book3 unit3 综合英语 chinese food.pptVIP

Unit ThreeText One Chinese Food I. Object of Teaching 1. Students are supposed to know that Chinese food is a culture which combines philosophy, art. Chinese food reflects old Chinese culture. The Chinese intentions are both honorable and whole-hearted: to eat with a capital E. Therefore students are required to probe into Chinese cuisine. 2. Students are supposed to grasp the usage of the following key words: Gourmet, Glutton, Ecstasy, Smother, Lavish, bedeck, Contrive, Palate, Buffet, Piquant, Enterprise II. Warm-up Exercises 1. Are you interested in Chinese food? Why? 2. Do you think Chinese cuisine is a kind of culture? If so, please state your reasons. 3. What cultural elements can you feel from Chinese cuisine? 4. How well do you know Chinese cuisine? 5. Are you a gourmet? If so, please recommend some delicious food you have had. And do you think it necessary to spend much time eating? IV. Interpretation of the text This text can be divided into three parts: the first goes on to discuss the contrast between Chinese attitude and the western attitude toward food. The second explains how Chinese food has become an international food. The third part discusses the nature of Chinese food. Part one (1-4): With a quotation to begin his essay, the writer goes on to discuss the contrast between Chinese attitude and the western attitude toward food. 1. How important is food and eating, according to Kenneth Lo? Food and eating determine not only one’ physical health but also one’s spiritual and moral soundness and his ultimate well-being. 2.”one can listen to music…..in them matter of food and eating, however, one can hardly remain completely indifferent to what one is doing for long.” In the light of an individual, how, according to Kenneth Lo is food different from music, a lecture or conversation, or matters of business? As music, a lecture or conversation, or matters of business will never be integrated into one’s body or spiritual and moral fibre, one may