1、Unit 3 FOOD AND CULTURE Reading and Thinking： Culture and Cuisine(1)Have a deeper insight into the link between food and culture.(2) Develop your skills to figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic;(3) Raise your awareness of Chinese traditional food culture, be proud of it and
2、spread it.Learning objectives 1. What impressed you most in the picture?2. What are the people doing?3. Where and when do you think the photo is taken?4. Why do you think they are gathering together?Hundreds of long tables are put together with hundreds of hot pots on them, winding their way along t
3、he street like a dragon.The guests are sitting at the tables sharing food. A man is shooting video. Other people are walking on the street.Location: ethnic minority areasTime: during a festival To celebrate a festival.The Long Table Banquet A 1000-person-long-table banquet in the Miao village of One
4、 Thousand Households in Leishan,Guizhou.The long table banquet is popular in minority areas in Guangxi, Yunan, Guizhou, Henan and so on.Eight CuisinesLu cuisineChuan cuisineYue cuisineSu cuisineZhe cuisineMin cuisineXiang cuisineHui cuisineWhat causes those different cuisines throughout China ?Clima
5、te GeographyHistory Kinds of crops they growDifferent traditions and cuisines The writer described his experience in the order of _.timeclue words What is the topic paragraph?Last paragraph What is the topic sentence?What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you d
6、o not experience one, you can never really know the other. What is the topic paragraph?Last paragraph What is the topic sentence?What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other. What is the topic paragraph?L
7、ast paragraph What is the topic sentence?What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.Chinese food in AmericaChinese food in BeijingChinese food in ShandongChinese food in XinjiangChinese food in Guang Do
8、ngChinese food in HenanCulture and cuisine go hand in hand.Para 8:ConclusionPara 2-7:Experiences with Chinese cuisinesYou are what you eat.Para 1:Introduction “Tell me what you “Tell me what you eat, and I will telleat, and I will tellyou what you are.”you what you are.” What does it mean? Jean Anth
9、elme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician who was also a great lover of food. He once wrote PlaceKind of Chinese food Typical dishPeople or cultureAmericaBeijingShandongChinese food changed to suit American tastesGeneral Tsos chickenAmericans love bold, simple flavours, and are not afr
10、aid to try new foods.Sichan cuisinedishes with Sichuan peppercornsoffer them good friendship.Shandong cuisineboiled dumplings; pancake rolls stuffedFamily is important to the people there.Northwest ChinaSouth ChinaCentral ChinaXinjiang and Inner Mongolian cuisineboiled or roasted meatwandered the op
11、en range on horses ; cook food over an open fire.Guangdong cuisinedim sumHenan cuisinestewed noodlesshow friendship and kindness. Read para 2-7to complete the table below. 1. Why cant the dish General Tsos chicken tell about Chinese?2. What does the dish General Tsos chicken tell about Americans?2.W
12、hat impressed the writer most while in Beijing?3.What did the writer find is important to people in China while he was in Shandong?4.Why did people in Xinjiang enjoy cooking over an open fire?5.What does elegant dim sum mean?6.What does the food local people consume tell the writer?Read para 2-7to c
13、omplete the table below. FoodDifferent placesCulture People live in different places, so they share different local cultures. They share different local cultures, as a result, they have different kinds of food.What is the relationship between them? (cause/effect)causeeffectcauseeffectUnderstand caus
14、e and effectSometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect. That is, one thing causes something else to happen. Cause-and-effectrelationships can be direct. For example,“It was raining, so I took my umbrella.”However, some cause-and-effect relationships are not direct, and some ma
15、y also have more than one cause or effect.Match the causes to the effects below. Then find more examples from the text.Cause1 The flavour preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese.2 We had no idea how to order food.3 These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
16、 EffectA The chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.B Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.C Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.Keys:1. C 2. A 3. B1. Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? Give your reaso
17、ns.Yes, because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served.No, with the impact of globalization, all kinds of food are available everywhere, so food no longer reflects cultures. In addition, in this fast-changing world, everything is changing, including cuisines.2. Imagin
18、e that it is true that peoples personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat. What does eating the following foods tell you about a person?spicy food vegetarian food junk food seafoodsweets chocolate rice noodles onion garlicbacon ham sausage cabbage mushroom bean curdPossibly, people who l
19、ike spicy food love excitement and new experiences. And people who like junk food like to enjoy life without worrying about the future.1 put more simply/ (to) put it simply2 relateto 3 refer to4 a case in point5 prior to6 consist of7 recommend sth. to sb.8 fillwith1 简单地说，简而言之2 把和联系在一起3 指的是4 恰当的例子5 在
20、之前的6 由组成（或构成）7 向某人推荐某物8 用装满9 水饺配醋10 煎饼卷大葱11 烤羊肉串12 精致的点心13 特色炖面条14 至少15 倾向于做某事16 (两件事)密切相关地；携手共进9 boiled dumplings served with vinegar10 pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions11 lamp kebab12 elegant dim sum13 exceptional stewed noodles14 at a minimum15 tend to do sth. 16 go hand in h
21、andFind words from the reading passage which have similar meaning to the words in italics.1. Well need ten months at least to have the restaurant decorated.2. Some traditional Chinese dishes from before the Ming Dynasty are still popular today.3. My grandpas breakfast mainly includes wholegrain bisc
22、uits and a glass of milk.at a minimumprior toconsists of4. People in this area would eat nearly a kilo of cheese per week.5. We enjoyed a special dinner in a fancy restaurant where the waiters all wore attractive suits.6. He prefers this brand of coffee which, as he said, has an unusually good flavour. consumeelegantexceptional
