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课件网) Unit 1 Food matters Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading(1) 课文理解与阐述 内容索引 学习目标 活动方案 学 习 目 标 1. Have a good understanding of the text “Comfort food” with the reading strategy: drawing a chart about the main idea of each paragraph； 2. Retell the text in your own words； 3. Write something about “Comfort food” with about 150 words, using phrases and sentence patterns that have been learnt. 活 动 方 案 Ⅰ. Choose the best answers to the following questions according to the text. ( ) 1. How does the author introduce the topic A. By giving a definition. B. By clarifying a concept. C. By making his predictions. D. By telling his experiences. Activity 1: Read the lines. [学生用书P1] D ( ) 2. What's the power of comfort food according to Paragraph 2 A. Improving our mood. B. Keeping us healthy. C. Refreshing our memory. D. Making us imaginative. A ( ) 3. How does comfort food cheer us up A. By shaping our character. B. By relaxing our bodies. C. By unlocking good memories. D. By providing chicken soup. C ( ) 4. Which of the following is most connected with our cultural roots A. Costume. B. Local music. C. Religion. D. Comfort food. D ( ) 5. What is the author's purpose in writing the text A. To introduce a home -made food. B. To recollect his happy childhood. C. To advocate having a healthy diet. D. To reveal some factors behind food. D Ⅱ. Answer the following questions according to the text. 1. What do you suppose the text is about according to the title 【答案】It is about a kind of food which makes people feel comfortable and relaxed. 2. Why does the author have the feeling of the power of “comfort food” when eating rice pudding 【答案】Because rice pudding reminds the author of his sunny childhood and makes him feel happy. 3. How do you understand the sense of belonging when eating comfort food 【答案】For people who move away from their home country, comfort food can take them back to their cultural roots, giving them the “taste of home” 1. Why is the word “comfort” used in the title 【答案】Because those foods tend to be linked with positive emotions and are good for the soul. 2. What is the purpose of using “Whenever I feel lonely” in the beginning 【答案】To introduce that the author's comfort food can make him forget his loneliness and its unique power. 3. What function of comfort food is the most important in your mind Why 【答案】I think the most important function of comfort food is that it can give people the feeling of happiness. Because the emotional bond between comfort food and our happy memories can always make us feel good. Activity 2: Read between the lines. [学生用书P2] 1. Can you think of some other benefits of “comfort food”？ 【答案】Yes. For example, it can help people relieve stress and have a positive attitude about their future. 2. If we change the word “individual” in the sentence “Our comfort foods are high ... ...
