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课件网) UNIT 3 FOOD AND CULTURE Section A Reading and Thinking 2.Why do you think they are gathering together 1.What are the people doing The guests are sitting at the tables sharing the food.There are other people walking on the street. They are probably celebrating a festival. Warm up The photo is of a 1,000-Person-Long-Table Banquet in the Miao Stockade village(苗寨) of One Thousand Households in Leishan , Guizhou . This feast has a tradition dating back over 1,000 years and is usually held for marriage celebrations and festivals. 筵席，宴会 宴会，盛宴 八大 菜系 1. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there, and how can these cuisines be described There are at least eight different kinds of Chinese cuisine：Shandong（fresh and salty），Sichuan（hot from chillies and from Sichuan peppercorns）， Jiangsu（soft texture，a little sweet），Cantonese （mild and slightly sweet），Fujian（umami taste，light），Zhejiang（fresh flavours，soft texture），Hunan（dry hot），and Anhui（fresh herbs，oily colourful）. In addition，there are numerous cooking styles that are associated with ethnic minorities. Discussion 八大 菜系 2. What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them The cuisines certainly say something about the kinds of ingredients available to the people，and a lot about the kinds of flavours the people prefer. Discussion Structure Put forward an opinion Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Come to a conclusion Para1 put forward an opinion “You’re what you eat ” refer to your personality, character and culture. Para2 Chinese food in America Para3 Sichuan cuisine Para4 Shandong cuisine Para5 Xinjiang & Inner Mogolian cuisine Para6 Guangdong cuisine & Henan cuisine Para7 come to a conclusion Culture and cuisine go hand in hand The function of each paragraphs Pragmatic Analysis What is the writing purpose of this passage To introduce the culture and cuisine in China Who is the intended reader The people who interested in culture and cuisine What’s the author’s attitude He thinks culture and cuisine have a very close relationship. 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. 2. The first paragraph has a quote: “You are what you eat.” In pairs, discuss what you think this saying means. Main idea: You are what you eat. Paragraph 1 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 c ... ...
