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Unit 1 Food for thought
Understanding ideas
Teaching objectives
Learning objectives：
1、Students can grasp the new words and expressions such as marriage、dare、typical、horrible and so on.
2、Students can grasp the general idea for the whole passage and express opinions about food.
Ability objectives：
Students will be able to use different basic reading strategies like prediction/skimming/scanning correctly in their reading process.
Emotional objectives：
Students can develop a habit of appreciating different food cultures and can cooperate with classmates actively
Key points and difficult points
Key points：
1、Help students know the meaning and usage of the new words and expressions such as such asmarriage、dare、typical、horrible and so on.
2、Let students understand the general idea for the whole passage through reading and express opinions about food.
Difficult points：
How to use different basic reading strategies like prediction/skimming/scanning correctly in their reading process.
How do you feel about these food
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
Haggis
A popular Scottish dish made from the liver, heart and lungs of a sheep
Fried Spider
a popular snack in some parts of South-east Asia
Blue Cheese
a type of cheese with blue lines in it, popular in Europe and well-known for its strong taste
“奶酪界的臭豆腐”
Would you like to try any of the food mentioned above Why or why not
“Dark cuisines”
Popular & Famous
Pre-reading
Hi, friends. It’s me, Mike. These days I came to No. 1 Middle School as an exchange student. At first, everyone is kind and friendly. It seems that things are going well. But when I went to the canteen called No. 1 Middle School Restaurant, I found I got into a big TROUBLE!
I even didn’t know these food before! How can I deal with this problem Refuse or try
Some background information.
Pre-reading
A Child of Two Cuisines
Who is the child
Why is he called “a child of two cuisines”
How do we understand the title
Careful reading
Read Para. 1 carefully and find some details.
Why am “I” a child of “two cuisines”
Who am I？
A boy grows up in ________, with a _____________ and a ______________.
I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a ____________ — and __________!
England
British father
Chinese mother
knife and fork
chopsticks
Skimming
Skim the text and 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.
Skimming
Skim the text and 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.
Careful reading
Family Members
A Chinese from Sichuan
A British
A cross-cultural boy
Careful reading
Read para. 2-3 carefully and find some details about their opinions on Chinese food.
Hot Pot
Animal Parts
Careful reading
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.
Careful reading
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.
Careful reading
Read para. 4 carefully and find some details about their opinions on British food.
Full English Breakfast
Sunday Roast
Careful reading
Opinion
Supporting details
Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen.
Careful reading
Opinion
Supporting details
We all love roast beef and vegetables.
Do they often eat Sunday roast
But Mum says we’d better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, according to traditional Chinese medicine.
Careful reading
Read para. 5 carefully and find some details about the son’s change in eating stinky tofu.
a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe.
When I came across stinky tofu
When I gathered courage to take a bite
Finally, I thought ...
I was amazed to find it wasn’t so bad.
Maybe I’ll fall in love with stinky tofu someday.
Careful reading
Read para. 6 carefully and find one sentence showing the son’s opinion on cross-cultural eating habits.
There’s nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup.
What does the author mean by saying
“one man’s meat is another man’s poison”
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。”
Post-reading
Retell the text according to the diagram.
Sichuan hot pot
Animal parts
Full English breakfast
Sunday roast
Stinky tofu
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
dislike
enjoy
all love
horrible
come
to love
sweet memory
love
Conclusion
We should have this open mind towards different cultures. In this way, we will have the chance to create new ideas. And also, we will have the ability to accommodate ourselves to cross-culture.
Post-reading
Assignment
Faced with different food you never met before, what should you do Write and share your opinion with the help of mind-map.
insist that “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”
or
accept food from different cultures
admit
understand
respect
try
accept / enjoy
tolerate
1. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet.
take to doing sth: to start doing something regularly or as a habit.
养成（做……）的习惯；开始定时（做……）
e.g. Tom has taken to going jogging every morning.
汤姆养成了每天早上慢跑的习惯。
词组拓展
take to sb / sth: to start to like sb. or sth.（尤指短时间内）喜欢上，喜爱
e.g. Did the children take to him 孩子们喜欢他吗？
Notes
Notes
2. He must have thought I was joking.
must have done表示对过去已经发生过的动作或状态表示肯定的推测，语气较强。
e.g. It must have rained last night, for the ground is wet.
昨天一定下雨了，因为地面是湿的。
语法拓展
could have done表示过去本来能够做某事而实际上没有做。
e.g. He could have passed the exam, but he was too careless.
他本来可以通过考试的，但他太粗心了。（没有通过考试）
Notes
3. It reminded me of blue cheese, a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate.
remind sb of 使（某人）想起（相似的人或物）
e.g. That story you have just told reminds me of an experience I once had.
你刚才讲的故事使我想起我的一次经历。
词组拓展
remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that / how从句
e.g. Please remind me to post the letter this afternoon.
请提醒我今天下午寄信。
Goodbye!

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