(共16张PPT)
B2U1 Food for thought
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Lead in
Do you want to eat the following foods
chicken feet
pig's ears
stinky tofu
black pudding
blue cheese
fried spider
Hot pot
Pre-reading
Can you guess what the passage is about
through the title and the pictures
Para. 1 A. Father's likes and dislikes of Chinese food
Para. 2 B. An interesting thing at the butcher’s
Para. 3 C. I have a British father and a Chinese mother.
Para. 4 D. I enjoy both British and Chinese food.
Para. 5 E. I enjoy British breakfast made by Dad.
Para. 6 F. I gathered my courage to try stinky tofu.
Fast Reading
Read and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Fast Reading
Go through the passage and answer the questions.
(1) What can we infer from the first paragraph
(2) Why does the butcher pull at his own ears when the author asked whether he had pigs’ ears to sell
(3) What’s the writer’s attitude towards food from the two cultures
(4)What’s the main idea of the passage?
Tips: kind of article, topic sentence, title, key words
“一定二找三比较”
圈关键词(形容词/名词)
找原文
做对比(选项与原文的比较)
Fast Reading
1. What can we infer from the first paragraph
The author has been brought up in China.
The author only enjoys eating British food.
The author doesn’t know how to use chopsticks(筷子).
The author, a mixed-blood child, has grown up in Britain.
2. Why does the butcher pull at his own ears when the author asked whether he had pigs’ ears to sell
Fast Reading
He formed the habit of pulling at his own ears.
He didn’t understand what the author said.
He didn’t know pigs’ ears could be eaten.
He thought the author was joking.
3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards food from the two cultures
Fast Reading
He prefers to eat British food rather than Chinese medicine.
He agrees with the proverb (谚语)“one man’s meat is another man’s poison.”
He feels at home with food from his two cultures.
He has taken to eating Chinese food.
4. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food.
B. What the family has done to promote(推广) Chinese food.
C. How the family cooks both Chinese and English food.
D. How the family combines(结合) food from two cultures.
Fast Reading
Read the passage and fill in the form.
A Child of Two Cuisines Chinese food __________: Dad comes to love it.
Even today, Dad still does not like___________.
Pig's ears: The writer went to the ________ to buy it.
Stinky tofu: It looks and tastes like a ______________.
English food Full English breakfast: It is made of bacon,_____ , beans, sausages and toast with ____ .
Sunday ______: We all love roast beef and vegetables, but Mum says it will make us ___________ heat from inside.
Hot pot
chicken feet
butcher’s
burnt sports shoe
roast
suffer
eggs
butter
People say that one man's meat is another man's poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures.(Para.6)
What does the author mean by saying “one man's meat is another man's poison”
It means that something that one person likes may not be
liked by someone else.
Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
萝卜青菜, 各有所爱 甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜
Post-reading
Think and share
Mom has sweet memories of ...
Thanks to this, Dad has come to love...
Even today, he still does not ...
But I enjoy ...
Mum and I just have to find a way ...
Mum and I just have to find a way ...
We all love roast beef and vegetables ...
But just when I thought I could ...
summarize
We should have an open mind towards different cultures. In this way ,we will have the chance to create new ideas. And also, we will have the ability to adapt ourselves to cross-culture. Culture is not only national, but also international. We should respect different cultures.
Conclusion
Homework
Write an essay to recommend a dish to your foreign friends, at least 60 words.
Useful expressions
·I would like to recommend…
· It comes from…
·It is famous for…
·It looks/tastes/smells…
·I recommend it because…
Thank you.