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课件网) Listening and Speaking Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Activity1. Enjoy a short video about the world’s biggest melting pot. What food do you like when coming to the USA Lead-in hot sanwiches apple pie donut potato salad pizza nachos Activity 2. Listen to a radio interview about American food and check whether your answers to Activity 2 are correct. 1st time small pieces of thin crisp chips served with beans, cheese, spices, etc. a crisp hollow cookie containing a piece of paper with a short message on it. a thick seafood soup, a spicy stew(辣汤). a sandwich containing cooked meat and some other vegetables in a bread roll. Activity2. Look at the pictures of American food and guess their names. A B C D hamburger gumbo fortune cookie nachos 秋葵汤 幸运曲奇 墨西哥玉米片 Look at the photos of American food and match them with their names. Then guess which countries cuisine influenced the food's invention. _____ hamburger _____ fortune cookie _____ gumbo _____ nachos D B C A Activity3. Listen again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. No food was ever Invented in America. 2. Hamburgers were invented in Germany. 3. Nachos were invented for Americans by a foreigner. 4. Every Chinese restaurant in America has fortune cookies. 5. American cooking often mixes things from around the world to make something completely new. T F T F T F T F T F Activity4 F F 1 No food was ever invented in America. 2 Hamburgers were invented in Germany. America Listen＆judge (True or False). Imagine you are invited to a potluck dinner at an American friend's house. Work in pairs and discuss what special dish(es) you will take. The following questions may help you. 1. What food/snack from which area/ethnic group will you bring 2. How is the food prepared and what is it made of 3. How is this food special Sample Conversation A:What should I bring to the potluck dinner this weekend B:Why don't you make a dish from your home province A:You mean a Hunan dish B:Yeah, why not I bet they'd love it. A: Well, I guess I could make Hunan Steamed Fish Head with DicedHot Red Peppers. It's delicious and really colourful. B:Really You can make that dish How do you make it A: Easy! Slice open a fish head and cover it with a chilli and bean sauce. Then just steam it for 10 minutes. B: Sounds so easy! You could make it at your friend's house. That way it'll be fresh. A: Great idea! I'll ask my friend. Pronunciation Listen to the passage about Native Americans. Mark the pauses that youhear. The first sentence has been done for you. No one really knows exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California. lt is likely that Native Americans moved to California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait by a landbridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16 th century, the native people suffered greatly after the arrival of the Europ ... ...
