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Unit 1
Food matters
Comfort Food
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Give a brief introduction to comfort food.
Know about its impact on us.
Describe our own comfort food.
Step 1 Lead in
Step 1 Lead in
Q:Do you think the food in the video is delicious Why
A:Because the dish immediately transport the man to his happy childhood.
like a time machine
Before reading
2
Learn about the genre(体裁)
Predict the main idea
01
1
A food magazine.(exposition 说明文)
What why how .(是什么 为什么 怎么样)
Fast reading
2
Find out the structure
02
1
Find out the topic sentence
Topic sentence
(关注段落首尾句;but等逻辑词):
Para1(S首/S尾):
Para2(S首/S尾):
Para3(S首/S尾):
Rice pudding cheers me up
the unique power to make us feel better.
Our comfort foods are highly individual
Para4(S首/S尾):
Para5(S首/S尾):
Comfort food gives the “taste of home”
Comfort food is food for the soul.
structure
para1: Introduction
paras2-4 :Reasons
para5:Conclusion
Structure (说明文的结构):
1. What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to according to paragraph one
A. A lazy sunny afternoon.
B. Grandma’s flat.
C. A time machine.
D. Marriage of rice and milk.
Step 3 Careful Reading (page 4 A2)
2. Why does the author mention the lazy sunny afternoon in the first paragraph
A. To show the happy childhood.
B. To show Grandma’s good cooking skills.
C. To show Grandma’s love .
D. To show the great power of comfort food.
Step 3 Careful Reading (page 4 A2)
3. What is comfort food in its widest sense
A. Any food that makes us feel pleasant.
B. Any food that makes us feel awful.
C. Any food that makes us feel sad.
D. Any food that makes us feel terrible.
Step 3 Careful Reading (page 4 A2)
4. Why can comfort food such as chicken soup
cheer us up
Because they can be connected our
happy childhood and be tied up with the
of being taken care of.
Step 3 Careful Reading (page 4 A2)
5. For people who move away from their home country, what largely determines their comfort food
they come from.
Step 3 Careful Reading (page 4 A2)
As we all know, the rice pudding reminded the author’s happy childhood, what foods can remind you of your happy memories Describe the memories they call.
Step 5 Discussion
B1 The passage below is about different kind of comfort plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
B Building your language
greedily emotion link cry out for
mood dessert relieve do the trick
When we are in low spirits, we may ______________ things that gives us comfort and a sense of security.
cry out for
greedily emotion link cry out for
mood dessert relieve do the trick
Since it brings back happy memories of the past or offers an opportunity to connect with our home culture, comfort food can often _____________. However, there is another type of comfort food, which generates positive __________ in a different way. Food high in calories may also make us feel better. As __________ like cakes are digested, blood sugar levels can go up quickly. As a result, we will be in a better __________ after eating the comfort food.
do the trick
emotions
desserts
mood
greedily emotion link cry out for
mood dessert relieve do the trick
However, the sharp increase in blood sugar will cause the body to produce a special chemical to remove it. When the chemical lowers blood sugar level, we are likely to feel sad again and will ___________ eat more comfort food. There is then the danger of entering a cycle of highs and lows where more and more comfort food, high in carbohydrates, needs to be eaten. This ___________________ with health problems like being overweight.
greedily
is / has been linked
greedily emotion link cry out for
mood dessert relieve do the trick
Comfort food is an important tool in helping us __________ tension and feel good about ourselves. However, be aware of the hidden dangers of high-calories comfort food!
relieve
I find it hard to _____________ my energy right after lunch.
I waited for half an hour, but he never ____________.
Let’s help ____________ the stage for the show.
Have you _____________ any new hobbies recently
The good days can ____________ the bad ones.
keep up
showed up
set up
taken up
make up for
cheer up make up for give up
take up keep up
set up, show up
B2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of phrasal verbs in the left box. There are two phrasal verbs you do NOT need to use. Then think of more phrasal verbs with “up”.
Preview the language points of this passaage

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