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课件网) Unit 3 Food and Culture Reading and Thinking： Culture and Cuisine Teaching Aims: 1. Students can understand the author's experiences in Chinese cuisine and grasp writing methods. 2. Students can understand the link between cuisine,personalities(characters) and culture. 3. Students can learn to find out topic paragraphs and topic sentences by paying attention to connectors. Before reading： how do you understand you are what you eat 1 Before you read, discuss these questions in groups. 1 How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there, and how can these cuisines be described 2 What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them P. 26 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. 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. texture n. 口感 umami adj. (味道) 鲜的 Shandong cuisine 鲁菜 Sichuan cuisine 川菜 Jiangsu cuisine 苏菜 Cantonese cuisine 粤菜 Fujian cuisine 闽菜 Zhejiang cuisine 浙菜 Hunan cuisine 湘菜 Anhui cuisine 徽菜 P. 26 2 The first paragraph has a quote: "You are what you eat." In pairs, discuss what you think this saying means. Then read the article to see if you share the same ideas as the author. structure of the passage Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 7 3. Which is the topic sentence What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other. Fast-reading Think and Answer Fast-reading Think and Answer Read the text quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Para 7 You are what you eat. Chinese food in America has changed to suit American flavor. My experience of authentic Chinese food in Beijing. Chinese food in Shandong Province. Chinese food in Xinjiang. Chinese food in Guangdong and Henan. Culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Careful-reading Reading Comprehension 1. What’s the main idea of the passage A. You are what you eat. B. Most famous foods in China. C. My experiences of food and culture in China. D. My exciting journey in China. √ CUILTURE AND CUISINE What does it mean Food cooked in a certain way What do you think the text is about Maybe it is about different kinds of Chinese food and the culture each food represents. What will be talked about from the title A: narrative / n r t v/ 记叙文 B: expository writing 说明文 C: argumentative essay 议论文 D: practical writing ... ...
