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课件网) Unit 3 Food matters 外研·七年级下册 第4课时 (Reading for writing) Reading for writing Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the expressions to help you. 1 1 What foods can you see stone pancake Chinese hamburger a bridge between cultures ice cream ice cream sangak Chinese hamburger (roujiamo) hamburger stone pancake arepas 2 What’s their relationship with cultures These foods can be a bridge between cultures. Pre-reading What does the title mean Foods can be shared between different cultures. (across borders: moving from one country to another) Fast reading Scan and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. Tips: The first sentence or last sentence always tells you the main idea. What’s the structure of the passage A. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 C. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 B. Careful reading Read Para. 1 and fill in the table. Zhou Dynasty Song Dynasty Yuan Dynasty People began to _____. People started to _____. Marco Polo _____ and _____ all the way back to Europe. People _____ and new tastes. store winter ice make binglao tasted binglao carried the idea added heavy cream The history of ice cream Read Para. 1 and answer the questions. 1 What does “this sweet treat” mean Why does the writer use this expression It means ice cream. The writer uses this expression to avoid repeating “ice cream”. 2 What did Marco Polo do He brought the idea of binglao from China to Europe. Marco Polo was a famous traveller. He came to China a long time ago. He brought back many things from China to Europe, such as silk, china, tea ... 3 What is the meaning of “The rest is history!” It means that the ending of the story is so well-known that you don’t need to explain it. Read Para. 2 and fill in the table. stone pancakes Loved by people in _____. Shaanxi, China sangak Loved by _____. Iranians hamburger A symbol of _____ food. American roujiamo The “_____”. Chinese hamburger arepas The _____ of roujiamo twin brother A kind of _____ flat bread / Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage. 3 Chinese people in the Zhou Dynasty began to 1 _____ to enjoy in summer. In the Song Dynasty, people made binglao. It means 2 _____ in English. Marco Polo brought the idea back to 3_____. People there added to the idea. store winter ice “ice cream” Europe It is a kind of 4 _____ in Iran. But the 5 _____ in Shaanxi, China, looks very much like it. Many people call it 6 _____ _____. But arepas look more like it. flat bread stone pancake the “Chinese hamburger” Read Para. 3 and answer the question. What is the writer trying to say in the last sentence of the passage The writer is trying to say that food can become more exciting when it travels to different countries. 1 The history of foods is never simple. Think of ice cream. Many people see it as a Western dessert. However, this sweet treat actually came from China! In the Zhou Dynasty, Chinese p ... ...
