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Unit 3 Food and Culture

Reading and thinking
Culture and Cuisine
In this class, you will be able to:
1.Sort out the information about the author’s experiences with different Chinese cuisines;
2.Develop the skills to figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic;
3.Have a deeper insight into the link between food and culture.
Learning Objectives
Where do you think this photo was taken?
What is happening in this photo?
In the Miao Stockade Village of One Thousand Households in Leishan, Guizhou(贵州雷山千户苗寨).
People are having a 1,000-Person-Long-Table Banquet, which is popular in ethnic minority areas in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, etc.
Oening Page
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
-- Giada De Laurentiis 吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
食物把不同层次的人聚集在一起。它是灵魂和身体的养料;这是真正的爱。
Oening Page
An Introduction to China’s Eight Cuisines
Lead-in
Why are there so many cuisines in China?
Different regions
Different weather conditions
Different cultures
cause
effect
Chinese various cuisines reflect diverse Chinese culture!
Lead-in
Let’s start our food journey with the writer.
Pre-reading
Title：
Pictures：
Main idea：It’s about the __________
between ______and_________.
food culture
Culture and Cuisine
relationship
Guessing:
What is the relationship between culture and cuisine?
Pre-reading
Topic: You are _____________.
(Para.____)
Chinese food in
______________
(Para.____)
Chinese food in
______________
(Para.____)
Chinese food in
______________
(Para.____)
Chinese food in
______________
(Para.____)
Chinese food in
______________
(Para.____)
Conclusion: Culture and cuisine ______________.
(Para.____)
what you eat
1
America
Beijing
Xinjiang
Guangdong
Henan
2
3
4
5
6
go hand in hand
7
Shandong
General
Particular
General
Fast-reading
2.How is the text organized?(two clues)
then
then
soon
later
prior to
South China,
Central China
Northern
Xinjiang
Shandong
Beijing
America
time clue
place clue
Fast-reading
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.
Q1.What’s the purpose of the author using the quote in Para1?

To introduce the topic.
Para 1
Main idea: You are what you eat.
Q2. How does the writer understand the saying “You are what you eat.”?
The food we eat actually reflects our .
personality, character and culture
Detailed-reading
Read Para. 2-6 to fill in the chart below.
{49141DF4-DB2F-4985-B373-B581650ED772}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People / culture
America
Beijing
Shandong
Northwest China
South China/
Central China
Detailed-reading
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
Read Para. 2 and fill in the blanks.
America
Chinese food changed to suit American tastes
General Tso's chicken
Americans love bold, simple flavours and are not afraid to try new food.
Detailed-reading
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
Read paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
dishes with
Sichuan peppercorns
People there offered them
good friendship
Detailed-reading
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
Shandong
Shandong
cuisine
Boiled dumplings served with vinegar, and pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions
Family is important to the people there.
Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.
Detailed-reading
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
Northwest China
Xinjiang and Inner
Mongolian cuisine
boiled or roasted meat, such as lamb kebab
These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses so their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
Read paragraph 5 and fill in the blanks.
Detailed-reading
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Place
Kind of Chinese food
Typical dish
People or culture
South China
Guangdong cuisine
dim sum
Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.
Central China
Henan cuisine
stewed noodles
Read paragraph 6 and fill in the blanks.
Detailed-reading
Q: What can be inferred from the last Paragraph?
A. We can know people’s culture from their food.
B. The people who like bold flavors must be bold.
C. The people who don’t like spicy food cannot have a hot temper.
D. One can know a culture only through the cuisine.
culture
cuisine
Para.7
Detailed-reading
Do you agree that “culture and cuisine go hand in hand” ? Give your reasons and have a discussion.
Yes, because so much of a culture is based upon food and how it is eaten and served.
No, with the impact of globalization, all kinds of food are available everywhere, so food no longer reflects cultures.
Post-reading
culture
cuisine
文化自信
the China's eight cuisines
keep cultural self-confidence!
Post-reading
Cause
1. The flavour preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese.
2. We had no idea how to
order food.
3. These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
Effect
A. The chef just began filling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.
B. Their traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire.
C. Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.
Match the causes and effects below.
Linking words: as a result, as a consequence, so, so that, because, since, thus, hence, therefore ...
Because
So
As a result
Post-reading
Enjoy cuisine,
Spread culture!
Thank you

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