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Unit 11 The All American SlurpTime：2Teaching Objectives: To master reading skills, and to develop students’ competence and improve students’ reading comprehensionReading Skills: Developing good reading habits, PreviewingTeaching Methodology: heuristic and discussional teaching methods。Teaching Materials: Textbook, Powerword 2003Contents:Step1:About the author: Lensey Namioka ,borned in Beijing China , she moved to the United States with her family when she was nine . She started to write book set in ancient Japan . Her other books are in China as well as in contemporary America, where she explores the lives of young immigrants and their families .About the story The narrator is embrrassed by her ignorance of American table manners.Sometimes even the most common customs can seem like enormous learning experiences.The main idea of the article is that a girl and her family had a hard time with America table manners. Obviously,Chinese table manners have difference with American table manners.Language note1.The first time our family was invited out to dinner in America,we disgraced ourselves whileeating celery.(到美国后，我们一家人第一次应邀出席晚宴，就在吃芹菜时出了洋相) Disgraced ourselves means to bring shame on oneself or to lose one’s face.2.In China we never ate celery raw ,or any other kind of vegetable raw .(在中国，我们从不生吃芹菜，也不生吃其他任何蔬菜。) Raw means not cooked.For example,In China we never ate celery raw can also be put in his way ,In China we never ate celery without cooking it.3.We always had to disinfect the vegetables in boiling water first.(我们总是先把蔬菜用开水消毒。) Disinfect means to clense so as to destory or prevent the grownth of disease-carring bacteria4.It’s my own recipe sour cream and onion flakes ,with a dash of Tabasco sauce(这是我自己设计的配方：酸奶油和洋葱片，又加了一点塔巴斯克酱油。)A dash of means a small amount of something added or mixed5.Mother picked up one of the green stalks,and Father folloeed suit.(妈妈拿起一根，爸爸随即效仿) The phrase follow suit means to do the same as someone else does. e.g:Once one bank raised its in