UNIT Food for thought

1、课序5 2 学时Unit 2 Food for ThoughtActive reading: Eating hotpot (1)Leading-in; New words and phrases; Reading and understanding教学目的： 1. To learn some new words and phrases; 2. To understand different catering/food cultures; 3. To get to know the general idea of the text;教学重点与难点分析：1. Key words and expre

2、ssions: chilly, typically, energetic, slippery, ingredient, chew, norm, handle 2. Text understanding; reading skills; writing techniques 教学方法： 讲授、课堂提问、播放录音教学内容与教学组织设计:I. Leading-inStep1 Ask Ss what are their favorite foods?Tips: sweet, salty, oily, hard, soft, hot/spicy, hotpot etc. Step2 Hotpot, re

3、fers to several East Asian varieties of stew, consisting of a simmering metal pot of stock at the center of the dining table. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mus

4、hrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. Vegetables, fish and meat should be fresh. The cooked food is usually eaten with a dipping sauce. In many areas, hot pot meals are often eaten in the winter.Step3 One line of the movie “Let the Bullets Fly”“你带着老婆，出了城，吃着火锅还唱着歌，突然就被麻匪劫了”has become a famous

5、line and was adapted into different funny versions on the internet. How would you explain the line to a foreigner? Have you had the experience of eating hotpot with foreigners? If had, how did it go? Do you think it has reflected some food culture and life attitude of Chinese people?II. New words an

6、d phrases1. energetica. having a lot of energy and being very active 精力充沛的；充满活力的Eg. He seems an energetic person. 他似乎是一个精力充沛的人。2. investigatevt. to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it 探究；查明；调查；侦察Eg. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a specia

7、l committee be set up to investigate the incident. (Jan. 1991, CET-4, Vocabulary and Structure)3. expectation n. C, U the belief that something will happen 期待；预期 Eg. Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. (Dec. 2003, CET-4, Reading Comprehension)4. confuse vt. to make someone feel that

8、 they do not understand something 使困惑；把······弄糊涂 Eg. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. (Jan. 2001, CET-4, Vocabulary and Structure)5. exhaustvt. to make someone extremely tired and without energy 使（某人）精疲力竭Eg. The

9、 hard training exhausted me. = I was exhausted by the hard training. 艰苦的训练使我筋疲力尽。6. rawa. not cooked or not thoroughly cooked 生的；未煮过的Eg. This versatile vegetable can be eaten raw or cooked. / I dont eat raw fish. 7. plentifula. present or available in large quantities 充足的；充裕的Eg. This place has plent

10、iful material resource8. unusuala. not normal, common or ordinary 不寻常的；不正常的；不一般的 Eg. They have no one who knows how to treat unusual medical problems or design a new expert system. (Jan. 1993, CET-4, Listening) 9. slipperya. difficult to hold or move on because it is smooth, wet, or covered in somet

11、hing such as ice or oil 湿的；湿滑的Eg. The deck was slippery beneath her feet. 10. identify v. to recognize something and understand exactly what it is 确认；识别Eg. Can you identify the man who robbed you?11. mild a. not having a strong taste （食物）味道不重的，淡味的 Eg. In general, American food is mild tasting. 12. l

12、iquid a. in the form of a liquid instead of a gas or solid 液态的；液化的 Eg. Fats are solid at room temperature, and oil is liquid at room temperature.13. plungev. (sth in/ into) to quickly push something a long way into something else 把（某物）迅速推进 Eg. He plunged his burnt hand into the cold water.14. chew v

13、. to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces so that you can swallow it 嚼碎；咀嚼 Eg.“Chew with your mouth closed.” “Keep your elbows off the table.” (Dec. 2003, CET-4, Reading Comprehension )15. despiteprep. used for saying that something happens even though something else might hav

14、e prevented it尽管；不管Eg. Despite his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes. (Jan. 1991, CET-4,Vocabulary and Structure) Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the three-hour movie could not hold our attention. (Jan. 1996, CET-4, Vocabulary and Structure) 16. handlevt. t

