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Unit3
Food and Culture
Reading and Thinking
Learning objectives
1. To figure out the structure of the passage and find out the topic.
2. To express the connection between food and culture.
3. To raise our awareness of Chinese food culture, be proud of it and spread it.
Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s nourishment of the soul and body; it’s truly love.
---Giada De Laurentiis
1,000-Person-Long-Table Banquet
Food nourishes our body
Food provides a chance for people to show and receive love
Food nourishes our soul
食物把不同层次的人聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料，是真正的爱。
------吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯
Food is the paramount necessity of the people.
民以食为天
滋养
Sichuan cuisine （川菜） 麻辣
Hunan cuisine（湘菜）油重色浓、尤重辣
Anhui cuisine（徽菜） 重油、重色，重火功
Jiangsu cuisine（苏菜）注重配色、讲究造型
Shandong cuisine(鲁菜) 以盐提鲜、以汤壮鲜，咸鲜纯正，突出本味
Fujian cuisine（闽菜）擅于红糟调味，二擅于制汤，三擅于使用糖醋
Zhejiang cuisine（浙菜）小巧玲珑、清俊逸秀，鲜美滑嫩、脆软清爽
Cantonese cuisine（粤菜） 清而不淡、鲜而不俗、嫩而不生、油而不腻。火候油温恰到好处，兼容许多西菜做法，讲究菜的档次
八大
菜系
How many kinds of Chinese Cuisines are there？
Do you know the features of these cuisines
Why are there so many different cuisines
Prediction : What do you think the text is about
Title:
Culture and Cuisine
The relationship between food and culture
Activity 1 Scanning: task 1 Read for main idea of each paragraph.
Topic:______________________.
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
You are what you eat
America
Beijing
Sichuan
Shandong
Xinjiang
Guangdong
Henan
go hand in hand
General（总）
Particular（分）
General（总）
Part 1 (para 1): Introduction of the topic: you are what you eat.
Part 2 (paras 2-6): My different experiences with Chinese food.
Part 3 (para7): Conclusion: culture and cuisine go hand in hand.
Activity 1 Scanning: task 2 Read for the structure
Activity 2 Reading for details: para.1 Topic of the pasasge
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 actually referring to our personality, character, and culture.
1.What does the quote mean
Junk food
fatter
healthy food
slimmer
What we eat reflects our personality, character and culture.
2.Why does the author quote Jean’s words at the beginning
To introduce the topic of the passage.
Activity 2 Reading for details
Part 2 (para 2-6): My different experiences with Chinese food.
para Place Chinese cuisine (typical dish) Comments People/culture
para.2 America
para.3 Beijing
para.4 Shandong
para.5 Xinjiang
para.6 Guangdong and Henan
Place America
Chinese cuisine (typical dish)
Comments
People/culture
food that has changed to suit American tastes
General Tso’s chicken (左宗棠甜辣鸡)
Americans love bold, simple flavours; they are not afraid to try new foods.
not authentic
Para.2 Experience of China dish in America
Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point.
What does the idiom “a case in point” most probably mean
A．A good idea. B．A proper example.
C．A right decision. D．A reasonable suggestion.
√
Place Beijing
Chinese cuisine (typical dish)
Comments
People/culture
Sichuan food: peppercorns
authentic, the best, entirely new, wonderful,different
friendship
Para.3 Experience of Sichuanfood in Beijing.
Place Shandong
Chinese cuisine (typical dish)
Comments
People/culture
boiled dumplings served with vinegar
pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green onions
Family is important.
favourite, traditional, the most famous
Para.4 Experience of Chinese food in Shandong.
Place Northwest China
Chinese cuisine (typical dish)
Comments
People/culture
boiled or roasted meat, lamb kebab
These groups traditionally wandered the open range on horses.
Para.5 Experience of Chinese food in Xinjiang.
traditional
Place South China & Central China
Chinese cuisine (typical dish)
Comments
People/culture
Guangdong’s dim sum and Henan’s stewed noodles
wonderful, elegant, exceptional
show friendship and kindness
Para.6 Experience of Chinese food in Guangdong and Henan.
Conclusion: Culture and cuisine________________.
Para.7 Conclusion:
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. One can know a culture only through the cuisine.
D. The people who like spicy food tend to have a hot temper.
If you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.
Suggestion:
culture and cuisine go hand and hand
one，
the other.
culture cuisine
Activity 3 Discussion: Why are there so many cuisines in China
Different regions
Different weather conditions
Different cultures
Different cuisines
causes
effect
Different histories
Different personalities
Different hobbies
Activity 4 Post-reading
因果关系
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 involving some signposts. For example, “lt was raining, so l took my umbrella."
However, some cause-and-effect relationships are not direct, and some may also have more than one cause or effect.
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.
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. (P27,Ex.4)
Linking words: as a result, as a consequence, so, so that, because, since, thus, hence, therefore ...
Because
So
As a result
Cause
Effect
Homework
1. Read the passage again and try to retell it to your partners.
2.Underline the unfamiliar words, expressions and long sentences in the passage.
3.Finish the exercises on Page 54 in Green Channel.
Thank You!
Enjoy your cuisine,
and enjoy your life.

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