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Unit 3 Food and Culture
Reading and Thinking
Learning Objectives
Read about the culture and cuisine by reading the article and pictures;
Understand the structure and the writing style of the passage well;
Learn some reading strategies and basic information by scanning and skimming;
Build up cultural confidence and spread Chinese food and culture to the world.
An apple a day keeps the doctors away.
Bread is the staff of life.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
The proof is in the pudding.
Read the following sayings and guess their meaning.
These sayings are related to_______.
food
Food is a very important part of our life.
Lead-in
Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.
------------ Giada De Laurentiis
食物在许多不同的层面上把人们聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料，是真正的爱。
------------吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
The photo is of a 1,000-Person-Long-Table Banquet(千人长桌宴) 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.
Lead-in
How many kinds of Chinese cuisines are there
Lead-in
Why are there so many cuisines in China
Different regions
Different climates
Different cultures
Different Cooking methods…
reasons
effect
Lead-in
Title：
Pictures：
Main idea：It’s about the __________
between ______and_________.
food culture
Culture and Cuisine
connection
Pre-reading
Prediction : What do you think the text is about
1 put more simply
2 a case in point
3 prior to
4 flavour … with
5 recommend sth. to sb.
6 from the youngest to the oldest
Important phrases
更简单地说
在……之前
恰当的例子
给（食物等）调味；加味于
给某人推荐某物
无论老少
7 over an open fire
8 at a minimum
9 have a hot temper
10 go hand in hand
在篝火上
至少
脾气火爆
息息相关
Important phrases
While-reading
You are ___________________.
Experience of China dish in _________.
Experience of _______ food in ________.
Chinese food in_________.
Chinese food in _________.
Experience of food in ___________ and _______ .
Culture and cuisine________________.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Para. 7
what you eat
America
Beijing
Sichuan
Shandong
Xinjiang
Guangdong
Henan
go hand in hand
Read for main idea
Part 1 (para. 1): Introduction of the topic: you are what you eat.
Part 2 (para. 2-6): My different experiences with Chinese food.
Part 3 (para. 7): Conclusion: culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
While-reading
A.
C.
B.
Read for the structure
While-reading
How is the text organized (two clues)
South China,
Central China
Xinjiang
Shandong
Beijing
America
then
then
soon
later
prior to
time clue
place clue
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.
While-reading——para 1
A. The food we eat is related to our health.
B. The food we eat reflects our personality, character and culture.
C. The food we eat can build up our body.
A. To introduce a topic. B. To give evidence. C. To set an example.
1. What does the qoute mean
2. What is the writer’s purpose of using the quote in the first paragraph
Junk food
fatter
healthy food
slimmer
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, 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.
While-reading——para 2
The experience with Chinese food in America
Q1. What is the most popular Chinese food in America
Q2. Does it can reflect the Chinese culture Why
Q3. Why does the author say that
It is General Tso’s chicken .
No. This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe.
It had been changed to suit American tastes.
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, 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.
While-reading——para 2
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
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.
The experience with Chinese food in America
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.
The experience with Sichuan cuisine in Beijing
While-reading——para 3
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Beijing
Sichuan cuisine
dishes with Sichuan peppercorns
People there offered them friendship
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.
The experience with Shandong cuisine in Shandong
While-reading——para 4
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
Family is important to the people there
Boiled dumplings served with vinegar, and pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions
Shandong
cuisine
Shandong
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.
The experience with northwest China cuisine in Xinjiang
While-reading——para 5
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
They cook food ______________
over an open fire.
boiled or roasted meat,
such as lamb kebab
Xinjiang and Inner
Mongolian cuisine
Northwest
China
Why
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.
The experience with south and central China cuisine
While-reading——para 6
Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish People or culture
South China
Central
China
Guangdong cuisine
Henan cuisine
dim sum
stewed noodles
Through food, Chinese people everywhere show friendship and kindness.
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.
Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
While-reading——para 7
1. What can the food local people consume tell us
It can tell us their , their , their__________ .
2. What’s the connection between culture and cuisine
region
life
preference
They go hand in hand .
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.
Post-reading
Sometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect. That is, one thing causes something else to happen. Cause-and-effect relationships can be direct. For example, “It was raining, so I took my umbrella.” However, some cause-and-effect relationships are not direct, and some may also have more than one cause or effect.
Understand
Cause and Effect
Match the causes and effects below.
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.
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.
cause
effect
Connectors: because, since,owning to ,due to, thanks to...
as a result, as a consequence, so, thus, therefore，...
Post-reading
Do you think “culture and cuisine go hand in hand” Give your reasons.
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. In addition, in this fast-changing world, everything is changing, including cuisines.
Critical thinking
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
Post-reading
spicy food vegetarian food junk food seafood sweets chocolate rice noodles onion garlic bacon ham sausage cabbage mushroom bean curd
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.
Thank You !
Reading and Thinking

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