reading)
Tell me what they are in English.
In order to survive and lead a better life, people have invented various kinds of foods.
Let’s learn some information about foreign foods
Ⅰ
Pre-reading
Fish and chips from the UK consists of deep-fried fish and _____________ chips.
Sushi from Japan comes in ___________ and is very popular partly because of its freshness and convenience.
A taco, a traditional Mexican dish, is made up of a _______ or wheat pancake rolled around a filling.
Pasta from Italy is typically made from flour, water and sometimes ________.
Watch the video and finish the following exercise.
Fish and chips from the UK consists of deep-fried fish and _____________ chips.
Sushi from Japan comes in ___________ and is very popular partly because of its freshness and convenience.
A taco, a traditional Mexican dish, is made up of a _______ or wheat pancake rolled around a filling.
Pasta from Italy is typically made from flour, water and sometimes ________.
fat golden
all shapes and sizes
corn
eggs
Ⅰ
Pre-reading
Ⅱ
Fast reading
Can you predict what comfort food is according to the title of the article and the picture on page 3
Read the article quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Comfort food gives us the “taste of home” to people.
The author’s recollection of grammar’s rice pudding.
Comfort food is food for the soul.
Our comfort foods are highly individual.
The definition of comfort food.
Intensive reading
Ⅲ
1) When feeling lonely and in a bad mood, what does the author usually do
A. Eating rice pudding B. Going outside to walk
C. Talking with families D. Listening to wonderful stories
2) What’s the function of the first paragraph
A. To explain the happiness of the author’s childhood.
B. To describe how delicious the rice pudding is.
C. To lead to the main topic.
D. To raise a problem for later solution.
Read carefully and answer questions
Para 1
How does the author introduce the topic of comfort
food What do you think of this technique
By giving a good example in his own life.
Such technique can make the language more vivid and interesting, attract readers’ attention, and share the same empathy.
para 1
Para 2
What is the definition of comfort food
Read carefully and answer questions
Para 3
Why are comfort foods individual in different
people’s opinions How does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up
Read carefully and answer questions
Para 4
For people who move away from their home
country, what largely determines their comfort food
Read carefully and answer questions
draw a __________.
How does the author explain one’s sense of belonging brought by comfort food in paragraph 4
quote (引用) some food experts’ words
____________________
give examples
conclusion
para 4
Para 5
Why does comfort food make us feel good
Read carefully and answer questions
1
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
para 5
How do you understand the last sentence of this article “ It’s food for the soul ” Find sentences in the whole passage to support your understanding.
Post-reading
Ⅳ
This article talks about a type of comfort food_______ power mainly lies in the associations it calls to mind by recalling happy fort foods vary from person to person, depending ____our own unique experiences. If we grow up eating certain foods in our family, then those foods tend ___________ (link) with positive emotions. The feeling of __________(happy) and sense of belonging can become __________ (particular) important to people who move away from their home country. ___is hardest to give up the food that you grow up fort food takes us back to our cultural roots, ______ (give) us the “taste of fort food tastes good and by building an __________(emotion) bond with our happy memories, always makes us feel good. It’s food for the soul.
whose
on
to be linked
happiness
particularly
It
giving
emotional
Consolidation
Whenever I feel unhappy, rice pudding cheers 1 (I) up. Rice pudding 2 ( illustrate) the unique power of "comfort food", which refers to any food 3 makes us feel better or makes up for bad feelings by 4 (help) us recall what we love.
Our comfort foods vary from person to person, depending 5_______ our own unique experiences shaping our lives.
The feeling of 6 (happy )and sense of belonging are important for people who move away from their home country. It is hardest 7 (give) up the food that they grow up with. One mouthful of comfort food takes us back to our 8 (culture) roots, giving us the "taste of home" and 9 (relieve) feelings of homesickness.
Comfort food is not only a bowl of noodles or chicken soup, 10 ___ food for the soul.
me
illustrates
that
helping
on/upon
happiness
to give
cultural
relieving
but
1 由…组成
2 A是B的基础
3 振奋精神
4 奏效,起作用,达到目的
5 更不用提某事
6 把我带回童年
7 慢慢做某事,从容不迫
8 从广义上来说
9 弥补;补偿
consist of = be made up of
A be fundamental to B
lift one’s spirits
do the trick
not to mention sth
transport me back to my childhood
take one’s time over sth
Important words & phrases
in the broad sense
make up for sth
10 唤起回忆
11 因人而异
12 影响某人的生活
13 与积极情感相联系
14 解锁、解封记忆
15 归属感
16 一大口食物
17 文化根源
18 缓解思乡之情
recall the memory
vary from person to person
shape one’s life
be linked with positive emotions
Important words & phrases
unlock one’s memories
a sense of belonging
one mouthful of food
cultural roots
relieve feelings of homesickness
19 建立与…的情感联系
20 情绪低落
21 迫切需要
22 安全感
23 产生积极情感
24 缓解紧张
25 警惕隐藏危险
Important words & phrases
build an emotional bond with
in low spirits
cry out for
a sense of security
generate positive emotions
relieve tension
be aware of the hidden dangers
1. 分词作定语 (Para.1)
Important sentences
2. 分词作状语 (Para. 1)
Important sentences
2. 分词作状语 (Para. 3)
Important sentences
2. 分词作状语 (Para. 4)
Important sentences
Food is as __________ to man as the people are to the
state.
Whenever I feel lonely, I have a secret ________ of the rice
pudding, the perfect _________ of which can ________ my
spirits. Sometimes the smell _____ can do the _____, not to
______ the lovely creamy flavour, __________ me back to
the sunny childhood in my grandma’s flat.
fundamental
recipe
combination
lift
alone
trick
mention
transporting
Fill in the blanks according to the passage
It often _____ ______ ______bad feelings by helping us r_____ happy memories of the people, things or places we love.
My experience with rice pudding __________ the unique
power of comfort food. In its _______ sense, comfort food
______ to any food that makes us feel better. They has a
magic power which lies in the _________ it calls to mind.
illustrates
broadest
refers
associations
makes
Fill in the blanks according to the passage
up
for
ecall
Our comfort foods are highly ________. They ______ from
person to person, ________(depend) on our own u_______
experiences that have ______our lives. We grow up eating
certain foods in our family, then those foods tend to be
_____ / _______ with positive _______. When we eat them
again, these memories are _______ immediately, ________
(cheer) us up.
individual
vary
depending
nique
shaped
linked
tied up
emotions
unlocked
cheering
Fill in the blanks according to the passage
That’s true for every person. Comfort food tastes good and
by building an ________ ______with our happy memories,
always makes us feel good. It isn’t just a bowl of noodles
or chicken soup. It is food for the ________.
emotional
bond
soul
Fill in the blanks according to the passage
Homework
In your opinion, is there any difference between one’s comfort food and favourite food Give your reasons.
Then write a composition about your comfort food.
Writing