1、Unit 1 Food for thoughtUnderstanding ideasLearning aims:1.To get the main idea of the passage by Skimming and understand and express the title correctly2.To find out the specific information sentences about expressing ones opinions about food through Scanning3.To know more about the food differences
2、 between China and England and increase the cross-cultural awarenesspigs feetpigs feetchicken feetchicken feetpreserved eggspreserved eggspigs pigs intestinesintestinesRiver snails River snails rice noodlerice noodlestinky stinky tofutofuActivity 1Unit 1 A Child of Cuisines 1.Whats the main idea of
3、this passage? 2.To divide the passage into four parts and match the main idea to each part.Activity 2 1.Part 1 (1) 2.Part 2 (2-3) 3.Part 3 (4-5) 4.Part 4 (6)A. My family background.B. I enjoy both Chinese and British food. C. My families different attitudes to certain Chinese dishes.D. My families l
4、ove British food, and I cannot deal with stinky tofu.Activity 3 1.Why is he a child of two cuisines? 2.What Chinese and British food are mentioned in the passage? 3.What does the author mean by saying “ one mans meat is another mans poision”?It means that something that one person likes may not be l
5、iked by someone else.Similiar sayings in Chinese include “萝卜青菜，各有所爱” or “汝之蜜糖，彼之砒霜”。Activity 4 Choose the correct symbols and complete the table with informationTask4Check your answers!Mum has sweet memories of food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has
6、 come to love hot pot!Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.But I enjoy that sort of food myself.Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen. We all love roast beef and vegetables.But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu. Check your answers!Activity 5Make a summary of the text according to the mindmap.HomeworkWrite down an brief summary about the passage.
