1、 UNIT 3 FOOD AND CULTURE课 文 知 识 点 精 析Part I 课文语法填空 The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once _(write),“Tell me _ you eat,and I will tell you _ you are.”_(更简单地说),this means“You are what you eat.”Most people today relate this _(say)_ healthy eating.However,Brillat-savarin was actually refer
2、ring_ our personality,character,and culture.whatto wrotewhatPut more simplysayingto Certainly,_ many ways this seems to be true.Chinese cuisine is _ case in point.Prior _ coming to China,my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America,_ Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tast
3、es.For example,Americas most popular Chinese dish is General Tsos chicken,which consists _ fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce,favoured _ hot red peppers.This is probably not _ authentic Chinese recipe,however,so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese._ the other hand,it does tell us a lot _ Am
4、ericans.inatowithofwithanOnaboutPart I 课文语法填空Part I 课文语法填空It tells us,for example,that Americans love bold,simple favours.And since the dish was also invented recently,it tells us that Americans are not afraid_(try)new foods.Later,I had a chance _(experience)authentic Chinese food by _(come)to China
5、.When my family and I had just arrived in China,we went _(look)for a good place _(eat)in Beijing.A Sichuan restaurant had been recommended to us by a friend,and finally,we found it._(tire),hungry,and not _(know)a word of Chinese,we had no idea how _(order),to tryto experiencecominglookingto eatTired
6、knowing to orderPart I 课文语法填空so the chef just began _(fill)our table with the best food we had ever eaten.With this,we had the pleasure of _(experience)an entirely new taste:Sichuan peppercorns.The food was wonderful and different,but what was even more important was the friendship _(offer)us.We soo
7、n moved to Shandong Province in the eastern part of North China.My favourite dish there was _(boil)dumplings _(serve)with vinegar.I observed that family is important to the people there.It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China,filling/to fillexperiencingofferedboiled s
8、ervedPart I 课文语法填空where _(make)dumplings has always been a family affair with everyonefrom the youngest to the oldest_(join)in to help.Later,I learnt that the most famous food in Shandong is pancake rolls _ (stuff)with _(slice)Chinese green onions.Then we moved to northern Xinjiang.Some of _friends
9、were Kazak and Inner Mongolian.makingjoiningstuffedslicedour These _(group)traditionally wandered the open range on _(horse).As a result,_ traditional foods are _you can cook _ an open fireusually _(boil)or _(roast)meat,such as lamb kebab.Our _(travel)then took us to South China,and then on to centr
10、al China.groupshorsestheirwhat overboiledroastedPart I 课文语法填空travels In each place we went,we experienced wonderful local _(dish),from Guangdongs elegant dim sumsmall _(serve)of food in bamboo _(steam)to the exceptional stewed _(noodle)In Henan.Everywhere,the food was as varied as the people.However
11、,one thing is always true:Through food,Chinese people everywhere show _(friend)and _(kind).dishesservingssteamersnoodlesfriendshipkindnessPart I 课文语法填空At a minimum,the kinds of food _local people consume tell us _ they grow in their region,_ kinds of lives they lead,and _ they like and do not like.C
12、ould we also say,for example,_ those _ like bold flavours are bold themselves?Or,_ those _ like spicy food tend to have a hot temper?Maybe.thatwhatwhatwhat thatwhothatwhoPart I 课文语法填空Part I 课文语法填空Maybe not._we can say,however,is _ culture and cuisine go hand in hand,and _ you do not experience one,y
13、ou can never really know the other.WhatthatifPart II 课文知识点详解culture and cuisine文化与美食Tell me what you eat.告诉我你平时吃什么.I will tell you what you are.我会告诉你你是什么样的人put simply (短语)简而言之put more simply 更简单地说You are what you eat.人如其食relate sth.to sth.将与联系起来Part II 课文知识点详解refer to sb/sth 描述.；涉及.；与相关our personali
14、ty,character,and culture我们的个性、品格及文化in many ways 从很多方面 a case in point 明证;很好的例子prior to (doing)sth 在之前的experience in (doing)sth 在.方面有经验或经历experience with sth 与.有关经验或经历my only experience with Chinese cooking 与中式烹任有关经验或经历suit American tastes 适应美国人的口味General Tsos chicken左宗棠鸡 Part II 课文知识点详解Part II 课文知识点
15、详解consist of.由组成(或构成)fried chicken 炸鸡 be covered in.用填满(表动作)be covered with.被覆盖 on the other hand在另一方面be flavoured with.用.调味an authentic Chinese recipe 一个地道/正宗的中餐做法 it does tell us a lot 它确实告诉我们很多love bold,simple favours 喜爱浓烈简单的口味be afraid to try new foods 惧怕尝试新的菜品Part II 课文知识点详解have a chance to do
16、sth 有机会去做某事experience authentic Chinese food 品尝地道的中国食物go looking for.去找.（go doing sth 表方式或伴随）recommend sb sth=recommend sth to sb 向某人推荐某物not know a word of Chinese 不认识一个汉字have no idea how to order不知道如何点餐fill sth with sth 用.充满.Part II 课文知识点详解have the pleasure of doing sth 很荣幸做.experience an entirely
17、new taste体验一种全新的口味what was even more important was.更为重要的是offer sth to sb=offer sb sth 给某人某物；提供某人某物the friendship offered us 给我们的友谊Shandong Province in the eastern part of North China位于华北东部的山东省 boiled dumplings serve sb with sth=serve sth to sb 拿出来款待某人 serve sth with sth 提供.具有.make dumplings 包饺子boile
18、d dumplings served with vinegar被提供有醋的水饺Part II 课文知识点详解sth be important to sb 对某人重要/有重大影响的become a favourite traditional dish 成为最喜爱的一种传统食物a family affair with sb 与某人有关的家庭事务from the youngest to the oldest 从最小的到最大的be stuffed with.装满.join in to help加入进来帮忙pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green o
19、nions塞满中国切葱片的煎饼卷Part II 课文知识点详解kazak n.哈萨克人（族）Inner Mongolian 内蒙古人the open range 开旷草原 as a result 所以；结果(是)wander the open range on horses 骑着马在开旷草原漫步 cook sth over an open fire 在篝火上烹制.boiled or roasted meat 水煮肉或烤肉such as lamb kebab 羊肉串 Part II 课文知识点详解take sb to South China 带某人去华南take sb on to central
20、 China 继续带某人去华中in each place we go 在每一个我们去的地方experience wonderful local dishes品尝当地美食Guangdongs elegant dim sum 广东的精致点心small servings of.小份的.in bamboo steamers 在竹蒸笼里the exceptional stewed noodles 美味的炖面条Part II 课文知识点详解A as varied as B A 像 B 一样各式各样/种类繁多through food 通过食物show friendship and kindness展现友情与善意at a/the minimum 至少 what they grow in their region 在他们的地区他们种植什么what kinds of lives they lead他们过着什么样的生活like bold flavours 喜欢重口味Part II 课文知识点详解like spicy food 喜欢辛辣食物tend to do sth易于做某事；往往会发生某事have a hot temper 脾气火暴what we can say 我们能说的是.culture and cuisine 文化和美食go hand in hand 密切相关；共同行动
