1、【版本：人教册别：选择性必修二】Reading and Thinking:Understand the link between food and cultureLearning Objectivesu Have a deeper insight into the link between food and culture.u Develop your skills to figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic;u Raise your awareness of Chinese traditional foo
2、d culture,be proud of it and spread it.contentsPre-readingLanguage PointsWhile readingHomeworkPost-readingPre-readingHow many kinds of cuisines in China?Why are there so many cuisines in China?Different regions Different weather conditions Different cultures causeeffectDifferent historiesWhat will b
3、e talked about from the title?CUILTURE AND CUISINEWhat does it mean?Food cooked in a certain wayl What do you think the text is about?Maybe it is about different kinds of Chinese food and the culture each food represents.While readingAmericaBeijingShandongXinjiangGuangdongHenanHow many places are me
4、ntioned in the passage?And what is the typical dish of these places?Which of the following shows the structure of the text?A.B.C.D.Topic(Para.1)_“You are what you eat.”Body(Para.2 Para.6)My _ with Chinese food.Conclusion(Para.7)_different experiences Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.Reading for d
5、etailsThe 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 cult
6、ure.Para.1 Topic:You are what you eat.Why does the writer mention the French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in the first paragraph?To introduce a famous saying about food and personality:You are what you eat.Tell me what you eat,and I will tell you what you are.Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinJun
7、k foodfatterhealthy foodslimmerThe saying means that the kind of food we eat tells something about our personality,character,and culture.PlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureRead Para.2 and fill in the blanks.AmericaChinese food changed to suit American tastesGeneral Tsos chicken Am
8、ericans love bold,simple flavours and are not afraid to try new food.PlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureRead paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.BeijingSichuan cuisinedishes with Sichuan peppercornsPeople there offered them good friendshipPlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople
9、 or cultureShandongShandongcuisineBoiled dumplings served with vinegar,and pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions Family is important to the people there.Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.PlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureNorthwest ChinaXinjiang and Inner Mo
10、ngolian cuisineboiled or roasted meat,such as lamb kebabThese groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses so their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.Read paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks.PlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureSouth ChinaGuangdong c
11、uisinedim sumThrough food,Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.Central ChinaHenan cuisinestewed noodlesRead paragraph 6 and fill in the blanks.1.What can the food local people consume tell us?It can tell us their region,their life,their preference and their personalities.Main idea:
12、Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.Read Para.7 and answer the questions.2.To sum up the main idea of Para.7.Understand cause and effectSometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect.That is,one thing causes something else to happen.Cause-and-effect relationships can be direct.For
13、 example,“It was raining,so I took my umbrella.”However,some cause-and-effect relationships are not direct,and some may also have more than one cause or effect.Match the causes to the effects below.Cause1.The flavour preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese.2.We had no idea ho
14、w to order food.3.These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.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.
15、A 3.BLinking words:as a result,as a consequence,so,so that,because,since,thus,therefore.More examples from the text:(cause/effect)(Para.2)(Para.2)(Para.3)(Para.3)(Para.4)(Para.4)(Para.2)(Para.2)The Chinese food is probebly not an authentic Chines recipe,so it cannot tell us a lot about Americans._,T
16、ired,hungry,and not knowing a word of Chinese,we had no idea how to order._.Family is important to the people there.It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China._.Since the dish was also invented recently,it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foods._._Para.1
17、 Topic:You are what you eat.Para.2 Chinese food in _Para.3 Chinese food in _Para.4 Chinese food in _Para.5 Chinese food in _Para.6 Chinese food in _ and Henan Para.7 Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.AmericaShandongXinjiangGuangdongBeijing SUMMARYPost-readingRetell the text According to the French
18、 author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin,_ we eat can show our personality,character,and culture.Chinese cuisine is a good example.Prior to _(come)to China,I only experienced Chinese food that _(change)to suit American tastes.Americas most popular Chinese dish is General Tsos chicken,which tells us a l
19、ot about us Americans.When I came to Beijing,a friend recommended a Sichuan restaurant where we had the _(please)of experiencing an entirely new taste:Sichuan peppercorns.What was even _ important was the friendship offered us.what cominghad been changedpleasuremore In Shandong,I liked boiled dumpli
20、ngs (serve)with vinegar best.I observed that family is important to the people there.In northern Xinjiang,I enjoyed boiled or roasted meat._ we went,we experienced wonderful local dishes.Although the food was as (vary)as the people,Chinese people everywhere show friendship and (kind)through food.Fro
21、m my experiences,I know that culture and cuisine go hand in hand,and if you do not experience one,you can never (real)know the other.servedEverywherevariedkindnessreallyRetell the textu Yes,because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served.u No,with the impact of globali
22、zation,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.Imagine that it is true that peoples personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat.What does eating the following foods tel
23、l you about a person?spicy food vegetarian food junk food seafood sweets chocolate rice noodles onion garlic bacon ham sausage cabbage mushroom bean curdu Possibly,people who like spicy food love excitement and new experiences.And people who like junk food like to enjoy life without worrying about t
24、he future.Introduce a kind of Chinese cuisine to your foreign friends.Hello,my dear friends.Welcome to China!I will recommend _ to you.Because there are a lot of wonderful food,such as_,Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.Let me tell you something about culture here._.OK!Hope you enjoy yourself in China!Homework1.Imagine that it is true that peoples personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat and how they eat.Try to analyze yourself or one of your classmates and present it to us in an oral way next period.2.Read FARM-TO-TABLE on Page 80 to expand your world.
