1、Unit 1 Food for thoughtUnderstanding ideasTeaching objectivesLearning objectives：1、Students can grasp the new words and expressions such as marriage、dare、typical、horrible and so on.2、Students can grasp the general idea for the whole passage and express opinions about food.Ability objectives：Students
2、 will be able to use different basic reading strategies like prediction/skimming/scanning correctly in their reading process.Emotional objectives：Students can develop a habit of appreciating different food cultures and can cooperate with classmates activelyKey points and difficult pointsKey points：1
3、、Help students know the meaning and usage of the new words and expressions such as such asmarriage、dare、typical、horrible and so on.2、Let students understand the general idea for the whole passage through reading and express opinions about food.Difficult points：How to use different basic reading stra
4、tegies like prediction/skimming/scanning correctly in their reading process.Warming-upLook at the pictures and name the food.Beijing Duck hot pot stinky tofu fried spider full English breakfast curry blue cheese Sunday roast How do you feel about these food?Pre-readingHi,friends.Its me,Mike.These da
5、ys 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 even didnt know these food before!How can I deal with this problem?
6、Refuse or try?Some background information.Pre-readingA Child of Two CuisinesWho is the child?Why is he called“a child of two cuisines”?How do we understand the title?maplepuddingblack puddingsnackcuisinespicyhot potdaren.枫树，槭树枫树，槭树 n.布丁布丁n.小吃小吃n.烹饪法烹饪法modal verb.胆敢，敢于胆敢，敢于 血肠；黑香肠血肠；黑香肠 adj.食物加有香料的，辛
7、辣的食物加有香料的，辛辣的火锅火锅marriage weddingsortbutchersuperbaconsausagetoastn.婚姻婚姻adj 极好的；了不起的极好的；了不起的 n.咸猪肉；熏猪肉咸猪肉；熏猪肉n.香肠香肠 n.烤面包片；吐司烤面包片；吐司n.婚礼婚礼n.种；类种；类肉贩肉贩 butter typicalroastsufferstinkytofuhorrible gathern.黄油；牛油黄油；牛油adj.典型的，有代表性的典型的，有代表性的n.大块烤肉大块烤肉 adj 烤好的；烤制的烤好的；烤制的v.身体或精神上受苦材料身体或精神上受苦材料 adj.难闻的，有臭味的难
8、闻的，有臭味的n.豆腐豆腐 adj 糟糕的糟糕的v 聚集聚集bitecheesesomedaypoisonoolongchinasymbolopinionv/n 咬；咬伤咬；咬伤n 干酪；奶酪干酪；奶酪adv.将来会有一天；将来会有一天；有朝一日有朝一日n.毒素；毒物；毒药毒素；毒物；毒药n.乌龙茶乌龙茶n.瓷；瓷料瓷；瓷料n 象征；标志象征；标志n.意见；看法意见；看法SkimmingSkim the text and choose the main idea of the passage.1.How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese fo
9、od.2.What the family has done to promote Chinese food.3.How the family cooks both Chinese and English food.4.How the family combines food from two cultures.Skimming Skim the text and choose the main idea of the passage.1.How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food.2.What the family has done
10、to promote Chinese food.3.How the family cooks both Chinese and English food.4.How the family combines food from two cultures.Careful readingRead 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 enjoyed food from both countrie
11、s ever since I was able to hold a _ and _!EnglandBritish fatherChinese motherknife and fork chopsticksCareful readingFamily MembersA Chinese from SichuanA BritishA cross-cultural boyCareful readingRead para.2-3 carefully and find some details about their opinions on Chinese food.Hot PotAnimal PartsC
12、areful readingMum 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.Careful readingEven today,he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.But I enjoy that sort of food myself.Careful readingRead
13、para.4 carefully and find some details about their opinions on British food.Full English BreakfastSunday RoastCareful readingMum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen.Careful readingWe all love roast beef and vegetables.Do they often eat Sunday roast?But Mum says wed better not e
14、at too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies,according to traditional Chinese medicine.Careful readingRead 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 sports shoe.When I cam
15、e 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.Careful readingRead para.6 carefully and find one sentence showing the sons opinion on cross-cultural eating habits.Theres nothing better t
16、han 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 by saying“one mans meat is another mans poison”?It means that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else.Similar sayings in Chinese include“萝卜青菜，
17、各有所爱。吾之蜜糖汝之砒霜。萝卜青菜，各有所爱。吾之蜜糖汝之砒霜。”Post-readingRetell the text according to the diagram.Sichuan hot potAnimal partsFull English breakfastSunday roastStinky tofuOne mans meat is another mans poison.dislikeenjoyall lovehorriblecome to lovesweet memoryloveConclusion We should have this open mind towards
18、 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.Post-readingAssignmentFaced with different food you never met before,what should you do?Write and share your opinion with the help of mind-map.insis
19、t that“one mans meat is another mans poison”accept food from different cultures1.Even today,he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.u take to doing sth:to start doing something regularly or as a habit.养成（做）的习惯；开始定时（做）e.g.Tom has taken to going jogging every morning.汤姆养成了每天早上
20、慢跑的习惯。u 词组拓展 take to sb/sth:to start to like sb.or sth.（尤指短时间内）喜欢上，喜爱 e.g.Did the children take to him?孩子们喜欢他吗？NotesNotes2.He must have thought I was joking.u must have done表示对过去已经发生过的动作或状态表示肯定的推测，语气较强。e.g.It must have rained last night,for the ground is wet.昨天一定下雨了，因为地面是湿的。u 语法拓展 could have done表示过
21、去本来能够做某事而实际上没有做。e.g.He could have passed the exam,but he was too careless.他本来可以通过考试的，但他太粗心了。（没有通过考试）Notes3.It reminded me of blue cheese,a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate.u remind sb of 使（某人）想起（相似的人或物）e.g.That story you have just told reminds me of an experience I once had.你刚才讲的故事使我想起我的一次经历。u 词组拓展 remind sb.to do sth.remind sb.that/how从句 e.g.Please remind me to post the letter this afternoon.请提醒我今天下午寄信。Goodbye!
