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课件网) Lead-in Do you know the names of these cuisines Shangdong cuisine （鲁菜） China’s Eight Cuisines Sichuan cuisine（川菜） Guangdong cuisine （粤菜） Jiangsu cuisine（苏菜） Zhejiang cuisine （浙菜） Fujian cuisine（闽菜） Hunan cuisine（湘菜） Anhui cuisine（徽菜） Why are there so many cuisines in China Different regions Different weather conditions Different cultures cause effect Different histories … Unit 3 Food and Culture Period 1 Reading and Thinking： Culture and Cuisine Fast reading Para.1 A. Famous food in Xinjiang. Para.2 B. Famous food in Shandong. Para.3 C. Experience of food in South and central China. Para.4 D. Culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Para.5 E. Experience of Chinese dish in America. Para.6 F. Experience of Sichuan food in Beijing. Para.7 G. What we eat can represent our personality, character and culture. G E F B A C D 1.Match the main idea of each paragraph. 2.The structure of the text. 1.What we eat can represent our personality, character and culture. 2.Experience of Chinese dish in America. 3.Experience of Sichuan food in Beijing. 4.Famous food in Shandong 5.Famous food in Xinjiang. 6.Experience of food in South and central China. 7.Culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Part 1 : the topic: you are what you eat. Part 3 : Conclusion: culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Part 2 : My experiences with Chinese food. The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Put more simply, this means “You are what you eat.” Most people today relate this saying to healthy eating. However, Brillat-Savarin was referring to our personality, character and culture. 1. Find out the key sentence of paragraph 1. What does Brillat-Savarin mean by saying "You are what you eat" Careful reading Part1 (Para.1) the topic You are what you eat. He thinks that the food we eat reflects our personality, character and culture. Part 2. ( Para.2-6 ) : My experiences with Chinese food Use the information from the text to complete the table below. Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish What…… America Beijing Shandong Northwest China South China Central China Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. Prior to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers. This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe，however，so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. On the other hand，it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold, simple flavours. And, since the dish was also invented recently, it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foods. Paragraph 2 Main idea: Experienc ... ...
