Unit 1 Food matters Extended reading I. Learning objectives By the end of the period, students will be able to: 1. get the main information about the three traditional Chinese foods; 2. appreciate some nice words and understand their meanings and functions; 3. find out the author’s views about these traditional Chinese foods and show their own opinions; 4. Learn to introduce a popular dish in their hometown. II. Key competence focus 1. Get the main information about the three traditional Chinese foods. 2. Find out the author’s views about these traditional Chinese foods and give some opinions. III. Predicted areas of difficulty 1. Appreciate some nice words and understand their meanings and functions. 2. Introduce a popular dish in the hometown. IV. Teaching Methods Task-based approach: The students are given some tasks through to improve students’ reading ability. V. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Free talk After greeting Ss, T has a free talk with them: Do you like traveling Why In China, there are many places that are worth visiting. Do you know the following places and its famous food 【设计意图：通过自由交谈导入本节课，让学生畅所欲言讲讲自己所喜欢旅游的地方和原因。激发学生对话题的兴趣，从而通过旅游地方的美景和美食，自然过渡到建立对于课本中的三道美食与对应地方的关联，激活学生已有知识并激发学生的阅读兴趣。】 How much do you know about these foods It is good way to read entries from the blog of a food critic。If you were a food critic, what would you write to recommend these foods 【设计意图：通过三道美食进而引发学生思考：你对于这些美食了解多少？ 从而启发学生对于文章学习的欲望和以一个美食评论加的角度代入性思考从哪些方面来介绍美食，最后一个思维导图的方式来激活学生的思维，同时这些角度为学生接下来的阅读作好铺垫。】 Step 2 Reading T asks Ss to look through the text as quickly as they can and read the subtitles and pictures. When does the writer try these three types of food What is the main purpose of the writer 【设计意图：通过快速浏览文本让提高学生阅读策略和通过地图的方式建立起空间感，把地点和美食建立起关联，激发学生对于阅读的兴趣。】 Part 1 Ask students to read the first part quickly and fill the following table. Then ask students to answer the following questions: Why can Sichuan hot pot be widely popular in Sichuan and China even overseas Part 2 Ask students to read the first part quickly and fill the following table. Then ask students to answer the following questions: Why can salted ducks become the Nanjing’s most famous food export Part 3 Ask students to read the first part quickly and fill the following table. Then ask students to answer the following questions: Why can Cantonese become an essential part of the daily routine in Guangzhou 【设计意图：通过阅读表格任务的驱动让学生获取三种传统中国食物的历史、特色和盛行等基本信息，还有了解这种食物受欢迎背后的原因来加强学生的阅读理解能力，从而对文本有更深的理解】 Step 3 Appreciation T asks Ss the following questions What adjectives do the author use when describing the food Why do the au ... ...
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