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Period 1　Welcome to the unit & Reading(1)
课文理解与阐述
1. Have a good understanding of the text “Comfort food” with the reading strategy: drawing a chart about the main idea of each paragraph；
2. Retell the text in your own words；
3. Write something about “Comfort food” with about 150 words, using phrases and sentence patterns that have been learnt.
Ⅰ. Choose the best answers to the following questions according to the text.
(　　) 1. How does the author introduce the topic
A. By giving a definition. B. By clarifying a concept.
C. By making his predictions. D. By telling his experiences.
(　　) 2. What's the power of comfort food according to Paragraph 2
A. Improving our mood. B. Keeping us healthy.
C. Refreshing our memory. D. Making us imaginative.
(　　) 3. How does comfort food cheer us up
A. By shaping our character. B. By relaxing our bodies.
C. By unlocking good memories. D. By providing chicken soup.
(　　) 4. Which of the following is most connected with our cultural roots
A. Costume. B. Local music.
C. Religion. D. Comfort food.
(　　) 5. What is the author's purpose in writing the text
A. To introduce a home made food.
B. To recollect his happy childhood.
C. To advocate having a healthy diet.
D. To reveal some factors behind food.
Ⅱ. Answer the following questions according to the text.
1. What do you suppose the text is about according to the title
2. Why does the author have the feeling of the power of “comfort food” when eating rice pudding
3. How do you understand the sense of belonging when eating comfort food
Activity 2: Read between the lines.
1. Why is the word “comfort” used in the title
2. What is the purpose of using “Whenever I feel lonely” in the beginning
3. What function of comfort food is the most important in your mind Why
Activity 3: Read beyond the lines.
1. Can you think of some other benefits of “comfort food”？
2. If we change the word “individual” in the sentence “Our comfort foods are highly individual”， is the meaning clearly conveyed
Activity 4: Consolidate and feed back.
Ⅰ. 单句语境填词，注意词的词性和词形。
1. Slowly add the chocolate mixture until it becomes light brown and __________(像奶油的).
2. She had home made ice cream for __________(饭后甜点).
3. It's a __________(结合体) of music, dance and writing.
4. Spaniards gobble a dozen grapes before the stroke of midnight, each fruit representing a month that will either be sweet or __________(酸的).
5. The book appeals to readers of all ages and establishes a literary __________(纽带) between parents and children.
6. Dinner parties with friends are also culprits(问题的成因), as being in a good m__________ gives you an appetite.
7. Different brands v__________ in quality.
8. There is convincing evidence of a l__________ between exposure to the sun and skin cancer.
9. Kathy picked up a lot of Spanish by playing with the n__________ boys and girls.
10. It will help relieve the pressure in preventing and controlling the imported pandemic cases and also l__________ the risk of outbreaks.
Ⅱ. 根据课文内容填空。
Whenever I feel lonely, rice pudding cheers 1.__________(I) up.
Rice pudding 2.__________(illustrate) the unique power of “comfort food”， which refers to any food 3.__________ makes us feel better or makes up for bad feelings by 4.__________(help) us recall what we love.
Our comfort foods vary from person to person, depending 5.__________ our own unique experiences shaping our lives.
The feeling of 6.__________(happy) and sense of belonging are important for people who move away from their home country. It is hardest 7.__________(give) up the food that you grow up with. One mouthful of comfort food takes us back to our 8.__________(culture) roots, giving us the “taste of home” and 9.__________(relieve) feelings of homesickness.
Comfort food is not only a bowl of noodles or chicken soup, 10.__________ food for the soul.
Ⅲ. 完成句子。
1. 再加一点糖应该就可以了。
A bit more sugar ___________________________________________________.
2. 是什么让你相信他说的话是真的？
What ____________________________________________ his words were true
3. 战士们下定决心保卫祖国，无论有多难。
The warriors were determined to defend their homeland, ___________________.
4. 坚持并为之努力很重要。
_____________________________________ stick to it and work hard towards it.
5. 每当我犯错误时，老师都耐心地把它们指出来。
__________________________________, the teacher pointed them out patiently.
6. 就像口语一样，肢体语言也随着文化的不同而不同。
Just like spoken language, body language _______________________________.
7. 到目前为止，我们已经为贫穷的孩子们筹集了5万英镑，这是非常出乎意料的。
Until now we have raised 50，000 pounds for the poor children, ______________
_______________________.
8. 你会发现做你感兴趣的事情是很棒的。
You'll ______________________________________ what you are interested in.
Unit 1　Food matters
Period 1　Welcome to the unit & Reading(1)
【活动方案】
Activity 1：
Ⅰ. 1—5 DACDD
Ⅱ. 1. It is about a kind of food which makes people feel comfortable and relaxed.
2. Because rice pudding reminds the author of his sunny childhood and makes him feel happy.
3. For people who move away from their home country, comfort food can take them back to their cultural roots, giving them the “taste of home”．
Activity 2：
1. Because those foods tend to be linked with positive emotions and are good for the soul.
2. To introduce that the author's comfort food can make him forget his loneliness and its unique power.
3. I think the most important function of comfort food is that it can give people the feeling of happiness. Because the emotional bond between comfort food and our happy memories can always make us feel good.
Activity 3：
1. Yes. For example, it can help people relieve stress and have a positive attitude about their future.
2. No. If the word is changed, it can't show the different effects of comfort food on different people.
Activity 4：
Ⅰ. 1. creamy　2. dessert　3. combination
4. sour　5. bond　6. mood　7. vary　8. link
9. native　10. lower
Ⅱ. 1. me　2. illustrates　3. that　4. helping
5. on/upon　6. happiness　7. to give
8. cultural　9. relieving　10. but
Ⅲ. 1. should do the trick　2. made you believe
3. no matter how difficult it was　4. It is important to　5. Whenever I made mistakes
6. varies from culture to culture　7. which is quite unexpected　8. find it great to do

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