英语人教版高中选择性必修二（2019新编）Unit 3Food and culture Period 1 Reading and thinking 教学设计.doc

1、Unit 3 Food and Culture Period1 Reading and thinking 教学设计The discourse explores the link between food and culture from a foreigns perspective and it records some authentic Chinese food and illustrates the cultural meaning, gerography features and historic tradition that the food reflects. It is aime

2、d to lead students to understand and think about the connection between food and culture. While teaching, the teacher should instruct students to find out the writing order and the writers experieces and feelings towards Chinese food and culture.1.Guide the students to read the text, sort out the in

3、formation and dig out the topic.2.Understand the cultural connotation, regional characteristics and historical tradition of Chinese cuisine3.Understand and explore the relationship between food and peoples personality4.Guide the students to use the cohesive words in the text5.Lead students to accura

4、tely grasp the real meaning of the information and improve the overall understanding ability by understanding the implied meaning behind the text.1. Enable the Ss to understand the structure and the writing style of the passage well.2. Lead the Ss to understand and think further about the connection

5、 between food and geography and local character traits.Step1: Prediction before reading. Before you read, look at the title, and the picture. What do you think this article is about?keys:It is about various culture and cuisine about a place or some countries.Step2: Read the text and find out the ans

6、wers to the following questions.1.What does the dish General Tsos chicken tell about Americans?It tells people that Americans love bold, simple flavors and are not afraid to try new foods.2.What impressed the writer most while in Beijing?The friendship offered by people3.What did the writer find is

7、important to people in China while he was in Shandong?family4.Why did people in Xinjiang enjoy cooking over an open fire?They traditionally wandered the open range on horses5.What does elegant dim sum mean?Small servings of food in bamboo steamers6.What does the food local people consume tell the wr

8、iter?It tells us what people grow in their region and what kinds of lives they lead, what they like or dislike.Step 3: Use the information from the text to take notes.Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish AmericaBeijingShandongNorthwest ChinaSouth ChinaCentral ChinaStep 4: Read the text again and

9、Match the causes to the effects.Cause1.The flavor 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:T

10、heir traditional foods are what you can cook over an open fire. C: Chinese food in America is changed to suit American tastes.keys：1. C 2. A 3.B Learning tipUnderstand cause and effectSometimes two ideas are related to each other by cause and effect. That is, one thing causes something else to happe

11、n. 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.Step 5: Understanding its main idea and structuresRead and find out the main idea o

12、f each paragraph.keys:Para1: you are what you eat.Para2: Chinese food in America has changed to suit American flavor.Para3: my experience of authentic Chinese food in Beijing.Para4: what I learn about in Chinese food culture in Shandong Province.Para5: cuisine in XinjiangPara6: cuisine in South Chin

13、aPara7: what can various kinds of food tell us.Step 6: Deeper thinkingDo you think “Culture and cuisine go hand in hand? Give your reasons.Personally, culture and cuisine go hand in hand. Reasons are as follows:Cuisine in certain place can tell us what the local people like to eat, grow or dislike.The food flavors they eat the food features they cook also well demonstrate the personality, characters or culture of the local people.