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Unit 1
UNIT 1
Food for thought
A Child of Two Cuisines
To be able to guess the main idea of the passage by reading the title and pictures;
To master some reading skills and use them to understand the article better;
To learn to describe feelings about food;
To learn the differences between English and Chinese cuisines and raise the cross-cultural awareness.
What was the worst meal you have had
fried silkworm chrysalis
steamed sandworm
fried scorpion
hairy tofu
wine soaked shrimp
Tick the food you would like to try and see how adventurous you are.
black pudding: a type of dark sausage mainly made from pig’s blood and fat, famous in the UK and some other parts of Europe
blue cheese: a type of cheese with blue lines in it, popular in Europe and well-known for its strong taste
fried spider: a popular snack in some parts of South-east Asia
haggis: a Scottish dish made from the liver, heart and lungs of a sheep
Watch the video to know more about black pudding.
Watch the video to know more about haggis.
Which one would you like to try Why
black pudding
blue cheese
haggis
fried spider
Look at the pictures and the title. Predict what the passage is about.
Read the passage and talk about your understanding of the title.
My father is British and my mother is Chinese. Thanks to that, I’ve been able to enjoy food from both countries ever since I was a child.
Choose the main idea of the passage.
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.
The first sentence successfully grabs the readers’ attention.
main characters
本文的语篇类型为个人故事，讲述了一个中英跨国家庭的饮食故事。课文以跨国家庭中的孩子的口吻介绍了中英两国的代表性食物，以及一家人在饮食习惯的碰撞与融合中发生的一些有趣的故事。
Paras.2-5 are the plot. They keep the readers’ attention.
Evoke an emotional attitude.
Read the passage again and match the main idea with its corresponding paragraph.
Para. 1 A. I like eating parts of some animals.
Para. 2 B. Dad can cook typical English food.
Para. 3 C. I love both Chinese and British food.
Para. 4 D. Dad can't accept some Chinese dishes.
Para. 5 E. I tried stinky tofu and found it not too bad.
Para. 6 F. I enjoy combining Chinese and British food.
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The author can't use chopsticks. ( )
2. Dad has fallen in love with Sichuan hot pot. ( )
3. Dad is always willing to try eating animal parts. ( )
4. Dad sometimes cooks a “full English breakfast” for the family. ( )
5. It didn't take long for the author to like stinky tofu. ( )
F
T
F
T
F
Choose the best answers.
1. How did Dad feel when seeing parts of an animal served on the table
A. Curious. B. Embarrassed.
C. Shocked. D. Uncaring.
2. Why does the author mention his experience in the butcher's
A. To give an explanation of animal parts.
B. To express his preference for animal parts.
C. To explain why Dad doesn't like eating pigs' ears.
D. To show the difference between Chinese and British jokes.
3. What can we learn from paragraph 4
A. Mum doesn't like roast food.
B. Dad cooks Chinese food well.
C. The family enjoys a typical Sunday roast.
D. The author knows a lot about traditional Chinese medicine.
4. What happened during the author's first trip to China
A. He enjoyed eating stinky tofu.
B. Most Chinese food satisfied him.
C. He found blue cheese tasted terrible.
D. His mother felt disappointed with him.
Choose the correct symbols and complete the table with information from the passage.
Sichuan hot pot Opinion
Supporting details
Mum 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!
Not applicable
(对我不适用，常用于表格中，相当于汉语中的“无”)
Animal parts Opinion
Supporting details
Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.
But I enjoy that sort of food myself.
Full English breakfast Opinion
Supporting details
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!
A full English breakfast is a breakfast meal that typically includes bacon, sausages, eggs, other cooked foods and a beverage such as coffee or tea.
Sunday roast Opinion
Supporting details
We all love roast beef and vegetables …
We all love roast beef and vegetables …
We all love roast beef and vegetables …
Stinky tofu Opinion
Supporting details
But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing …
Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word.
Thanks to my Chinese mother and British father, I was born enjoying the food from both 1. __________ (country).
My mum is a typical Sichuan woman who loves to cook spicy food, and therefore my dad became a huge fan of hot pot. But there is some food he refuses 2. __________ (taste), such as animal organs. Eating those parts of animals is 3. __________ (acceptable) for him.
countries
to taste
unacceptable
Even after years of 4. __________ (marry) to my mum, he never considers eating chicken feet. In contrast, I enjoy those sorts of food.
My dad sometimes cooks us great meals, such as a “full English breakfast” 5. __________ (contain) kinds of food: bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter. Besides, neither my mother 6. __________ I can resist a Sunday roast 7. __________ is done by my dad although it can make us suffer from heat inside our bodies.
marriage
containing
nor
which / that
Other than family meals, I tasted a lot of local food there when I travelled to China. Almost all were satisfying until I 8. __________ (meet) the unforgettable “stinky tofu”. It was similar 9. __________ blue cheese, a food with a strong smell.
People may have preferences over food, but I am not a picky person. I enjoy 10. __________ (I) with cross-cultural food.
met
to
myself
一、中国饮食文化用语
chopsticks, the food from her home town in Sichuan, cook spicy dishes, hot pot, eat almost every part of an animal, pigs' ears, stinky tofu, a cup of Chinese oolong tea, a fine china cup ...
与饮食文化相关的话题词语
本文是以一个生长在中英文化家庭背景中的混血儿为视角来介绍中英饮食文化的差异。这种独特视角的选择不可避免地要用到中英两国日常生活中常见的菜肴名称及饮食习惯用语。分类总结如下：
二、英国饮食文化用语
1. 语块：hold a knife and fork, “full English breakfast” of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter, do a typical Sunday roast, blue cheese, English biscuits ...
2. 句子（谚语）：One man's meat is another man's poison.
三、通用饮食文化用语
dish, butcher, kitchen, enjoy food from both countries, a strong smelling type of food, feel at home with food from both my cultures, a cross-cultural afternoon tea ...
话题词语在语篇中发挥多重功能，其首要功能是从不同角度传递话题信息。从解读角度来看，话题词语在语篇中统领其他词语。若除去话题词语，语篇则会杂乱无章。所以，从学习英语的角度来说，捕捉到了话题词语就等于抓住了语篇的灵魂。
1. What does the author mean by saying “one man’s meat is another man’s poison” Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
It means that something that one person likes may not be liked by someone else.
Similar sayings in Chinese include “萝卜青菜，各有所爱;吾之蜜糖汝之砒霜”, etc.
To me, English afternoon tea has made a great impression. Afternoon tea was introduced in Britain in the early 19th century. It is a light meal to stem the hunger before an evening meal. Typically eaten between 3:30 pm and
5 pm, it’s usually composed of sandwiches
(usually cut delicately into fingers), scones,
sweet pastries, cakes and a pot of tea.
2. What food from other regions in China or other countries has made an impression on you Why
n. 狭长物，长条物
n. 烤饼
n. 油酥点心
cook spicy dishes
take to
suffer from heat inside our bodies
come across
remind of
feel at home
nothing better than
做辛辣菜肴
养成……的习惯；喜欢
上火
遇到
提醒
感到很舒畅
没有什么比……更好
Try to recommend stinky tofu to a foreigner.
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