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课件网) Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas Unit 1 Food for thought Learning aims 1. To grasp the main idea of the passage; 2.To answer the questions about details; 3. To know the food in China and worldwide. Leading-in Think: What is your favorite food Beijing duck Dazhaxie Sweet and Sour Eggplant (鱼香茄子) Sichuan hot pot Dumplings Stinky Tofu(臭豆腐) Dim sum(点心) Chinese Hamburger (肉夹馍) What food from other countries have you tried Discussion A Child of Two Cuisines Reading Comprehension What are the names of the food dim sum curry pasta maple syrup fish and chips black bean salad Before -reading Match the food with the countries. Italy India Canada UK China Mexico Task 1 Look through the passage and circle the correct options. 1. The text comes from a magazine/a novel. 2. The photographs are used to illustrate the topic/ to catch the readers’ eyes. 3. The text is an exposition/ a narrative. Fast reading Task 2 Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Para 1 ● Dad still has a problem with certain Chinese dish though he loves Chinese food. Para 2 ● I do not have Dad’s problem with Chinese food. Para 3 ● I have a British father and a Chinese mother. Para 4 ● I enjoy both British and Chinese food. Para 5 ● I enjoy British breakfast made by Dad. Para 6 ● I gathered my courage to try stinky tofu. 1. Read the text silently and carefully, and choose the best choice. (1) Which of the following is of Mum's favorite A. Sichuan hot pot B. Full English breakfast. C. Sunday toast. D. Pigs' ears. (2) What made the author’s father shocked at their wedding A.That people ate hot pot. B.That the dishes were too spicy. C.That the Chinese ate meat from animals. D.That the Chinese ate almost every part of an animal. Careful reading (3) From the second paragraph, we can learn that_____. A.My dad loves all the Chinese dishes after many years of marriage. B. My dad has been used to eating chicken feet. C. Chinese can make dishes using every part of an animal. D. My grandparents felt surprised when they saw my father for the first time. (4) The author's father probably dislikes _____. A. Sichuan hot pot. B. Full English breakfast. C. Chicken feet. D. Sunday roast. 2. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks. As I am growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I 1._____ (enjoy) food from both countries ever since I was very small! Mum comes from Sichuan, and often cooks spicy 2. _____(dish).Though Dad has come to love hot pot, there are still some dishes that Dad dare not eat. He once told me the first time he 3._____ (visit) my mother's parents in China, he was surprised by 4. was served on the table. What shocked him most was that the Chinese ate almost every part of 5.__ animal. Dad can cook a super “full English breakfast”, but Mum says 6. (eat) too much roast food may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies. have enjoyed dishes visited ... ...
