新编实用英语综合教程2 -Unit 5 Food culture教案

Unit 5 Food Culture Unit Goals
What you should learn to do
1.Choose a table
2.Order from a menu
3.Take an order
4.Enquire about and recommend foods and drinks
5.Pay the bill
What you should know about
1.Western and Chinese food
2.The way to make a toast speech at a wedding
3.Adverbial clauses
Section I Talking Face to Face
1.Imitating Mini-Talks
2.Acting out the Tasks
3.Studying Email Information on the Internet
4.Following Sample Dialogues
5.Putting Language to Use
Section II Being All Ears
1.Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication
2.Handling a Dialogue
3.Understanding a Short Speech / Talk
Section III Trying your Hand
1.Practicing Applied Writing
2.Writing Sentences and Reviewing Grammar
Section IV Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage 1 :
Information Related to the Reading Passage
Likes or dislikes with regard to food vary greatly from culture to culture. What is disgusting to one person can be a delicacy to another. Sometimes we need to change our eating habits. If we move or travel to a new place with a different culture, our favorite meat, fruit and vegetables may not be available to us. As a result, we have to eat what is different from the food we are used to. Slowly, this strange food may become familiar to us. Our tastes may change, too, and we begin to enjoy eating the food that used to seem unusual to us.
Text Blogs on Food
Blog One
2014/5/14
Best Places to Eat in Beijing and Shanghai
This will be our first time in Beijing and Shanghai. One of the best things about traveling is all the different foods you get to try. There is Chinese food in the US, but it’s not nearly as good as the food in China! Plus there are lots of things you can’t get in the US.
Now we are wondering about what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat?
If you can leave a message below that would be great. Amy
2014/5/15
You’ve got to have Beijing Duck at Quan Ju De ( 全聚德). You’re not a vegetarian right? LOL. Have a nice time in Beijing.
2014/5/18
Must go places for eating: I guess the only thing I would recommend is the Xiaolong Bao in Yu Garden ... uh ... it’s a little bit cliché... but it is still the signature dish of Shanghai ... apart from that, you can find every kind of dishes of regional flavor there ... god bless.
Ming Tao
2014/5/20
Its a pity u stay in Hangzhou only a few hours, flying guys! Xuehe
20014/5/28
Hi! It was really nice meeting you today at the bar! Hope you enjoyed your stay here in Shanghai so far ... and you can try Shanghainese cuisine some time ... or maybe some snacks at the City God’s Temple (Chenghuang Miao in Chinese). They’re really one of a kind.
Blog Two
by Chang Weng, from Malaysia
Funny, Isn’t It?
Tuesday morning, I over-slept, while all the bosses were coming.
Fortunately I was not coming late, just having no time to da bao my lunch.
Me: Qiu Jun, I did not “da bao”today. If you go out for lunch,
remember to bring me together.
Qiu Jun: Ok, A Weng. I’ll go out for lunch later on.
(Few minutes just before the lunch hour.)
Qiu Jun: A Weng, let’s go for lunch now.
Uncle Zhou: Today we bring A Weng to the sea.
Me: Sea? (Sure? Qiu Jun and me don’t know how to swim!)
Qiu Jun: Good idea.
Me: Oh ... (These 2 bosses must have something secret in their plan.)
Few minutes after sitting inside Qiu Jun’s car, huh, we are really reaching the sea.
Oh, actually they target on the Sunrise Seafood Restaurant, which is just located besides our company, but we need to turn a big round only to reach there.
Hmm, this restaurant is quite good, “floating”on top of the sea. An unlimited sea-view.
Uncle Zhou treats us to lunch there. Wow, we finish almost all the ordered food. I feel surprised that I do not recommend food over here. Hehe, I cannot tell my mother, or else she will call me immediately with blar blar blar.
Mum, don’t worry, I did not eat any meat, see, my plate is empty. Language Points
1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1. (Blog 1 –Amy) Now we are wondering about what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat?
Analysis: This is a complex sentence. In this sentence what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat is an object clause of the preposition about, and who are ctually live in Shanghai and Beijing is used as an attributive clause modifying people.
Translation: 现在我们想知道，真正住在上海和北京的居民认为什么地方的东西最好吃。

