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课件网) Welcome to the unit Food matters Unit 1 Food is as fundamental to man as the people are to the state. —Chen Shou What does the quotation from Chen Shou mean It indicates that the importance of food to people is comparable to the importance of people to their countries. People cannot live without food and a country cannot exist without its people. 国以民为本，民以食为天。 ———陈寿 Each country has its typical food. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. Check your answers! fat golden all shapes and sizes corn eggs P1 Watch the video again and fill in the blanks. Fish and chips Sushi Tacos Pasta Country Made up of/ Made from Served with Ways of serving Reason for popularity The UK Japan Mexico Italy deep-fired fish and fat golden chips a corn or wheat pancake rolled around a filling flour, water and sometimes eggs Not mentioned Not mentioned Not mentioned It's fresh, convenient and healthy Check your answers! sticky rice salt and vinegar, or sauces seafood, eggs and vegetables beef,chicken, seafood, vegetables and cheese meat, seafood, onions, tomatoes mushrooms traditionally wrapped in newspaper; now in clean white paper or a small paper box served in a “roll” of seaweed They are easy to hold and relatively quick to eat. There are plenty of inventive ways to prepare pasta. Try to describe the four countries' typical foods in your own words based on the table. For example: Fish and chips is a popular takeaway meal in the UK, which is made up of deep-fried fish and fat golden chips, usually served with salt, vinegar or sauces. In the past, it was wrapped in newspaper, but now it is often served in clean whitepaper or a small paper box. Energy-giving Food Body-building Food Protective Food Food can keep us healthy and energetic. It can also do more than that. Pre-reading What’s the function of the food The article below, from a food magazine, discusses the idea of comfort food. What is comfort food in your opinion I think that comfort food is a type of food that can make us feel comfortable. And what foods can have an impact on your feeling What do you think the article will talk about according to the title Let’s read the article and finish the following tasks. P2 While reading Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible. Para. 2: _____ _____ Comfort food has the unique power to make us feel better. Task 1 Read the article and complete the chart below with the main idea of each paragraph. Para. 1: Rice pudding cheers me up whenever I feel unhappy. Para. 3: _____ _____ _____ Para. 4:_____ _____ _____ Para. 5: _____ Our comfort foods are highly individual, depending on our own unique experiences. Comfort food gives the “taste of home” to people who feel homesick when they move to a new country. Comfort food is food for the soul. P4 A1 Read para. 1 and answer the following question. Task 2 What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the fi ... ...
