Unit3FoodandCulture

ReadingandThinking

【Learningobjectives】

Bytheendofthisclass,weareableto1.Toreadaboutthecultureandcuisinebyreadingthearticleandpictures.2.Tolearnsomereadingstrategiesandbasicinformationbyscanningandskimming.3.Tounderstandthestructureandthewritingstyleofthepassagewell.

ReadingandThinkingonPage26CultureandCuisineUnderstandthelinkbetweenfoodandcultureFoodcookedinacertainwayBeforeReadingQuestion1:HowmanykindsofChineseCuisinearethere,andhowcanthesecuisinebedescribed?

foodcookedinacertainwayTalkaboutChineseCuisinesBoileddumplingsLambkebabStewednoodlesDimsumPancakerollsDoyouknowtheirEnglishnames?1Beforeyouread,discussthesequestionsingroups.1.HowmanykindsofChinesecuisinearethereandhowcanthesecuisinesbedescribed?Eightwell-knowncuisinesinChina:Shangdongcuisine（魯菜）,Anhuicuisine（徽菜）:Jiangsucuisine（蘇菜）,Sichuancuisine（川菜）:Zhejiangcuisine（浙菜）,Fujiancuisine（閩菜）:Hunancuisine（湘菜）,Guangdongcuisine（粵菜）:Theyarequitedifferentintasteandtexture（口感）Pre-reading2.What,ifanything,dothesecuisinestellyouaboutthepeoplewhoeatthem?Itisbelievedthatdifferentcuisinesreflectdifferentpersonalitiesofpeoplewhoeatthem.Forexample,itissaidthatpeoplewholikespicyfoodareprobablyadventurousanddaring.3.Lookatthepicturesandtitleofthetext,whatdoyouthinkthetextisabout?Maybeitisabouttherelationshipbetweencuisineandculture.Step1

Fast--reading1.What'sthemainideaofthepassage?A.Healthyeating.B.MostfamousfoodsinChina.C.MyexperiencesoffoodandcultureinChina.D.MyexcitingjourneyinChina.語篇理解精讀精練萃取文本精華√P26ReadingandThinking2.Readthepassageandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.Para.1

A.Cultureandcuisinegohandinhand.Para.2 B.Youarewhatyoueat.Paras.3－6 C.MyexperienceofChinesefoodinAmerica.Para.7 D.MychancetoexperienceauthenticChinesefood

indifferentpartsofChina.1.Inpairs,discusswhatyouthinkthissaying“Youarewhatyoueat.”means.(P26,Ex.2）Thefoodweeatactuallyreflectsourpersonality,character,andculture.2.Inwhatwaydoesthewritershowusthatcultureandcuisinegohandinhand?

BysharinghsidifferentexperienceswithChinesecuisine.Scanning1.Whichisthetopicparagraph?Thefirstparagraph2.Whichisthetopicsentence?Thelastsentenceofthefirstparagraph.3.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?ItisaboutdifferentknidsofChinesefoodandthecultureeachfoodrepresents.Skimming4.Whattypeofwritingisthetext?Expositorywriting(aboutcauseandeffect)AmericaBeijingShandongXinjiangGuangdongHenan5.WhatplacesarementionedwherethewriterexperiencedChinesedfood?Thispassageisorganizedinorderof__________.time6.Whichofthefollowingshowsthestructureofthetext?A.B.C.D.

Howisthetextorganized?(twoclues)priortolatersoonthenthenAmericaBeijingShandongNorthernXinjiangSouthChina,CentralChinaplaceclue

timeclue

StructureChinesefoodinAmericaChinesefoodinBeijingChinesefoodinShandongChinesefoodinXinjiangChinesefoodinGuangDongandHenan(Part3(Para7):Conclusion－Cultureandcuisinegohandinhand.(Part2(Para2-6):Body－ExperienceswithChinesecuisinesPart1(Para1):Introduction－Youarewhatyoueat.TheFrenchauthorJeanAnthelmeBrillat-Savarinoncewrote,“Tellmewhatyoueat,andIwilltellyouwhatyouare.”Putmoresimply,thismeans“Youarewhatyoueat.”Mostpeopletodayrelatethissayingtohealthyeating.However,Brillat-Savarinwasreferringtoourpersonality,characterandculture.Thekeysentenceofparagraph1.Paragraph1Q2.Thefirstparagraphhasaquote:“Youarewhatyoueat.”Inpairs,discusswhatyouthinkthissayingmeans.Para1Youarewhatyoueat.CarefulreadingQ1.What’sthepurposeoftheauthorusingthequoteinPara1?TointroducethetopicThesayingmeansthatthekindoffoodweeattellssomethingaboutourpersonality,character,andculture.ReadPara.2-6anddiscussingrouptofindouttheplacesthattheauthortravelled,thecuisineshetasted,andthedifferentpersonality/culturebehindthefoods.PlaceKindofChinesefoodandtypicaldish