Example: He was deeply displeased by what had occurred that day.
Your success will largely depend upon what you do and how you do it.
2. (Blog 1 –Dahai) It was really nice meeting you today at the bar!
Analysis: In this sentence, the pronoun is used to stand for the real sentence subject meeting you today at the bar. Meeting can also take the infinitive form to meet , but there is a little difference between the two forms. Using V-ing form as subject usually means the action that has been done, while to-do form means that the action is gong to be done.
Translation: 今天在酒吧里遇见你们真是太好了！
Example: It was nice meeting so many old friends at the party.
It is great to go to attend the international conference in Japan.
3. (2 –Para. 1) Fortunately, I was not coming late, just having no time to dabao my
lunch.
Analysis: In this sentence, just having no time to da bao my lunch is a participial phrase used as an adverbial of result. Da bao is but the transliteration of Chinese word “打包”, meaning put (the food) into a box.
Translation: 幸运的是，我并没有迟到，只是没来得及带打包的午餐。

Example: They hurried to the airport, just finding the plane had taken off.
Fortunately the company escaped going bankrupt (破产), just falling into an embarrassing situation.
4. (Blog 2- Para. 8) I cannot tell my mother, or else she will call me immediately with blar blar blar.
Analysis: Or else here is used to mean otherwise. Blar is not a usual English word, and blar blar blar are often said in combination to indicate that someone is complaining or saying something useless. The author uses blar blar blar here to show that his mother may often call to say something trivial which makes him bored. Example: You must pay $100, or else go to prison.
The book must be here, or else you have lost it.
2 Important Words
1. wonder
v. to express a wish to know; want to know 想知道
e.g.
I am wondering what had really happened to him.
She is just wondering how to do it.
What are they going to do now, I wonder?
2. message
n. a spoken or written piece of information from one person to another 口信，音讯
e.g.
There is an important message for you from your professor.
Let’s leave her a message to meet us at the station.
Did you get the message that your boss has cancelled the meeting?
3. recommend
v. to praise as being good for a purpose; to provide information about 推荐，介绍
e.g.
She recommended a good dictionary to the class.
I was recommended as a suitable candidate for the job.
I recommend that everyone read this article.
4. signature
n. a person’s name written by himself 签名
e.g.
They returned her cheque because she hadn’t put her signature on it.
His signature was signed at the bottom of the letter.
5. regional
a. of or in a particular region 区域的，地区的
e.g.
If you want to stay here for more than one month, you have to go to the regional authorities for registration.
In this country the regional differences in temperature are great in winter.
6. enjoy
v. to get pleasure from; possess or use 享受⋯乐趣，喜爱，享有
e.g.
He has always enjoyed very good health.
Most students enjoy asking questions in English.
The show was over before we could fully enjoy it.
7. target
v. to aim at an object 对⋯瞄准，指向
e.g.
The rising cost didn’t prevent the bargain price we had originally targeted.
Welfare spending is being cut, so it should be targeted on the people who need it most.
8. treat
v. to buy or give something special, as a friendly act 请客，款待
e.g.
I’m going to treat myself to Paris next summer.
My uncle treated us to a decent meal at that famous restaurant last Sunday.
Passage 2 :
Information Related to the Reading Passage
If you are invited to attend a wedding party, a New Year’s party, or a Christmas party, you may need to give a toast on the occasion. Such speeches should be formal, cheerful, not very long and prepared in advance.
Text Toast at a Wedding Dinner
Dear Friends:
It is with great pleasure that we have come together today to take part in this joyous occasion with this couple whom we love and respect so much. This day, so special and perfect, with warm sunshine, with so many loving friends, will long be remembered by everyone for its magic.
But I think the radiance, the grace, the beauty of the bride, Jennifer, makes this special day even more remarkable. To be able to share this occasion adds joy to our own lives.
Many of us here have known Jennifer all her life, have watched her turn from a wonderfully active youngster into a graceful and intelligent young woman. We have all experienced her thoughtfulness, her consideration, and her warmth, and know that there is always a big smile on her face for her loved ones.
For us older folks, this day brings back special memories to our hearts of our own wedding days and all the joys we experienced. The younger children must be excited with the expectation of their own special time to come sometime in the future. All your family and friends here hope that today is the beginning of a wonderful lifelong partnership with the lucky groom. We sincerely wish that your love will grow stronger as time goes by and your family will grow too. On this very special day, we want to wish you and your husband all the happiness in the world.
Friends and relatives: Please rise together with me in offering our sincere wishes that the coming years will be filled with peace, joy, happiness, and love.
Drink a toast to the bride.
Language Points
1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1. (Para. 1) It’s with great pleasure that we have come together today to take part in this joyous occasion with this couple whom we love and respect so much. Analysis: The pattern It’s with great pleasure that ... is often used to begin a speech on a formal occasion to express one’s happy feelings.
Grammatically, this is an emphatic structure, emphasizing with great pleasure in this case.
Translation: 在这喜庆的时刻，我们聚集在一起参加今天的婚礼，共同为我们钟爱和敬重的新人祝福。

