1、Unit 1 Understanding IdeasHi, friends. Its me, Mike. These days I came to No. 1 Middle School as an exchange student. At first, everyone is kind and friendly. It seems that things are going well. But when I went to the canteen called No.1 Middle School Restaurant, I found I got into a big TROUBLE!I
2、even didnt know these food before!How can I deal with this problem?Refuse or try?A Child of Two Cuisines Who is the child? Why is he “a child of two cuisines”? While reading1 How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food.2. What the family has done to promote Chinese food.3. How the family coo
3、ks both Chinese and English food.4. How the family combines food from two cultures. Activity 1 the food mentioned in passage and the main idea of the passage.Activity 2 Read para.1 carefully and find some details. Why am “I” a child of “two cuisines”?Who am I？A boy grows up in _, with a _ and a _Ive
4、 enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks!Family MembersFamily MembersA Chinese from SichuanA BritishA cross-cultural boyActivity 3 Read para.2-3 carefully and find some details about their opinions on Chinese food. Hot PotAnimal PartsActivity 3
5、Read para.2-3 carefully and find some details about their opinions on Chinese food. Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes.Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot.Activity 3 Read para.2-3 carefully and find some details about their opinion
6、s on Chinese food. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.But I enjoy that sort of food myself.Activity 4 Read para.4 carefully and find some details about their opinions on British food. Full English BreakfastSunday RoastActivity 4 Read para.4 carefully and fin
7、d some details about their opinions on British food. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen.Activity 4 Read para.4 carefully and find some details about their opinions on British food. We all love roast beef and vegetables.Do they often eat Sunday roast?But Mum says wed better
8、 not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, according to traditional Chinese medicine.Activity 5 Read para.5 carefully and find some details about the sons change in eating stinky tofu. a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sport shoe.When I
9、came across stinky tofuWhen I gathered courage to take a biteFinally, I thought.I was amazed to find it wasnt so bad.Maybe Ill fall in love with stinky tofu someday.Activity 6 Read para.6 carefully and find one sentence showing the sons opinion on cross-cultural eating habits. Theres nothing better
10、than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup.What does the author mean that “one mans meat is another mans poison”? Post readingActivity 8 DISCUSSION & SHAREFaced with different food you never met before, what should you do? 2. Conclusio
11、n We should have this open mind towards different cultures. In this way, we will have the chance to create new ideas. And also, we will have the ability to accommodate ourselves to cross-culture.Homework Recommend a kind of special Chinese food in No.1 Middle School Restaurant and write a letter to
12、Mike to persuade him to have a try.1. Chopsticks have long been a cultural and historical symbol for Chinese worldwide. 长期以来长期以来，筷子一直是全世界华人文化和历史筷子一直是全世界华人文化和历史的的象征象征。 Choose the correct symbols and complete the table with information from the passage. 选择正确的选择正确的符号符号，并用段落中的信息完成表格。，并用段落中的信息完成表格。 The w
13、ritten word is a symbol for recording human speech. 文字是记录语言的符号。文字是记录语言的符号。 The white dove is looked upon as the symbol of peace. 白鸽被看成是和平的象征。白鸽被看成是和平的象征。symbol: n. 符号，代号；象征。符号，代号；象征。2. But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother.但是，尽管已经和妈妈但是，尽
14、管已经和妈妈结婚结婚好多年了，爸爸还是有一些不敢尝好多年了，爸爸还是有一些不敢尝试的菜肴。试的菜肴。marriage: n. the legal relationship between two people who are married, or the state of being married 结婚结婚,婚姻婚姻;已婚状态已婚状态 My parents are celebrating 30 years of marriage. 我的父母亲即将庆祝结婚我的父母亲即将庆祝结婚30周年。周年。 In a good marriage, both husband and wife work ha
15、rd to solve any problems that arise. 美满的婚姻中，夫妻双方会共同努力去解决美满的婚姻中，夫妻双方会共同努力去解决出出 现的任何问题。现的任何问题。 She married a German. 她嫁给了一个德国人。她嫁给了一个德国人。 At the end of a fairy tale, we are always told that a prince and a princess get married and live together happily after. 每个童话故事的结局都会告诉我们王子和公每个童话故事的结局都会告诉我们王子和公 主结婚，
