(共33张PPT)
Unit 1
Food matters
Integrated skills
Learning Objectives
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Learning Objectives
Understand and express the thematic meaning through listening, reading, speaking and writing.
Acquire background knowledge of this lesson through multiple channels, select appropriate learning methods, and improve comprehensive language application ability.
Learn about the campus food festival, be familiar with and master food- related knowledge, explore the cultural connotations contained in works, and absorb the essence of culture.
Observe and understand food culture from a cross-cultural perspective, learn to introduce your favorite food and express your own views.
Key Points and Difficult Points
Learn about the campus food festival, be familiar with and master food-related knowledge, explore the cultural connotations contained in works, and absorb the essence of culture.
Observe and understand food culture from a cross-cultural perspective, learn to introduce your favorite food and express your own views.
Lead-in
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Have you ever been to a food festival
Which one is your favorite Why
Integrated skills
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A Jake’s teacher,Mr Guan,is making an announcement about the school Food Festival.Listen and finish the exercises below.
A1 Listen to the announcement and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1 The first school Food Festival took place last year. T / F
2 This year’s Food Festival will be held on 15 March. T / F
3 Students can learn about food from many different countries at the Food
Festival. T / F
4 Changes can be made to the programme. T / F
5 The writing competition will begin on the day of the Food Festival. T / F
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A Jake’s teacher,Mr Guan,is making an announcement about the school Food Festival.Listen and finish the exercises below.
A2 Listen to the announcement again and complete the notes below.
Events at the Food Festival
Cooking classes
Learn how to make different food, e.g. (1) ____________________________
Food stands
Present different kinds of food for students to try
Think of (2) ____________________________ and make some food according to it
Decorate your food stands to (3) ____________________________ as many people as possible
A writing competition
The article should be of no less than (4) ____________________________.
You should tell us what your favourite food is and
(5) ____________________________ more than other foods.
You should hand in the article before (6) ____________________________.
chicken soup
an interesting theme
attract
150 words
why you like it
10 March
Which food is your favorite Why
Hot pot
Beijing roast duck
Jiaozi
B Jake and his friend Amy have written about their favourite foods for the competition.Read their articles and pay attention to the descriptions of food.
Mooncakes: a taste that is out of this world!
By Jake Zhao
Of all the foods I have ever tried, the mooncake is my favourite. There are many versions of mooncakes from different places around China. They have a variety of fillings and among them I love the sweet red bean filling best. I remember trying my first mooncake with my family when I was very little. We sat outside in my grandparents’ yard while the full moon shone above us. It was a very special moment. My elderly grandmother still bakes mooncakes for the whole family every year. She can turn the flour and red beans into wonderful mooncakes like magic. When she places them on the table, they look adorable—small, round and shiny golden-brown. The delicious smell soon reaches my nose and my mouth starts to water. When I pick up a mooncake, it feels warm and heavy in my hand. As I take each bite, the sweet and mild flavour of the red bean filling slowly fills my mouth. The mooncake is always my favourite because of its satisfying taste that is out of this world and the happy memories it brings to mind.
B Jake and his friend Amy have written about their favourite foods for the competition.Read their articles and pay attention to the descriptions of food.
Tiramisu cheers me up
By Amy Xu
My favourite food is a popular Italian dessert called tiramisu. I first tried it about two years ago, when I visited a bakery with my parents.Each spoonful of this amazing dessert is a light, creamy experience to remember. There are three layers of the cake and the cheese is between the layers, making the dessert feel soft and smooth. There is also a bitter taste of coffee but this flavour is not very strong. Tiramisu does not look very attractive—it’s brown, because of the coffee and dark chocolate, and white, because of the cream and cheese—but all these ingredients make it taste delicious!Since I tried it for the first time, tiramisu has become my favourite dessert. I have also learnt that the name tiramisu means “cheer me up”
in Italian. Whenever I feel unhappy, I eat this dessert and it does make me feel better!
Appearence smell taste feeling
Mooncakes
Tiramisu
Read for specific information and complete the table.
Read for specific information and complete the table.
Appearance:
Smell:
Taste:
Feeling:
They look adorable small, round and shiny golden-brown.
The delicious smell reaches my nose and my mouth starts to water.
As I take each bite, the sweet and mild flavour of the red bean filling slowly fills my mouth.
It feels warm and heavy in my hand.
Mooncake
Read for specific information and complete the table.
Appearance:
Smell:
Taste:
Feeling:
There are three layers of the cake and the cheese is between the layers.Tiramisu does not look very attractive it's brown, because of the coftee and dark chocolate, and white, because of the cream and cheese.
Not mentioned.
There is a bitter taste of coffee but this flavour is not very strong. All these ingredients make it taste delicious.
Each spoonful of this amazing dessert is a light, creamy experience to remember.There are three layers of the cake, making the dessert feel soft and smooth.
Tiramisu
Writing
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C In pairs, talk about your favourite food. Use the following questions to help you.
What is your favourite food
Why do you like it (How it looks, smells, tastes and feels in your mouth,how you associate it with a particular experience, etc.)
Using rhetorical questions in conversation
A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to emphasize a point or to express feelings and attitudes. For example, when you ask “How can I forget such a tasty dish ”, you are actually emphasizing that you always remember the dish.
