高一英语 Unit13《Healthy eating》备课资料 旧人教版第一册.docVIP

Reference for Teaching 一、异域风情 1.Change your diet for the better If we could eat anything we want and never get fat,that would be great.The problem is we cant.Uncontrolled eating can lead to weight gain and cause problems.To live a healthier life,we must eat low-fat food and increase the amount of fruit and vegetables in our diets.These diet changes are easy to make and are most rewarding. Dieting doesnt mean we have to stop eating.We just need to change our choices.Substituting chicken breast for fatty meats like beef and pork can do wonders for our health.Chicken is full of protein and has much less fat.Eating lots of fruit and vegetables cleans our bodies of bad chemicals that cause cancer.So,eating a mango a day is good for us.We just cant eat ten a day,or all that sugar will turn into fat in our bodies.These small changes can make a great difference and help us to develop a healthy life style. 2.Food culture Over centuries of independent development,various cultures of the world have created radically different diets.What is standard or taken for granted in one area may be considered unhealthy or even decadent in another.Many times the history and geography of a particular place,as well as the native plant and animal life,are thought to have played a major role in the development of diet. One example of a historical influence is the Japanese diet in which meat is traditionally considered unclean.This is attributed to the influence of Buddhism and proved itself in hundreds of years of dependence on fish and bean curd as sources of protein.Incidentally,it is now known that this type of diet is beneficial to cardiovascular health. As for the geographical influence on diet,the cuisines of southern China that depend on stirfrying are said to have developed because of a lack of fuel.Due to geographical environment,only quickburning fuels such as small tinder were available.This made slower cooking processes such as baking unfeasible. Finally,the most obvious influen