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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 Read for structure 1.Skim the passage and choose the main idea of the passage. A. You are what you eat. B. Most famous food in China. C. My experiences of food and culture in China. D. My exciting journey in China. 2.Which of the following shows the strcture of the text A. B. C. D. Read for structure ◆Topic (Para.1)_____ “You are what you eat.” ◆Body (Para.2 — Para.6 ) My _____ with Chinese food. different experiences ◆Conclusion (Para.7) _____ Culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Read for details- read para.1 and answer the question. 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. What did Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin refer to in the first paragraph He referred to our personality, character and culture. What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them Title: Pictures: Pre-reading Predict the content of the text Culture and cuisine The exchange of Chinese and Western cuisines History of Chinese Cuisine The relationship between cuisine and culture My experiences of different food and culture in China. 1. Read the passage and grasp the main idea of the passage 2. Which of the following shows the structure of the text A. B. C. D. Activity 1: Read for main idea 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 应用文 Explore: What kind of passage is it In what order did the writer write the article A: Time B: Space C: Logic (逻辑) Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table. Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture Shandong Shandong cuisine boiled dumplings served with vinegar; pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions Family is important to the people there. Read for structure-read para.2-6 and fill in the blanks in the table. Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture Northwest China Xinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisine boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab People there traditionally wandered the open ... ...
