1、 Module 3Foreign Food Reading Practice选修八选修八Reading Practice-1 Look at the following pictures and say what you know about Australian Food beef bread cookie egg eggplant honey melon mutton raw fish seaweed yoghurt1.What do you know about food in Australia?Is it very different to food in China?2.Which
2、 of these items of food do you eat?Reading Practice-2 Answer the questions 3.Which items of food in Question 2 do you expect Australians to eat?4.Which items of food and drink do you.?bake;fry;grill;grow;microwave;pour;reheat;roast;steam Reading Practice3 Read the passage and choose the sentence whi
3、ch best expresses its main idea.a.Today there are still many Australians who eat huge amounts of meat.b.Modern Australian cooking is oftenreferred to as fusion cuisine,and therecipes include ingredients andcooking styles from the East and theWest.c.There are few or no artificialingredients in fusion
4、 cooking,only the purest and freshest of produce.d.Altogether,with its ample amountof food and drink and its relaxedway of cooking and serving thebarbecue is not just a piece ofcooking equipment but the word theAustralians use for a popular way ofentertaining friends.a.The consequence was that manyp
5、eople were overweight.Reading Practice 4-Decide which of these sentences Dose Not support the main idea you chose in Activity 2.b.Today,Australians enjoy Japanese food with bean curd,seaweed,and raw fish,as well as Greek,Italian and Lebanese food such as pasta,olives,tomatoes,eggplant and lemons.c.T
6、here are few or no artificial ingredients in fusion cooking,only the purest and freshest of produce.d.Most Australian homes will have a stove on which you fry or steam vegetables,and theres usually a microwave oven as well,for reheating food quickly.Reading Practice-5 Decide which of these statement
7、s expresses the writers opinion.The writer a.approves of Australian food today.b.disapproves of Australian food.c.thinks that foreign food is better.d.thinks that food in Australia was better in the past.Reading practice-6 Read the passage carefully and find the main idea of each paragraph.P1:P2:tra
8、ditional food of Australia and its changes.modern Australian cookingP3:P4:grocery stores in Australiacooking equipment of an Australian home and its barbecue.Reading Practice7 Choose the best answers.1.The writer thinks that Australian meat is _.a.bad for your healthb.not highly regarded outside Aus
9、traliac.mostly lamb and not muttond.well-known because its very good2.Fusion cuisine means_.a.only pure,fresh ingredientsb.fresh ingredients from all over the world,and prepared in variety of waysc.typical dishes from different countriesd.a love of good food3.Suburban grocery stores offer _.a.everyt
10、hing a customer can buyb.fruit,vegetables,dairy products andspecialties from all over the worldc.ingredients and kitchen equipmentfrom all over the worldd.special ingredients from Asia,NorthAmerica and Europe4.a barbecue is _.a.a kind of stoveb.a party for friends the type of foodyou serve,and a fir
11、e to cook it onc.a relaxed way of entertaining friendsd.a party in the garden with meat,salad and plenty of beer 5.Key words to describe food inAustralia are _.a.ample and abundantb.famous and healthyc.fragrant and deliciousd.modern and popular Reading Practice8 Complete the sentences in your own wo
12、rds.1.Australian food used to be unhealthy because _.2.Australians like food from all over the world so _ _.people ate too much meat the meals are always interesting and different3.The main things which Australian grocery stores sell are _ _ _.4.Australians enjoy both hot and cold food because _ _.f
13、ood from different countries and cooking utensils theyre healthy and tastysimilaritiesdifferencesReading Practice9 Write a description of the main similarities and differences between the Chinese and Australian foodLanguage Points1.During the 1980s each person consumed about 39 kilograms of meat a y
14、ear.consume vt.(1)消耗消耗;消费消费;花费花费;吃掉吃掉他的旧汽车耗油很多。他的旧汽车耗油很多。His old car consumed much gasoline.不一会儿这些饥饿的孩子就吃掉了那条面不一会儿这些饥饿的孩子就吃掉了那条面包。包。It didnt take the hungry boys long to consume the loaf of bread.(2)毁灭；烧毁毁灭；烧毁大火很快就烧毁了这一带的旧木头房子。大火很快就烧毁了这一带的旧木头房子。The fire soon consumed the old woodenbuildings in the n
15、eighborhood.2.The consequence was that many people were overweight.consequence 可数名词可数名词(pl)你准备好承担自己行动的后果了吗？你准备好承担自己行动的后果了吗？Are you ready to take/suffer/bear the consequences of your actions?这项政策对国家经济产生了深远的影响。这项政策对国家经济产生了深远的影响。This policy has far-reaching consequences for the countrys economy.in consequence of 由于由于,因而因而她被判有罪她被判有罪,因而失去了工作。因而失去了工作。She was found guilty and lost her job in consequence of it.Homework1.Revise what you have learnt during this period of class.2.Get ready for the next period.
