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Unit 3 Food and Culture
Reading and Thinking:
Culture and Cuisine
In this class, you will be able to:
1.Sort out the information about the author’s experiences with different Chinese cuisines;
2.Develop the skills to figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic;
3.Have a deeper insight into the link between food and culture.
Learning objectives
How many kinds of cuisines in China
Anhui cuisine(徽菜)
Jiangsu cuisine(苏菜)
Zhejiang cuisine(浙菜)
Hunan cuisine(湘菜)
Sichuan cuisine(川菜)
Shandong cuisine(鲁菜)
Canton cuisine(粤菜)
Fujian cuisine(闽菜)
The eight traditional Chinese cuisines
Lead in
What is the video about
Lead in
Why are there so many cuisines in China
Different regions
Different weather conditions
Different cultures
cause
effect
Chinese various cuisines reflect diverse Chinese culture!
Lead in
Let’s start our food journey with the writer.
Read for sturcure
Topic(Para.1)
Body(Para.2-Para. 6)
Conclusion(Para.7)
My _________________ with Chinese food.
different experiences
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
“You’re what you eat ” refer to your personality,
character and culture.
Topic Paragraph
Skimming
How is the text organized (two clues)
prior to
later
soon
then
then
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northern
Xinjiang
South China,
Central China
place clue
time clue
Skimming
A.Famous food in Xinjiang.
B.Famous food in Shandong.
C.Experience of food in South and central China.
D.Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
E.Experience of Chinese dish in America.
F.Experience of Sichuan food in Beijing.
G.What we eat can represent our personality,character and culture.
Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.5
Para.6
Para.7
Para.2
Para.3
Para.1
Para.4
Skimming
What does Brillat-Savarin mean by saying "You are what you eat"
Topic (Para.1)
__________________
“You are what you eat.”
He thinks that the food we eat actually refers to our personality, character and culture.
Detailed-reading
General Tso’s chicken
My different experiences with Chinese cuisines (Para.2-6)
Read Para.2-6 and fill out the table on page 27.
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
People or Culture
Typical dish
Place
Americans are__________________
South &
Central China
Detailed-reading
Cuisine/
Comment
People/
Culture
China
place
Prior to
coming to China
Americans love ___________________
and ________________.
bold, simple flavours
are not afraid to try new things
America
He tasted: __________________
General Tso’s chicken
Through the food , we know that :
not ___________
authentic
China
Beijing
Sichuan Cuisine
peppercorns
People are _________ .
friendly
He tasted:
_______________
Through the food , he found that :
People/
Culture
Cuisine/
Comment
Later
authentic, the best we had ever eaten,an _____________ taste,
wonderful and different.
entirely new
He tasted: ________________
China
Shandong
Shandong Cuisine
People____________________.
Through the food, he observed that :
Soon
People/
Culture
Cuisine/
Comment
think highly of family
China
Xinjiang
Xinjiang & Inner Mongolian cuisine
He learnt that: _____________________
people traditionally wandered the open range on horses and their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
He tasted: _________________
Cuisine
People/
Culture
Then
lamb kebab
South
China
&
Central China
Cantonese cuisine & Yu cuisine(豫菜:即中原,河南菜系)
He tasted: _______________________________________________
Cuisine/
Comment
People/
Culture
Then
dim sum
Stewed noodles
Although the food was as _____ as the people,
what they show in common is ____________________
varied
friendship and kindness
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish
Northwest China
General’s Tso’s chicken
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
Dishes with Sichuan peppercorns
Shangdong
Shandong cuisine
Boiled dumplings with … pancake rolls stuffed with…
Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisine
boiled or roasted meat, such as…
South China
Guangdong cuisine
Central China
stewed noodles
America
Chinese food
changed to suit
American tastes
Henan cuisine
dim sum
Summary
What can the food local people consume tell us
It can tell us their region, their life, their preference and their personalities.
Main idea: Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Read Para. 7 and answer the questions.
2. To sum up the main idea of Para. 7.
Detailed-reading
Food
Different places
Culture
① People live in different places, so they share
different local cultures.
② They share different local cultures, as a result,
they have different kinds of food.
What is the relationship between them
cause
effect
cause
effect
因果关系
Reasoning and Analysis
Discuss in groups
1. Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in
hand” Give your reasons.
Yes, because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served.
No, with the impact of globalization, food no longer reflects cultures. In this fast-changing world, everything is changing, including cuisines.
Discussion
culture
cuisine
文化自信
the China's eight cuisines
keep cultural self-confidence!
thank you