1、Unit 1 Food mattersReadingWhat might give you bad mood?Answer YES or NO.Homesickness?Poor marks?Huge pressure?Failure?Loneliness?Getting hurt?How do you comfort yourself?Answer YES or NO.Reading?Seeing movies?Playing computer games?Doing homework?Talking with friends?Eating?Lets watch a short video.
2、Tell us what they are doing?CookingInstructing how to cookRecalling storiesTasting dishesHow do they feel about the dish(Ravioli Bolognese),and why?They are surprised and happy because of the taste in their memory.Ravioli Bolognese is their comfort food.Food keeps us healthy and energetic.It can als
3、o do more than that.The article below,from a food magazine,discussed the idea of comfort food.Before you read the article,think about the following questions:What do you think the article will talk about according to the title?What?Why?How?Cute images of foodCute and colourful fontPositive stuff Wha
4、t foods can have an impact on your feelings?Read the article and complete the chart below with the main idea of each para.A1Comfort food has the unique power to make us feel better.Our comfort foods are highly individual,depending on our own unique experiences.Comfort food gives the “taste of home”t
5、o people who feel homesick when they move to a new country.Comfort food is food for the soul.Giving a example and specify the subject firstLeading in“comfort food”Conclusion 1.What does the author compare the flavour of the rice pudding to in the first paragraph?logic wordslocatingnounRead the artic
6、le again carefully and answer the following questions.A22.What is comfort food in its broadest sense?Tips-Understanding definitions in a text In some texts definitions are given to key concepts with such expressions as refer to.In some cases,in a broad sense or in a narrow sense is used to make the
7、definition more accurate.Any food that makes us feel better.3.According to the third paragraph,how does comfort food such as chicken soup cheer us up?locatingmethod4.For people who move away from their home country,what largely determines their comfort food?locatingNoun/phraselogic wordWhy important
8、 In pairs,discuss the following questions.A31.How does the author introduce the topic of comfort food?What do you think of the technique?Whenever I feel lonely,I have a secret recipe that never fails.No matter how bad my mood is,.like a time machine immediately transporting me back to my sunny child
9、hood.With pleasure,I remember the lazy Sunday afternoons I used to.I take my time over every spoonful,.Before I know it,Im happy again.a personal experience from her childhood to lift our spirits2.What foods can remind you of your happy memories?Describe the memories they recall.Occasion:grandmas fl
10、at Time:lazy Sunday afternoon Activity:eating bowl after bowl,listening to grandmas story Feeling:enjoyable,happy,warm,wonderful3.In your opinion,is there any difference between ones comfort food and favourite food?Give your reasons.Comfort foodFavourite food Remains the same from past to future Bea
11、utiful memories from childhood Can come and go For appetizing and satisfying hunger How do you understand the last sentence of this article:Its food for the soul.greedily /ridli/adv.贪婪地；贪食地 to swallow greedily 狼吞虎咽e.g.He ate the pastries greedily and with huge enjoyment.他十分快乐而贪婪地吃着那些糕点。emotion /ridl
12、i/n.情感；情绪 emotion quotient(EQ)情商e.g.Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是一种原始情感。link /ridli/vt.连接，连结；联合，结合 n.计 链环，环节；联系，关系 data link 数据链e.g.If youve forgotten your login ID,click this link.如果忘记了自己的注册账号就点击此链接。New roads will link the principal cities of the area.新建道路将连通这个地区的主要城市。cry out for 迫切需要、恳求、急需e.g.S
13、he wanted to cry out for customers along the street in market.她还想吆喝几声。do the trick 达到理想结果e.g.Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.有时只言片语就能达到目的。mood /mud/n.情绪，语气；心境；气氛 mood disorder 情感障碍 in the mood 兴致勃勃e.g.Nancy was in a fractious mood.南希处在一种易怒的情绪中。relieve /ridli/vt.解除，减轻；解围；使放心 relieve st
14、ress 减压e.g.The secretary will relieve us of some of the paperwork.新来的秘书会减轻我们文案工作的一些负担。The passage below is about a different kind of comfort food.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.B1cry out fordo the trickemotionsdessertsmoodverbverbnoun(s)noun(s)n
15、ounadvverbverbgreedilyis/has been linedrelieveLets watch a short video to sum up the contents weve read,and think about whether you have the similar situation in the context.How can we deal with the“sugar addiction”?The article uses several phrasal verbs with“up”.Complete the sentences with the corr
16、ect forms of the phrasal verbs in the left box.There are two phrasal verbs you do NOT need to use.B2Cheer upMake up forGive upTake up Keep upSet upShow up振奋弥补放弃，交出开始从事保持，继续搭建出现，露面cheer upmake up forgive uptake upkeep upset upshow upshowed uptaken upThen think of more phrasal verbs up“up”.And try to
17、make sentences about“food”.B2The article uses different phrases to express“to make sb think of sth”and “to make sb feel better”.Find these expressions in the article.B3to make sb think of sthto make sb feel better transporting me back to calls to mind/recall unlock memories of takes us back to lift
18、my spirits makes up for bad feelings cheers us up reliving feelings of.Why should we vary our expression in a passage?Lear thisIt is important to vary your language in your writing so that readers do not get bored.To achieve this,you can use words and phrases with similar meanings.I like my mothers
19、homemade soup.I like it because it can help me recall my memories in childhood.I like it so much.I adore itI have to say Id never be tired of my mothers soup.Improve the sentences below by varying the language.B3Step 1:find out repeated phrasesStep 2:other expressionsdifferent diverse,unlike,varying,individual,unusual Step 3:rewrite the sentencesMicro writing:describe you comfort foodThank you!
