1、Unit 1 Food for thought Understanding ideas pudding black pudding snack cuisine spicy hot pot dare marriage wedding sort n.布丁布丁 n.血肠，黑香肠血肠，黑香肠 n. ( (正餐以外的正餐以外的) )小吃，点心小吃，点心 n. 烹饪烹饪( (法法) ) adj. ( (食物食物) )加有香料的，辛加有香料的，辛 辣的辣的 n. 火锅火锅 modal verb. 胆敢，敢于胆敢，敢于 n. 婚姻婚姻 n. 婚礼婚礼 n. 种，类种，类 butcher super bacon
2、 sausage toast butter typical roast n. 肉贩肉贩 adj. 极好的，了不起的极好的，了不起的 n. ( (通常切成薄片的通常切成薄片的) )咸猪肉，熏猪肉咸猪肉，熏猪肉 n. 香肠香肠 n. 烤面包烤面包( (片片) )，吐，吐司司 n. 黄油，牛油黄油，牛油 adj. 典型典型的，有的，有代表性的代表性的 n. 大块烤肉大块烤肉 adj. 烤烤好的，烤好的，烤制的制的 suffer stinky tofu horrible gather bite cheese someday poison oolong china symbol opinion v. (
3、 (身体或精神上身体或精神上) )受苦受苦 adj. 难闻难闻的，有的，有臭味的臭味的 n. 豆腐豆腐 adj. 糟糕的糟糕的 v. 聚集聚集 n. 咬咬 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，瓷瓷，瓷料料 n. 象征，标志象征，标志 n. 意见，看法意见，看法 Before reading haggis: liver, heart and lungs of a sheep (肉馅羊肚肉馅羊肚) Have you ever heard the following special
4、 cuisines? Tick the food you would like to try and see how adventurous you are. What is your choice? Why do you choose it? Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title. Who is the child? What are the two cuisines? Why is he “a child of two cuisines”? Now lets read the passage and
5、find out the answers. 2 P2 While reading Task 1 Look through the passage and circle the correct options. 1. The text comes from a magazine/a novel. 2. The photographs are used to illustrate the topic/ to catch the readers eyes. 3. The text is an exposition/ a narrative. Choose the main idea of the p
6、assage. Task 2 1 How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food. 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. 3 P4 Task 3 Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Para 1 Dad still has
7、 a problem with certain Chinese dish though he loves Chinese food. Para 2 I do not have Dads problem with Chinese food. Para 3 I have a British father and a Chinese mother. Para 4 I enjoy both British and Chinese food. Para 5 I enjoy British breakfast made by Dad. Para 6 I gathered my courage to try
8、 stinky tofu. Choose the correct symbols and complete the table with information from the passage. 4 P4 Check your answers! Mum has sweet memories of food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot! Even today, he still does not easily t
9、ake to eating things like chicken feet. But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen. We all love roast beef and vegetables. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese foo
10、d, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing. Check your answers! Dads attitudes towards Chinese food Mums attitudes towards British food My attitudes towards Chinese food My attitudes towards British food Read between the lines. How do you know their attitudes towards Chinese/ British food?
