新人教版高中英语选修2Unit 3 Using langauge-Listening教学设计

Unit 3 Using langauge-Listening教学设计

Thetheme of the listening section is "how to order food with a foreign friend",which focuses on a trypical Chinese dish category—Xiang cuisine, including thefeatures of the characteristic dishes.After listening, students are supposed toconduct a similar talk on the relevant topic.

1. To develop students ability to predict listening content with picturesand texts.

2. Instruct students to refer to the examples and functional items providedin the listening texts and textbooks based on their own knowledge accumulationand life experience.

3. Instruct Ss to successfully carry out role-based situational dialogues andintroduce Chinese food culture to foreign friends.

1. Instruct studentsto grasp the key information and important details of the dialogue.

2. Instruct studentsto conduct a similar talk on the relevant topic.

Step 1:Leadin

Match the dishes below to their English names. Then ingroups, discuss what you know about these dishes, including what they containand how they are made.

keys:

1. steamed fish head covered with chillies: fresh ; hot;spicy

2: Hand-torn cabbage: yummy

3：dry pot duck with golden buns:tasty; elegant

4: B: bridge tofu: exceptioal delicious

Step2: Beforelistening

In groups, discuss the menu below.

1.What kind of restaurant is it and what kinds of food areserved?

It is a Hunan restaurant, and it serves somewhat spicy food.

2.Which dishes would you recommend to a foreigner? Why?

The dry pot duck with golden buns and the bridge tofu.Because they are healthy.

Step3: Whilelistening:Tingting, Anna, and Lisa are at the HunanRestaurant. Listen to their conversation and tick the dishes that they order inthe menu above.

Red braised pork 红烧肉 42元

Dry pot chicken 干锅鸡 32元

Pearl meatballs 珍珠丸子 26元

Hand-torn cabbage 手撕包菜 18元

Bridge tofu 过桥豆腐18元

Mushroom soup 菌菇汤 22元

Dry pot duck with golden buns 干锅炒鸭金黄杂粮包 38元

Vegetable soup 蔬菜汤 18元

Steamed fish headcovered with chillies 剁椒鱼头48元

Steamed preserved meat 腊味合蒸 38元

Step 4: Listenagain and answer the questions.

1．How is Hunan cuisine somewhat different fromSichuan cuisine?

2．What are the reasons why Hunan people like spicyfood?

3．why do so many people love steamed fish headcovered with chilies?

4．why does Tingting recommend bridge tofu insteadof dry pot duck with golden buns?

5 .why is red braised pork the most famous dish?

keys:

1． How is Hunan cuisine somewhat differentfrom Sichuan cuisine?

The heat in Sichuan cuisine comes from chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.Human cuisine is often hotter and the heat comes from just chilies.

2.What are the reasons why Hunan people like spicy food?

Because they are a bold people. But many Chinese people think that hot foodhelps them overcome the effects of rainy or wet weather.

3.Why do so many people love steamed fish head covered with chilies?

People love it because the meat is quite tender and there are very fewsmall bones.

4.Why does Tingting recommend bridge tofu instead of dry pot duck withgolden buns?

Because bridge tofu has a lighter taste.

5 .Why is red braised pork the most famous dish?

Because Chairman Mao was from Hunan, and this was his favorite food.

Step 5:Instruct students to make a short presentation to the class about your choice.Use the example and useful phrases below to help them.

• In groups of three, discuss what types of restaurant you would like totake a foreign visitor to, and why. Then take turns role-playing taking yourforeign guest to the restaurant you have chosen. One of you should act as theforeign guest, one as the Chinese host, and one as the waiter or waitress. Youmay start like this:

• EXAMPLE

• A: I really love spicy food, so what dish would you recommend?

• B: I suggest Mapo tofu.

• A: Really ? whats that?

• …

• B: waiter!

• C: May I take your order?

keys:

• A: Why?

• B: Well, the food is so spicy that well need something to cool us down.

• A: That sounds good.

• B: Waiter!

• C: May I take your order?

• B:Wed like hot pot for two with a good selection of meat and vegetables.

• C: So thats hot pot for two.