15、o take action to deal with a difficult situation 处理；应付 Eg. He gave a plunge to handle the affairs in a friendly manner. (Jun. 2003, CET-4, Vocabulary and Structure) 17. suck vt. to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in your cheeks and tongue 啜；吸；吮 Eg. Jennie sucked up the last bit of m

16、ilkshake with her straw. 18. appreciatevt. (never progressive) to understand the true nature of a situation, and realize why it is important or serious领会；充分理解 Eg. I don't think you appreciate the difficulties his absence will cause. 19. recallv. to remember something 回忆；回想起 Eg. Did you ever have

17、 someones name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? (Jan. 1995, CET-4, Vocabulary and Structure) . Reading and understandingi. Reading and understanding (skimming)Ask Ss to browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it. Then answer the questions of Activ

18、ity 2 and 3 on page 26.Activity 2: Answer the questions.1. Where is the writers boyfriend from? New York. 2. How long has he been in China? Two hours. 3. Where are her other friends from? China. 4. What dish do they eat? Hotpot. 5. What does it consist of? A stock, slices of meat and vegetables, and

19、 dipping sauces. 6. How long has the writer been living in China? Some months. Activity 3: Choose the best answer to the questions. 1. How does the writer feel to be back in Beijing? (d) (a) Very tired. (b) Uncertain about what to do. (c) Cold and hungry. (d) Rather happy. 2. Why does she go to eat

20、Sichuan food? (a) (a) Because she wants her boyfriend to try it. (b) Because she hasnt tried it before. (c) Because the food is hot and spicy. (d) Because you can talk while you eat it. 3. What does she show her boyfriend? (c) (a) How to read the menu. (b) How to order the food. (c) How to cook the

21、food. (d) How to hold chopsticks. 4. Why does she laugh at her boyfriend? (c) (a) Because he doesnt know how to hold chopsticks. (b) Because he doesnt understand what she and her friends are talking about. (c) Because he doesnt understand how to eat the food. (d) Because he doesnt like the food. 5.

22、What do Westerners feel about real Chinese food, according to the writer? (d) (a) They dont like the taste. (b) Its the same as Chinese food in the West. (c) It takes too long to eat. (d) It feels different from the food they know. 6. What did the writer feel about Chinese food when she first came t

23、o China? (c) (a) She didnt eat it. (b) She liked it immediately. (c) She only ate it to please her hosts. (d) It made her feel homesick作业： 教学小结： 课序6 2 学时Unit 2 Food for ThoughtActive reading: Eating hotpot (2)Language points; Main idea; Exercises教学目的： 1. To review the new words and phrases; 2. To ex

24、plain and learn the language points; 3. To understand the main idea of the text; 4. To finish the exercises. 教学重点与难点分析：1. Text understanding; reading skills; writing techniques 2. Language and culture points教学方法：讲授、课堂提问、播放录音教学内容与教学组织设计I. Review the new words and phrasesT leads Ss to go over the new

25、words and phrases.II. Language points1. and Ive sworn to give him some typical Sichuan food. (Line 2, Para 2) I have promised faithfully to take him to some local Sichuan-style food.2 as well as some slippery bits of meat which are hard to identify and which we wouldnt even think of eating in the US

26、. (Line 4, Para 3)In the United States the average person does not eat animal organs (liver, kidney, brain etc) or even the tongue and tail of an animal. The British and their fellow Europeans will eat these (indeed kidneys are a great treat in the UK), but will refuse parts of the stomach and lung.

27、 Some slippery bits of meat: pieces of some kind of animal organs3. which needs to be treated with respect. (Line 2, Para 4)One has to be careful with it as people may not be able to tolerate the extremely hot flavor in that part of the pot.4. What are you looking for? (Line 1, Para 6)Not being used

28、 to the idea of a hotpot, the writers boyfriend does not realize that sharing is a very much part of the meal. He is worried that if he eats a piece put in by someone else, he will upset them. He is also nervous about what he might find himself eating and prefers to find the “safer” pieces.5. His ch

29、opsticks are held in mid-air as he chews something very slowly. (Line 1, Para 9)This shows he acts in a nervous and doubtful manner as he has not had Chinese food before.6. I can even hear what hes eating, despite the noise. (Line 1, Para 12)She notes the way he nervously chews something that he is