PeopleorculturereflectedbyfoodAmerica

Beijing

Shandong

NorthwestChina

SouthChina

CentralChina

Reading&ThinkingPlaceKindofChinesefoodTypicaldishPeopleorcultureAmericaBeijingShandongChinesefoodchangedtosuitAmericantastesGeneralTso'schickenAmericanslovebold,simpleflavours,andarenotafraidtotrynewfoods.SichancuisinedisheswithSichuanpeppercornsofferthemgoodfriendship.Shandongcuisineboileddumplings;pancakerollsstuffedFamilyisimportanttothepeoplethere.3.Usetheinformationtocompletethetablebelow.DetailedreadingFamilyisimportanttothepeoplethere.PlaceKindofChinesefoodTypicaldishPeopleorcultureNorthwestChinaSouthChinaCentralChinaXinjiangandInnerMongoliancuisineboiledorroastedmeatwanderedtheopenrangeonhorses;cookfoodoveranopenfire.GuangdongcuisinedimsumHenancuisinestewednoodlesshowfriendshipandkindness.Ataminimum,thekindsoffoodlocalpeopleconsumetelluswhattheygrowintheirregion,whatkindsoflivestheylead,andwhattheylikeanddonotlike.Couldwealsosay,forexample,thatthosewholikeboldflavoursareboldthemselves?Or,thatthosewholikespicyfoodtendtohaveahottemper?Maybe.Maybenot.Whatwecansay,however,isthatcultureandcuisinegohandinhand,andifyoudonotexperienceone,youcanneverreallyknowtheother.Para7

Cultureandcuisinegohandinhand.culturecuisine

Itcantellustheirregion,theirlife,theirpreferenceandtheirpersonalities.Tosharewithreadershisviewpoint:Cultureandcuisinegohandinhand.Q:Whatcanthefoodlocalpeopleconsumetellus?What’stheauthor’spurposeinwritingthispassage?Activity5:Readtounderstandcausesandeffects.

Tips:Howtoidentifycausesandeffects?because,as,so,since,therefore,thus,consequently,asaresult,dueto...Lookforsignalwords,suchas

2.Findthemthroughalogicalconnection.UnderstandcauseandeffectSometimestwoideasarerelatedtoeachotherbycauseandeffect.Thatis,onethingcausessomethingelsetohappen.Cause-and-effectrelationshipscanbedirect.Forexample,“Itwasraining,soItookmyumbrella.”However,somecause-and-effectrelationshipsarenotdirect,andsomemayalsohavemorethanonecauseoreffect.4.Matchthecausestotheeffectsbelow.Thenfindmoreexamplesfromthetext.Cause1TheflavourpreferencesofAmericansoftendifferfromthoseoftheChinese.2Wehadnoideahowtoorderfood.3Thesegroupstraditionallywanderedtheopenrangeonhorses.

EffectAThechefjustbeganfillingourtablewiththebestfoodwehadevereaten.BTheirtraditionalfoodsarewhatyoucancookoveranopenfire.CChinesefoodinAmericaischangedtosuitAmericantastes.Keys:1.C2.A3.BMatchthecausestotheeffectsbelowfromParagraph2and3.Cause1.TheflavourpreferencesofAmericansoftendifferfromthoseoftheChinese.2.GeneralTso'sChickenisnotauthenticChineserecipe.3.Wehadnoideahowtoorderfood.EffectA.Itcan'ttellmuchaboutChina.B.Thechefjustbeganfillingourtablewiththebestfoodwehadevereaten.C.ChinesefoodinAmericaischangedtosuitAmericantastes.Doyouthink“cultureandcuisinegohandinhand”?

Giveyourreasons.Yes,becausesomuchofacultureisbaseduponfoodandhowitiseatenandserved.No,withtheimpactofglobalization,allkindsoffoodareavailableeverywhere,sofoodnolongerreflectscultures.Inaddition,inthisfast-changingworld,everythingischanging,includingcuisines.Discussions2.Imaginethatitistruethatpeople'spersonalitiesarecloselylinkedtothefoodstheyeat.Whatdoeseatingthefollowingfoodstellyouaboutaperson?spicyfoodvegetarianfoodjunkfoodseafoodsweetschocolatericenoodlesoniongarlicbaconhamsausagecabbagemushroombeancurdPossibly,peoplewholikespicyfoodloveexcitementandnewexperiences.Andpeoplewholikejunkfoodliketoenjoylifewithoutworryingaboutthefuture.Discussions

TheFrenchauthorJeanAnthelmeBrillat-Savarinoncewrote，“Tellmewhatyoueat,andIwilltellyouwhatyouare,”1.

means“Youarewhatyoueat.”Infact,Brillat-Savarinwasactually2.