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UNIT 3　FOOD AND CULTURE
Section A　Reading and Thinking
2.Why do you think they are gathering together
1.What are the people doing
The guests are sitting at the tables sharing the food.There are other people walking on the street.
They are probably celebrating a festival.
Warm up
The photo is of a 1,000-Person-Long-Table Banquet in the Miao Stockade village(苗寨) of One Thousand Households in Leishan , Guizhou . This feast has a tradition dating back over 1,000 years and is usually held for marriage celebrations and festivals.
筵席，宴会
宴会，盛宴
八大
菜系
1. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there, and how can these cuisines be described
There are at least eight different kinds of Chinese cuisine：Shandong（fresh and salty），Sichuan（hot from chillies and from Sichuan peppercorns），
Jiangsu（soft texture，a little sweet），Cantonese （mild and slightly sweet），Fujian（umami taste，light），Zhejiang（fresh flavours，soft texture），Hunan（dry hot），and Anhui（fresh herbs，oily colourful）. In addition，there are numerous cooking styles that are associated with ethnic minorities.
Discussion
八大
菜系
2. What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them
The cuisines certainly say something
about the kinds of ingredients available
to the people，and a lot about the kinds
of flavours the people prefer.
Discussion
Structure
Put forward an opinion
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Come to a conclusion
Para1 put forward an opinion
“You’re what you eat ” refer to your personality, character and culture.
Para2 Chinese food in America
Para3 Sichuan cuisine
Para4 Shandong cuisine
Para5 Xinjiang & Inner Mogolian cuisine
Para6 Guangdong cuisine & Henan cuisine
Para7 come to a conclusion
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand
The function of each paragraphs
Pragmatic Analysis
What is the writing purpose of this passage
To introduce the culture and cuisine in China
Who is the intended reader
The people who interested in culture and cuisine
What’s the author’s attitude
He thinks culture and cuisine have a very close relationship.
The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Put more simply, this means “You are what you eat.” Most people today relate this saying to healthy eating. However, Brillat-Savarin was referring to our personality, character and culture.
1. Find out the key sentence of paragraph 1.
2. The first paragraph has a quote: “You are what you eat.” In pairs, discuss what you think this saying means.
Main idea: You are what you eat.
Paragraph 1
Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point. Prior to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which consists of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers. This is probably not an 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 foods.
In America, what kind of Chinese food did the author once experience
What is America’s most popular Chinese dish
And what can the dish tell us about Americans
The changed Chinese food
Main idea: the first experience with Chinese cuisine in America
Paragraph 2
Later I had a chance to experience authentic Chinese food by coming to China. When my family and I had just arrived in China, we went looking for a good place to eat in Beijing. A Sichuan restaurant had been recommended to us by a friend, and finally, we found it. Tired, hungry, and not knowing a word of Chinese, we had no idea how to order, so the chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten. With this, we had the pleasure of experiencing an entirely new taste: Sichuan peppercorns. The food was wonderful and different, but what was even more important was the friendship offered us.
In Beijing, where did the author and the family enjoy the Chinese food
And in the restaurant, what impressive taste did the author experience
Main idea: the experience with Sichuan cuisine in Beijing
Paragraph 3
We soon moved to Shandong Province in the eastern part of North China. My favourite dish there was boiled dumplings served with vinegar. I observed that family is important to the people there. It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China, where making dumplings has always been a family affair with everyone---from the youngest to the oldest---joining in to help. Later, I learnt that the most famous food in Shandong is pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions.
What is the favourite traditional dish of the people in North China
What can the dish tell us about the people there
Main idea: the experience with Shandong cuisine in Shandong
Paragraph 4
Then we moved to northern Xinjiang. Some of our friends were Kazak and Inner Mongolian. These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses. As a result, their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire---usually boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab.
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1. What is the favourite traditional dish of the people in North China
2.What can the dish tell us about the people there
Main idea: the experience with northwest China cuisine in Xinjiang
Paragraph 5
Our travels then took us to South China, and then on to central China. In each place we went, we experienced wonderful local dishes, from Guangdong’s elegant dim sum---small servings of food in bamboo steamers---to the exceptional stewed noodles in Henan. Everywhere, the food was as varied as the people. However, one thing is always true: Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.
What kind of Chinese dishes did the author enjoy in South China and Central China
What can we learn about Chinese through food
Main idea: the experience with south and central China cuisine
Paragraph 6
At a minimum, the kinds of food local people consume tell us what they grow in their region, what kinds of lives they lead, and what they like and do not like. Could we also say, for example, that those who like bold flavours are bold themselves Or, that those who like spicy food tend to have a hot temper Maybe. Maybe not. What we can say, however, is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.
What can the food local people consume tell us
To sum up the main idea of paragraph 7.
It can tell us their region, their life, their preference and their personalities.
Main idea: Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Paragraph 7
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Use the information from the text to complete the table below.
Chinese food was changed to suit American tastes
General Tso’s chicken
Americans love bold，
simple flavours，and are not afraid to try new foods.
Sichuan cuisine
dishes with Sichuan
peppercorns
People there offered
them good friendship.
Shandong cuisine
boiled dumplings
served with vinegar；
pancake rolls stuffed
with sliced Chinese
green onions
Family is important to
the people there.
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Northwest China
South China
Central China Use the information from the text to complete the table below.
Xinjiang and Inner
Mongolian cuisine
boiled or roasted
meat，such as lamb
kebab
People there traditionally
wandered the open
range on horses so their
traditional foods are
what you can cook over
an open fire.
dim sum
Guangdong cuisine
Henan cuisine
stewed noodles
Through food，Chinese
people everywhere show
Central China Henan cuisine stewed noodles friendship and kindness.
Thinking
Match the causes to the effects below. Then find more examples from para3-4.
C
A
B
Thinking
Match the causes to the effects below. Then find more examples from para3-4.
cause
effect
cause
effect
so
cause
effect
cause
effect
1　Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand” Give your reasons.
Yes，because so much of a culture is based up.
Critical-thinking
2.Imagine that it is true that people’s personalities are closely linked to the foods they eat. What does eating the following foods tell you about a person
Possibly，people who like spicy food love excitement and new experiences. And people who like junk food like to enjoy life without worrying about the future.
Critical-thinking
spicy food vegetarian food junk food seafood sweets chocolate rice noodles onion garlic bacon ham sausage cabbage mushroom bean curd
Phrases
1 put more simply/ (to) put it simply
简单地说，简而言之
2 relate……to……
把……和……联系在一起
3 refer to指的是
4 a case in point 恰当的例子
5 prior to 在……之前的
6 consist of 由……组成（或构成）
7 recommend sth. to sb.
向某人推荐某物
8 fill……with…… 用……装满……
9 boiled dumplings served with vinegar
水饺配醋
10 pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions 煎饼卷大葱
11 lamp kebab 烤羊肉串
12 elegant dim sum 精致的点心
13 exceptional stewed noodles 特色炖面条
14 at a minimum 至少
15 tend to do sth. 易于做某事；倾向于做某事
16 go hand in hand (两件事)密切相关地；携手共进

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