1、Unit 3 Food and Culture Unit 3 Food and Culture Reading and thinkingReading and thinking：Culture and CuisineCulture and CuisineIn todays lesson,you are expected to:1.scan the text to find out the Chinese food and typical dishes in different places and what the author learnt about people through his
2、food experiences;2.identify and understand the causes and effects in the text;3.think about how food influences culture and peoples personalities;4.learn some new words and expressions in this text.Warming-upRead and predict1.What impressed you most in the picture?The photo is of a 1,000-Person-Long
3、-Table Banquet in the Miao Stockade Village of One Thousand Households in Leishan,Guizhou.2.What are people doing?3.Where do you think this photo was taken?MatchingTokyo,JanpanChongqing,ChinaLondon,the UKPPT模板下载： you think there is a link between food and culture?What is the link between food and cu
4、lture?Lead-inLead-in：free talkfree talkRead the article to see if you share the same ideas as the author.While-reading Fast reading01 Literal Questions1.What is the change of Chinese food in America?2.What is making dumpling like in Shandong?3.What do Shandong people attach great importance to?4.Wha
5、t is the traditional lifestyle of people in northern Xinjiang?Food and Culture01 Literal Questions1.What is the change of Chinese food in America?It had been changed to suit American tastes.(para.2)2.What is making dumpling like in Shandong?It is a family affair with everyone-from the youngest to th
6、e oldest-joining in to help.(para.4)Food and Culture3.What do Shandong people attach great importance to?Family is important to the people in Shandong.(para.4)4.What is the traditional lifestyle of people in northern Xinjiang?They traditionally wandered the open range on horses.(para.5)Activity 2:Wh
7、at are the circled word?Fast Reading Time cluesRead Para.2 carefully and answer the following questions.What is Americas most popular Chinese dish?And what can the dish tell us about Americans?Certainly,in many ways this seems to be true.Chinese cuisine is a case in point.Prior to coming to China,my
8、 only experience with Chinese cooking was in America,with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes.For example,Americas most popular Chinese dish is General Tsos chicken,which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce,flavoured with hot red peppers.This is probably not an
9、authentic Chinese recipe,however,so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese.On the other hand,it does tell us a lot about Americans.It tells us,for example,that Americans love bold,simple flavours.And,since the dish was also invented recently,it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try new foo
10、ds.Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.PlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureAmericaBeijingShandongNorthwest ChinaSouth ChinaCentral ChinaPlaceKind of Chinese foodTypical dishPeople or cultureAmericaBeijingShandongNorthwest ChinaSouth ChinaCentral ChinaChinese food changed to suit Am
11、erican tastesGeneral Tsos chickenAmerican love bold,simple flavors and are not afraid to try new foodsSichuan CuisineDishes with Sichuan PeppercornsPeople there offered them good friendshipShandong CuisinePancake rollsFamily is important to the people thereXinjiang CuisineLamb kebabPeople traditiona
12、lly wandered the open range on horses so their traditional foods are what you can cook over and open fire.Guangdong CuisineGuangdongs elegant dim sumHenan cuisineStewed noodlesThrough food,Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.What conclusion does the author get through his experien
13、ce of the Chinese cuisine in the last paragraph?Para 6Read the last paragraph and answer the question.1.What can be told by the Chinese food that has been changed in America?2.Why has dumpling become Shandong peoples favourite traditional dish?3.What is the influence of northern Xinjiang peoples lif
14、estyle on food?4.What is common among Chinese food everywhere?5.According to the authors opinion,what kinds of information about culture(including people who grow in it)can the foods tell us?Food and Culture1.What can be told by the Chinese food that has been changed in America?Americans love bold,s
15、imple flavours.2.Why has dumpling become Shandong peoples favourite traditional dish?They attach importance to family,and making dumplings is a family affair.Food and Culture3.What is the influence of northern Xinjiang peoples lifestyle on food?Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an o
16、pen fire-usually boilded or roasted meat,such as lamb kebab.4.What is common among Chinese food everywhere?Through food,Chinese people show kind and friendship.5.According to the authors opinion,what kinds of information about culture(including people who grow in it)can the foods tell us?Characters,
17、flavours,Lifestyles.eg.In northern Xinjiang,food:boiled or roasted meats such as lamb kebab information about the food:cooked over open fire peoples culture:lifestyle of wandering the open rangeFood and CultureSometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect.That is,one thing causes
18、 something else to happen.Cause-and-effect relationships can be direct.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.People living in different places share different cultures.People living in diff
19、erent places eat different kinds of food.Which idea is“cause”and which idea is“effect”?Can you combine two sentences into one sentence?People living in different places share different cultures,so they have different kinds of food.People living in different places have different kinds of food becaus
20、e they have different kinds of food.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.EffectA.The chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.
21、B.Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.C.Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.Match the causes and effects below and find more examples from the text.1.Do you think culture and cuisine go hand in hand?Give your reasons.2.Can you name any typical dish
22、of Cantonese(Guangdong)cuisine?What Cantonese culture can you see from these foods?Dim SumFood and Culture1.Do you think“culture and cuisine go hand in hand”?Give your reasons.I do think culture and cuisine go hand in hand.Reasons are as follows:Cuisine in certain places can tell us what the climate
23、 is like and what the geographical features are.And it also tells us much about the flavors they prefer.All this can demonstrate the personalities of a people in a specific place and its culture because so much of a culture is based on how it is eaten and served.Topic:_Chinese food in AmericaChinese food in Chinain Beijingin Shandongin_ in in HenanConclusion:_Culture and CuisineXinjiang GuangdongCulture and cuisine go hand in hand
