中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Unit 1 Food matters Welcome to the unit & Reading Teaching Aims： By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: 1. describe the typical food of the four countries mentioned in the video; 2. introduce a typical Chinese food in their eyes; 3. grasp the writing technique of giving a definition; Teaching Focus： 1.Distinguish between comfort food and favorite foods; 2.Enable the students to talk about the two features of comfort food; 3.Make the students understand the emotional and cultural factors behind their food. Teaching Procedures： Step 1 Lead-in 1.Watch a short video. Please tell the names of the food in the movies. 2. Harry’s mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, fries, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, peppermint humbugs. —Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone 3. famous quotes And, most dear actors, eat no onions or garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath; and I do not doubt but to hear them say, it is a sweet comedy. No more words: Away! Go, away! —A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Will Shakespeare One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. —Virginia Woolf You’re what you eat. --Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Food is as fundamental to man as the people are to the state. — Chen Shou Step 2 Watch a video and finish the task. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. Q1: Which of the dishes in the video would you like to try most Why Q2: What do you think is the most typical Chinese food Possible answers: 1.I want to try the Japanese sushi most. It looks colorful and delicious. 2.I think the most typical Chinese food is baozi, a type of steamed bun, which has different fillings, including meat and vegetables. Chinese people usually have baozi for breakfast together with soya milk. Step 3 Pre-Reading Ask the students the following question: Food keeps us healthy and energetic. It also does more than that. Please read an article below. Before that, please think about the following question. How do you understand the title “Comfort food” Comfort food is food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone. The nostalgia may be specific to an individual, or it may apply to a specific culture. Adults, when under severe emotional stress, turn to what could be called “comfort food”—food associated with the security of childhood, like mother’s poached egg or famous chicken soup. Step 4 Fast Reading Complete part A1 on page 4 with the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: Rice puddings cheer me up whenever I feel unhappy. Para. 2: _____ Para. 3: _____ Para. 4: _____ Para. 5: _____ Answer: Para. 2: Comfort food has the unique power to make us feel better. Para. 3: Our comfort foods are highly individual depen ... ...
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