30、not happy to be eating, and she realizes that all the food and experience is completely new to him, maybe even too much for him to accept.7. I should have taken him to a beginners class in Chinese food, (Line 1, Para 14)Its not actually a beginners class, but an eating place more like what he is use

31、d to at home.8. The main problem for Westerners is not taste The difficulty is with the feel of the food. (Line 5, Para 15)The Chinese will eat some foods such as jellyfish (海蜇), abalone (鲍鱼), sharks fin (鱼翅) for their texture rather than their flavour. This is alien to Westerners who do not usually

32、 have anything rubbery.9. Apart from pork ribs and chicken wings, most Westerners only want to eat food which they can handle with a knife and fork. (Line 8, Para 15)It is a rule of Western table manners that what you put into your mouth cannot come out. One has to be very careful as a result to cut

33、 meat off bones as it is rude to take a bone out of ones mouth in front of other diners. Pork ribs and chicken wings are in some ways exceptions, but only when eaten in informal circumstances such as a barbecue (烧烤野餐).10. But while Im now at home in China, (Line 1, Para 17)be/feel at home: feel safe

34、 and comfortable. When someone visits ones home one often tells them to feel at home. Main idea of the passageAn American who has been living in Beijing for some months returns from a visit home and brings her boyfriend for a short visit. She is happy to be back and takes him to a Sichuan hotpot res

35、taurant to meet her friends. She suddenly notices he is not enjoying the food and this leads her to analyze what the problem is. It is not the taste but the unfamiliar and rather chewy textures of the food which make the boyfriend feel uncomfortable. She regrets having taken him to such a “real” Chi

36、nese restaurant so soon. The style of the passage is lively and atmospheric to make readers experience the restaurant for themselves.IV. Exercises Dealing with unfamiliar wordsAnswers of Activity 4:1. the norm 2. despite 3. plentiful 4. investigated 5. adapted 6. Apart from 7. expectations 8. energe

37、tic 9. greedy 10. doubtful Answers of Activity 5:1. chew 2. recall 3. exhausted 4. swallow 5. confused, puzzled 6. swear 7. suck Answers of Activity 6:1. appreciate 2. ingredient 3. handle 4. raw 5. plunge 6. identify 8. mild 7. Dip Language in useAnswers of Activity 1:1. They are going to bus us ho

38、me after the meal. 2. She works in a restaurant and heads a team of seven people.3. As the manager, he shoulders a lot of responsibilities.4. Can you text me when you arrive at the restaurant?5. Ive already mailed you my reply.6. About 100 people crowded into the waiting room.Answers to Activity 2:1

39、. boring 2. bored 3. frightened 4. frightening 5. puzzling 6. puzzled 7. tiring 8. tiredAnswers to Activity 3: 1. My hands turned blue with the cold. 2. She was screaming with anger. 3. His eyes lit up with pleasure. 4. Everything changed with the news that she had passed the test. 5. With the arriv

40、al of our friends we were able to relax.Answers to Activity 4:1. putting 2. walking 3. waiting 4. burning 5. discussing 6. beatingAnswers to Activity 5: 1. I should have tried the soup. 2. I shouldnt have eaten the fish. 3. I shouldnt have drunk a whole bottle of wine. 4. We should have ordered some

41、 vegetables. 5. I should have said goodbye to everyone.Answers to Activity 6: 1. 我们正研究着火锅里面都放了些什么，那沸腾的蒸汽和调料的味道就冲了上来，迎着火锅的热气，我们兴奋得满脸通红，期待着我们最爱的食物。 2. 服务员端来了几盘生食，以及一些很难辨认的小块滑溜的肉。在美国吃这种肉？我们想都不会想。 3. 然后我解释如何将各种配菜放到煮沸的锅里，烫熟，在各种调味酱中蘸一下，然后吃掉。 4. 我怎么会把他带到这儿来呢？这可是他在中国吃的第一顿饭！我真应该带他去上中餐初级班，就像他以前上中文初级班一样。 5. 但是

42、，渐渐地，在中国住了几个月后，我意识到我喜欢的是中餐的这种感觉，这也是我在离开中国时所怀念的。Answers to Activity 7: 1. What puzzles many parents is why their kids are so crazy about foreign fast food. 2. You should have learnt something about Chinese food culture before you came to China. 3. Despite all the attention that has been paid to food

