新人教版高中英语选修2Unit 3 Food and Culture-Reading and thinking教学设计

Unit 3 Food and Culture-Reading and thinking教学设计

The discourse exploresthe link between food and culture from a foreign’s perspective and it records some authentic Chinese food andillustrates the cultural meaning, gerography features and historic traditionthat the food reflects. It is aimed to lead students to understand and thinkabout the connection between food and culture. While teaching, the teachershould instruct students to find out the writing order and the writer’sexperieces and feelings towards Chinese food and culture.

1.Guide the students toread the text, sort out the information and dig out the topic.

2.Understand the culturalconnotation, regional characteristics and historical tradition of Chinesecuisine

3.Understand and explorethe relationship between food and peoples personality

4.Guide the students touse the cohesive words in the text

5.Lead students to accuratelygrasp the real meaning of the information and improve the overall understandingability by understanding the implied meaning behind the text.

1. Enable the Ss to understand the structure andthe writing style of the passage well.

2. Lead the Ss tounderstand and think further about the connection between food and geographyand local character traits.

Step1: Predictionbefore reading.

Before you read, look at the title, and the picture. What doyou 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 answers to the followingquestions.

1.What does the dishGeneral Tso’s chicken tell about Americans?

It tells people thatAmericans love bold, simple flavors and are not afraid to try new foods.

2.What impressed thewriter most while in Beijing?

The friendship offered bypeople

3.What did the writerfind is important to people in China while he was in Shandong?

family

4.Why did people inXinjiang enjoy cooking over an open fire?

They traditionallywandered the open range on horses

5.What does elegant dimsum mean?

Small servings of food inbamboo steamers

6.What does the foodlocal people consume tell the writer?

It tells us what peoplegrow in their region and what kinds of lives they lead, what they like ordislike.

Step 3: Use the information from the text to take notes.

Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish

America

Beijing

Shandong

Northwest China

South China

Central China

Step 4: Read the text again and Match the causes to theeffects.

Cause

1.The flavor preferencesof Americans often differ from those of the Chinese

2.We had no idea how toorder food.

3.These groupstraditionally wandered the open range on horses.

Effect

A:The chef just beganfilling our table with the best food we had ever eaten.

B:Their traditional foodsare what you can cook over an open fire.

C: Chinese food inAmerica is changed to suit American tastes.

keys：1. C2. A 3.B