11、Dad _ love, but, dare not, suprised,shocked, still, not easily taken to; Mum_ often cook spicy food, love, but, had better not, too much, suffer from; I _ super, typical, love; I _ enjoy, never forget, gather the courage, amazed, maybe, fall in love * must have thought I was joking * there is nothin
12、g better than. positive curious acceptable rational positive Go through the words and expressions discussed and put them in groups according to the context. names for food emotions and feelings comments possibility negative actions positive actions Task 6 Choose the best answer. What is the function
13、 of the last paragraph? A. To emphasize the authors preference for tea. B. To explain how the author feels at home. C. To respond to the opening paragraph. D. To convey the authors understanding of poison. 1. He must have thought I was joking. His new car must have cost around 20,000. 他的新车肯定花了两万英镑左右
14、。他的新车肯定花了两万英镑左右。 It must have rained last night, for the road is quite muddy. 昨晚一定下雨了昨晚一定下雨了, , 道路很泥泞。道路很泥泞。 情态动词情态动词must 与完成式连用，表示对过去发与完成式连用，表示对过去发 生的动作或状态的肯定推测。生的动作或状态的肯定推测。 Paraphrase: Im sure that he thought I was joking. 他肯定觉得我是在开玩笑。他肯定觉得我是在开玩笑。 that引导引导的宾语从句，的宾语从句，that 省省 略略 Sentence analyzing
15、 for better understanding 1 feel at home with sth: to feel happy or confident about doing or using sth. 舒适自在舒适自在;驾轻就熟驾轻就熟 2. People say that one mans meat is another mans poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures. that 引导的宾语从句引导的宾语从句 介词短语作定语介词短语作定语 Practice using the video until you
16、 feel quite at home with it. 练习一下怎么用这台录像机，直到熟练为止。练习一下怎么用这台录像机，直到熟练为止。 Is it difficult to feel at home in a foreign language? 精通一门外语困难吗？精通一门外语困难吗？ Paraphrase: People say that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else. Chinese people and Britons may have different food preferenc
17、es, but I enjoy food from both cultures. 人们常说一个人的佳肴可能是另一个人的人们常说一个人的佳肴可能是另一个人的 毒药，但中英两种文化的食物我都喜欢。毒药，但中英两种文化的食物我都喜欢。 Visualizing the structure a British father a Chinese mother full British breakfast of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter, a Sunday toast A Child of Two Cuisines spicy di
18、shes, hot pot, chicken feet, pigs ears, sticky tofu, oolong tea Chinese food British food Try to retell the passage according to the structure. 2 Summary The narrator, a Chinese-British boy, enjoys both _ and _. Unlike his British father, who _ Chinese food but still _certain dishes, he is _ to Chin
19、ese diet challenges he has come across. His adaptation, positive behaviors and attitude towards the _ environment have benefited him, so that he is able to combine and blend aspects of both _ _ in an enjoyable way. Chinese British cuisines loves has a fear of open cross-cultural British and Chinese
20、cultures Discussion Think & Share. 1. What does the author mean by saying “one mans meat is another mans poison”? Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese? 2. What food from other regions in China or other countries has made an impression on you? Why? Possible answers 1. It means that something
21、 that one person likes may not be liked by someone else. Similar sayings in Chinese include “萝卜青菜，各有所爱萝卜青菜，各有所爱”, etc. 2. Open. Conclusion Just behave positively and try to enjoy them in cross- cultural environment! symbol, gather, suffer, poison, typical, super, cuisine Replace the words underlined
22、 in the sentences below with the words in the box. 1.China has one of the most diverse and complex delicious food in the world, and almost every city has it. 2.Never offer a westerner food just out of our own delight, as it might be distasteful to him. 3.Chopsticks have long been a cultural and hist
23、orical representation for Chinese worldwide and also an important element which contributes to our Chinese identity today. 1.China has one of the most diverse and complex cuisines in the world, and almost every city has it. 2.Never offer a westerner food just out of our own delight, as it might be c
24、onsidered poison to him. 3.Chopsticks have long been a cultural and historical symbol for Chinese worldwide and also an important element which contributes to our Chinese identity today. 4. A Sichuan hotpot in character can be served with two flavors, spicy and non-spicy. 5. Many Westerners enjoy Go
25、ng Bao Chicken and consider it extremely tasty. 6. According to Chinese medicine, our bodies will be affected if we break the balance of Yin and Yang. 7. Lu Yu brought the leaves from the tree together and put them over an oven to dry. That was the earliest type of tea. symbol, gather, suffer, poiso
26、n, typical, super, cuisine 4. A typical Sichuan hotpot can be served with two flavors, spicy and non-spicy. 5. Many Westerners enjoy Gong Bao Chicken and consider it super tasty. 6. According to Chinese medicine, our bodies will suffer if we break the balance of Yin and Yang. 7. Lu Yu gathered the l
27、eaves from the tree and put them over an oven to dry. That was the earliest type of tea. Replace the words underlined in the sentences below with the words in the box. 1. Can you understand the story with a theme of cross culture? 2. What are the author, his British father and his Chinese mothers at
28、titudes towards Chinese/ British food? 3. How do you understand “one mans meat is another mans poison” ? 4. Whats your attitude towards diversified food culture around the world? Write a short paragraph about your understanding of “one mans meat is another mans poison”. You might choose to discuss it from a cross-cultural perspective if possible. Homework Thank You