43、safety, it still faces serious problems. 4. Apart from appreciating the beautiful scenery, tasting some local food is also a great pleasure. 5. The appearance of foreign fast food such as KFC and McDonalds has had quite an influence on traditional Chinese food.作业：教学小结：课序7 2 学时Unit 2 Food for Thought

44、Further reading: ChocolateLeading-in; New words and phrases; Language points, Exercises,教学目的： 1. To grasp the general idea of this passage 2. To learn certain related cultural background 3. To learn the language points of this passage 4. To analyze the exercise after section B. 教学重点与难点分析：1. Text und

45、erstanding; reading skills; 2. Language and culture points教学方法：讲授、课堂提问、播放录音教学内容与教学组织设计:I. Leading-inStep1 Ss are required to watch the video and discuss the questions 1. Do you know how to make chocolate in real world? Can the process be as fancy as that in the movie?2. Do you love chocolate as much

46、 as the fat boy does? Are you the so-called chocoholics（嗜巧克力如命的人）?3. What do you feel when you eat chocolate? Relaxed? Delightful? A feel of love? Step2 Ask Ss to look at the title of the passage. Check () the topics you expect to read about. 1 where chocolate comes from 2 how chocolate is made 3 di

47、fferent ways of consuming chocolate 4 why people like chocolate 5 why chocolate is good for you 6 why chocolate is not good for youAnswer: The passage is positive and covers all the points apart from 6. . New words and phrases1. Crushvt. to press something so hard that it breaks into pieces 压碎 Eg. I

48、 crushed some ice and added it to her drink. 2. pasten. U a food made by crushing meat, fish, or vegetables （肉、鱼、蔬菜等碾碎做成的）酱，糊，膏Eg. She spread some tomato paste on the fried fish. 3. stimulate vt. to encourage something to happen, develop , or improve 刺激；鼓励Eg. There is evidence that language-acquirin

49、g ability must be stimulated. (Jan, 1999, CET4, Vocabulary and structure)4. nourishvt. to give a person, animal, or plant the food and care they need to live, grow, and be healthy 养育；滋养Eg. The roses bloom into November, nourished by lots of rain. 5. religiousa. (usu before noun）relating to religion

50、or the beliefs and practices of a particular religion 宗教的Eg. A culture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have influential laws that represent the wishes of its people than is a culture where citizens come from different backgrounds. (Jun. 2003,CET4, V

51、ocabulary and structure)6. colonyn. U a country that is being controlled by another country 殖民地Eg. Culturally speaking, America might be called a European colony. 7. snapv. to suddenly break something with a short, loud noise, or to be broken in this way （使）咔嚓一声断裂8. meltv. to change or be changed fr

52、om a solid substance into a liquid （使）融化；（使）溶化Eg. These chocolates really melt in your mouth.9. manufacturer n. C a person or company that manufactures a product 制造商；厂商Eg. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. (Jun. 2001, CET4, Reading Compr

53、ehension)10. concentratevt. to make a substance or liquid stronger by removing some of the water from it 浓缩；脱水Eg. It is a process of concentrating coffee. 11. condensev. if gas or steam condenses, or if something condenses it, it changes into a liquid （使）凝结；（使）冷凝Eg. Steam condenses into water when c

54、ooling down.12. amazevt. to surprise someone very much, especially by being very impressive （使）惊异；（使）大吃一惊 Eg. Almost everybody was amazed to learn where the bomb had been made and tested; the deserts of the Southwest had hidden the secret well. (Jun. 1990, CET-4, Reading Comprehension)13. popularity

55、 n. a situation in which someone or something is popular with many people 流行；普及Eg. At one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity, and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). (Jun. 2001, CET-4, Reading Comprehension)14. propertyn. C (usu pl) a quality or feature of something 特性；特质Eg. He is studying the medicinal properties of wild plants. 15. admitv. to agree that something is true, especially when you are unhappy, sorry, or surprised about it （尤指在感到不高兴、悔恨或惊讶时）承认 Eg. We have to admit that there is still room for improvemen