Tip
C In pairs, talk about your favourite food. Use the following questions to help you.
A: What is your favourite food
B: Tofu! My favourite style is golden fried stinky tofu.
A: Fried food always hits the spot. But stinky tofu I've never tried it.
B: Really As the name suggests, the smell is terrible but the taste is actually quite mild it tastes like fried tofu with less of the bean flavour and more of a slight sweetness. The sauce makes it taste even more delicious.
A: I'm still not sure if I could stand the smell.
B: Do you know what you are missing Well, if you ever decide to try it, I recommend the Nanjing style or Changsha style. They are the most famous.
C In pairs, talk about your favourite food. Use the following questions to help you.
A: I'll remember that. When did you first try it
B: When I was little, my grandad took me to a street market. I especially remember the smell because it stood out. I thought it was dead fish or bad eggs.
A: What did you think when you took your first bite
B: How can I ever forget the first bite The deep-fried stinky tofu is firm on the outside but soft and juicy on the inside. As I chewed the tofu, its complex flavour mixed with the sauce flavour burst out inside my mouth.
A: It doesn't sound too bad. I might give it a try.
B: You bet! After trying more, I can tell the differences between various versions of stinky tofu.Their unique flavours and smells really excite my taste buds. It has awakened my interest in tasting foods I'm not familiar with.
D Write an article about your favourite food. Use your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.
Learning about the text type
An article about your favourite food is a piece of descriptive writing which can create a vivid picture in readers’ minds through plenty of sensory details.
Learning about the structure
When writing an article about your favourite food, you can follow the structure below:
Planning your writing
D Write an article about your favourite food. Use your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.
State clearly what your favourite food is.
Mention your experiences of tasting it, especially for the first time.
Describe the characteristics of the food, such as its appearance, smell, taste and way of cooking.
Learning about the language
When you describe food, you can use adjectives to create an image of the food in the mind of the reader. Adjectives commonly used to describe food include smelly, bitter, sweet, salty, juicy, creamy, silky, smooth, soft, crisp, etc.
Planning your writing
How to describe your favourite food
Key Vocabulary for Describing Food
1. Taste
sweet, sour, salty, spicy, hot, bitter, tasty, delicious
2. Texture
soft, tender, fluffy, crunchy, crispy, chewy, smooth
3. Appearance
golden, red, green, brown, shiny, steaming
4. Smell
fragrant, fresh, appetizing
How to describe your favourite food
Introducing Favorite Food
1.If I had to pick one food to eat forever, it would be...
Example: If I had to pick one food to eat forever, it would be my mom’s stir-fried tomatoes with eggs.
2.There’s something about... that I can never get enough of.
Example: There’s something about crispy fried chicken that I can never get enough of.
How to describe your favourite food
Explaining Reasons
1.I associate it with... — that’s why I love it so much.
Example: I associate it with summer afternoons at my grandma’s house — that’s why I love her homemade lemonade so much.
2.What I like most is how it... when you...
Example: What I like most is how the chocolate melts slowly in your mouth when you take a small bite.
How to describe your favourite food
Introducing your favourite food
State what your favourite food is
Describe the characteristics of the food
Especially you tasted it for the first time
look
Mention your experiences of tasting it
smell
taste
feel
way of cooking
D Write an article about your favourite food. Use your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.
Remember to check your writing after you finish and exchange drafts between you and your partner. Pay attention to the following aspects:
Checking your writing
Punctuation
Choice of words
Spelling
Style (formal/informal)
Grammar
Structure
Self-review
Do you use adjectives to describe the
food Is your description vivid enough
What changes can you make to
improve your writing
Peer review
Does your partner think there are
enough sensory details in your writing
Which part does your partner find most
interesting
Sample
Stinky tofu: once you start, you'll never stop!
Of all the different ways of cooking tofu (also known as bean curd), my favourite is stinky tofu. Throughout China there are a number of different versions of stinky tofu: some are fried golden brown while others are blackish blue. Of all versions of stinky tofu, the Nanjing style and Changsha style are the most famous. I first tried stinky tofu at a street market with my grandad when I was very little. As the name suggests, the smell is terrible but surprisingly, the taste is actually quite mild it tastes like fried tofu with less of the bean flavour and more of a slight sweetness.
Sample
The sauce makes it taste even more delicious. A big part of the experience is how it feels in your mouth: deep-fried stinky tofu is firm on the outside but soft and juicy on the inside. Ever since my first taste of stinky tofu, I have always wanted to try more. Now I can tell the differences between various versions of stinky tofu and I like all of them because of their unique flavours as well as their unique smells!
Summary
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New words: cover,expand,appeal,prepare...
Expressions: cover...with...,appeal to sb.,prepare for...
Functions: 介绍最喜欢的食物,阐明原因
Sentences: If I had to pick one food to eat forever, it would be...
There’s something about... that I can never get enough of.
I associate it with... — that’s why I love it so much.
What I like most is how it... when you...
Summary
Homework
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Summarize: How to introduce your favorite food
Food Comparison Chart:Choose two of your favorite foods (e.g., apples vs. bananas, noodles vs. rice). Make a simple chart to compare them using basic descriptive words.
Homework
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