16、从此以后过上幸福的生活。主结婚，从此以后过上幸福的生活。 Theyre getting married next month. 他们将于下个月结婚。他们将于下个月结婚。marry v.marry sb.; get/be married to sb. 跟某人结婚跟某人结婚拓展拓展3. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.直到今天，他还是不直到今天，他还是不习惯习惯吃鸡爪之类的东西。吃鸡爪之类的东西。 Tom has taken to going jogging every mor
17、ning. Tom习惯于每天早晨慢跑锻炼。习惯于每天早晨慢跑锻炼。 They had taken to wandering through the streets arm-in-arm. 他们养成了挽着胳膊逛街的习惯。他们养成了挽着胳膊逛街的习惯。take to doing sth: to start doing sth. regularly or as a habit 养成养成(做做)的的习惯习惯;开始定时开始定时(做做) take to sb/sth: to start to like sb. or sth. (尤指短时间接触后尤指短时间接触后)喜欢上，喜喜欢上，喜爱爱 Did the c
18、hildren take to him? 孩子们喜欢上他了么？孩子们喜欢上他了么？ 4. But I enjoy that sort of food myself.不过我自己很喜欢吃不过我自己很喜欢吃这类这类食物。食物。 These sorts of problems are quite common. 这几类问题相当普遍。这几类问题相当普遍。 Hes the sort of person who only cares about money. 他这种人一心只想着钱。他这种人一心只想着钱。 -What sort of music do you like? - Oh, all sorts. 你喜
19、欢哪一类音乐？你喜欢哪一类音乐？ 噢，哪一类都喜欢。噢，哪一类都喜欢。sort: n. a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way, kind 种类；类别；品种种类；类别；品种 ;5. He also does a typical Sunday roast.他也会做他也会做传统的传统的星期日烤肉大餐。星期日烤肉大餐。 This is a typical example of Roman pottery.这是一件典型的罗马陶器。这是一件典型的罗马陶器。 This meal is typical
20、of local cookery.这是有当地风味的饭菜。这是有当地风味的饭菜。 typical: adj. having the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group; representative 典型的典型的,有代表性的有代表性的;比较级比较级: more typical 最高级最高级: the most typical6. ., but Mum says wed better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffe
21、r from heat inside our bodies, according to Chinese traditional medicine.，但妈妈说最好不要吃太多烧烤食物，因为根据传统中医的说法，但妈妈说最好不要吃太多烧烤食物，因为根据传统中医的说法，这会这会引起引起上火。上火。 Within a few days she has become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort. 几天的时间，她就病得很严重了，疼痛难忍，浑几天的时间，她就病得很严重了，疼痛难忍，浑 身不舒服。身不舒服。 He is suffering
22、from lung cancer as he has been smoking for years. 因为抽烟多年，他患了癌症。因为抽烟多年，他患了癌症。suffer: v. (from sth) to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sadness, a lack of sth, etc. （因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦，受难，受折磨（因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦，受难，受折磨 Youve been absent six times according to our records. 根据我们的记录，你已经缺席六次了。根据我们的记录，你已经缺席六次了。
23、 The work was done according to her instructions. 这项工作是依照她的指示办的。这项工作是依照她的指示办的。 Everything went according to the plan . 一切均按照计划进行。一切均按照计划进行。according to: 依照；按照；根据依照；按照；根据 7. I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe.我我遇到了遇到了臭豆腐，一种臭豆腐，一种可怕的可怕的灰色食物，
24、样子和气味就像是烧灰色食物，样子和气味就像是烧焦的运动鞋。焦的运动鞋。 I came across an old diary in her desk. 我在她的书桌里偶然发现了一本旧日记。我在她的书桌里偶然发现了一本旧日记。 I came across a group of children playing. 我碰到一群正在玩耍的小孩。我碰到一群正在玩耍的小孩。 I ve never come across anyone quite like her before. 以前从未遇到过像她那样的人。以前从未遇到过像她那样的人。come across sb/sth: to meet, find,or
25、 discover sb. or sth. by chance 偶遇偶遇/偶然发现某人偶然发现某人/某物某物 The coffee tasted horrible. 这种咖啡难喝极了。这种咖啡难喝极了。 The record sounds horrible. 唱片难听极了。唱片难听极了。 Iv got a horrible feeling she lied to us. 我感到很不愉快，她对我们说了谎。我感到很不愉快，她对我们说了谎。horrible: adj. (informal) very bad or unpleasant, used to describe sth that you d
26、o not like 极坏的，糟糕的极坏的，糟糕的;令人不快的令人不快的;可怕的可怕的 8. I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasnt so bad.我我鼓足鼓足所有勇气咬了一口，结果惊奇地发现也没那么糟。所有勇气咬了一口，结果惊奇地发现也没那么糟。gather: v. to prepare yourself to do sth that requires effort 聚集，积聚聚集，积聚（力量、精神等）；使做好准备（力量、精神等）；使做好准备 I sat down for a momen
27、t to gather my strength. 我坐下片刻积蓄力量。我坐下片刻积蓄力量。 She was still trying to gather her thoughts together . 她还勉强要自己集中精神。她还勉强要自己集中精神。 Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself. 幸运的是，这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。幸运的是，这短暂的拖延给了他喘息的时间。 1. White has always been_ purity in Western cultures.在西方文化中，白色一向象征纯洁。在西方
28、文化中，白色一向象征纯洁。2. She_ someone named Frank. (get married) 她嫁给一她嫁给一个叫个叫 Frank 的人的人.3. Ive take to _ very early.我已形成习惯，醒的很早。我已形成习惯，醒的很早。4. The food _, but it tasted OK.那食物看起来很糟，可吃起来还不错。那食物看起来很糟，可吃起来还不错。5. Mary _ ill health at the moment.玛丽眼下身体不好。玛丽眼下身体不好。根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。 a symbol of got married towaking uplooked horribleis suffering from
