高中人教版 (2019)Unit 3 Food and Culture教案

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修二Unit 3 Food and Culture

Reading and Thinking公开课教案

Teaching aims:

By the end of this period, students will be able to:

1.To explore different kinds of food and typical dishes in different places of China and understand the link between food and culture.

2.To learn about the discourse structure of the text and understand cause and effect.

3.To identify the purpose and intended readers according to the content and linguistic features.

4.To express your opinions on the link between food and culture.

Teaching key points:

1.    Lead students to connect the link between food and culture.
2.    Help students to understand cause and effect in the context.

Teaching difficult points:

Lead students to express their opinions on the link between food and culture.

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠLead-in

Play a clip of A bite of China and help students to intuitively feel the Chinese cuisine culture and lead in the text.

Questions:1. How many kinds of Chinese cuisine are there, and how can these cuisines be described?

2.What, if anything, do these cuisines tell you about the people who eat them?

Suggested answers:

1.    There are at least eight different kinds of Chinese cuisines:Shandong(fresh and salty),Sichuan(hot from chilly and Sichuan peppercorns),Jiangsu(soft texture, a little sweet),Cantonese(mild and slightly sweet),Fujian(umami taste, light), Zhejiang(fresh flavour, soft texture), Hunan(dry hot), and Anhui(fresh herbs, oily, colourful).In addition, there are numerous cooking styles that are associated with ethnic minorities.
2.    The cuisines certainly say something about the kinds of ingredients available to the people, and a lot about the kinds of flavours the people prefer.

StepⅡPrediction

Before reading the text, look at the title and pictures and answer the questions.

1.What can you see from the picture in the text?

2.What do you think the word “cuisine” in the title means?

3.What do you think the text is about?

Suggested answers:

1.Food.

2.Food cooked in a certain way.

3.Maybe it is about different kinds of Chinese food and the culture each food represents.

StepⅢ While-reading

Scan for details

Activity 1　Read the quote“You are what you eat.” in Paragraph 1 and answer these questions.

1.What do you think the quote means?

2.What’s the function of the quote?

Suggested answers:

1.The quote means that the kind of food we eat tells us something about our personality,character,and culture.

2.The quote is used here to introduce the topic.

Activity 2　Read Paragraphs 2 to 6 and fill in the table below.（红色为学生作答部分）

Activity 3　Read Paragraph 7 and answer the following questions.

1.What can the kinds of food local people consume tell us?

2.How do you understand “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”?

Suggested answers:

1.The kinds of food local people consume can tell us what they grow in their region,what kinds of lives they lead and what they like and do not like.

2.The food flavours and the food features also well demonstrate the personality,character or culture of the local people.

Activity 4　Match the causes to the effects.

Suggested answers:

(1)—C　(2)—A　(3)—B

StepⅣ Analyse the structure of the passage

StepⅤPragmatic analysis

1.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this text?

2.Who do you think is the intended audience?

Suggested answers:

1.To share with the readers his viewpoint: Culture and cuisine go hand in hand.

2.Everyone who is interested in Chinese cuisines.

StepⅥ Post-reading

Discuss the questions.Work in pairs.

1.What’s the writer’s opinion about culture and cuisine?

2.What is the writer’s reason?

3.Do you agree with the writer? What is your own opinion? With the impact of globalization,do you think food can still reflect different cultures?

Suggested answers:

1.They go hand in hand.

2.In America,Chinese food has been changed to suit American tastes,and it tells us much about the character of Americans.In China,people in different places have different kinds of traditional food,which reflect different traditional cultures.As a result,the writer thinks that culture and cuisine go hand in hand,and if you do not experience one,you can never really know the other.

3.The answers may vary.

StepⅦ Summary

Prior to coming to China,my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America,with Chinese food that 1.　　　　　(change) to suit American tastes. 

Later,I had a chance to experience authentic Chinese food by 2.________　　　　　(come) to China.A Sichuan restaurant had been recommended to my family and me by a friend.3.　　　　　(tire),hungry,and not knowing a word of Chinese,we had no idea how to order,so the chef just began filling our table 4.　　　　　 the best food we had ever eaten.With this,we had the pleasure of experiencing an 5._________　　　　　(entire) new taste:Sichuan peppercorns.The food was wonderful and different,but 6.__　　　_ was even more important was the friendship 7.　　　　　(offer) us.In northern Xinjiang,the traditional foods are what you can cook over 8.________　　　　　 open fire—usually boiled or roasted meat. 

From south to central China,in each place we experienced wonderful local 9.___________(dish),from Guangdong’s elegant dim sum 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 10.　　　　　(kind). 

Suggested answers:

1.had been changed　2.coming　3.Tired　4.with　5.entirely　6.what　7.offered　8.an　9.dishes　10.kindness