Example: It’s with great pleasure that I have the chance to attend this Christmas party.
2. (Para. 1) This day, so special and perfect, with warm sunshine, with so many loving friends, will long be remembered by everyone for its magic.
Analysis: In this sentence, so special and perfect is used as a non-restrictive post-modifier of this day, somewhat similar to a which-clause.
(= This day, which is so special and perfect ...)
Translation: 今天是这么的特别和完美，有温暖的阳光，有这么多的亲朋好友，其迷人的魅力必将被我们大家永记心中。

Example: The man, silent, stood behind her.
The old lady, nervous, opened the letter.
3. (Para. 2) But I think the radiance, the grace, the beauty of the bride, Jennifer, makes this special day even more remarkable.
Analysis: In this sentence, makes takes a complex object —this special day (object) even more remarkable (complement).
Translation: 不过我觉得新娘詹妮弗的光彩、高雅和美丽使今天这个特殊的日子更不寻常。

Example: We should do our part to make the world even better .
4. (Para.4) For us older folks, this day brings back special memories to our hearts of our own wedding days and all the joys we experienced.
Analysis: Bring back memories to one’s heart of something should be understood as bring back memories of something to one’s hearts, meaning causing somebody to remember something.
Translation: 对我们这些年长的人来说，今天又唤起了我们对自己婚礼的特殊怀念和我们所体验过的所有欢乐。

Example: The pictures brought back memories to my heart of my happy childhood in London.
5. (Para.5) On this very special day, we want to wish you and your husband all the happiness.
Analysis: The phrase wish somebody something is often used to express one’s good wishes.
Translation: 在今天这个特殊的日子里，我们祝愿你和你的丈夫一生幸福。

Example: They wished each other good luck before the exam.
6. (Para.7) Drink a toast to the bride.
Analysis: Drink a toast to somebody or something is a pattern usually used in speeches on some special occasions. It means Let’s drink the wine for the sake of somebody or something.
Translation: 为新娘干杯。

Example: They drank a toast to the young hero and wished him good luck.
2 Important Words
1. occasion
n. a time when something happens; a special event or ceremony
场合，时刻
e.g.
We’ll present the new product on the occasion of our next conference.
Their wedding was a happy occasion.
On occasion (偶尔), he smokes a cigar after dinner.
2. couple
n. two people (usually of the opposite sex) who are married, living together or on a date; several, usually two or three 一对，夫妻，两三个
e.g.
Jane and Tom are a couple that love to go dancing.
They are a newly-married couple.
Can you lend me a couple of dollars?
3. magic
n. a strong influence or power; a charming or mysterious quality 魔力，魅力
a. caused by or used in magic 魔法的
e.g.
He was attracted by the magic of theatre.
She has a magic touch; she put everything right.
That was a truly magic moment.
4. add
v. to combine two or more numbers into a total; increase the size or amount of something 加，添加
e.g.
Add 6 and 8 for a total of 14.
The cashier added up the bill.
We added a room to our house.
5. graceful
a. attractive to see; suitably and pleasantly expressed 优雅的，得体的
e.g.
We think all the dancers at the party were graceful.
Sydney was tall and graceful.
6. sincerely
ad. truly 真诚地
e.g.
I sincerely hope your father will be well again soon.
“I owe you an awful lot”, I said sincerely.
I’m sincerely delighted to hear that.
7. toast
n. bread made brown by being held in front of heat; a call on other people to drink to a person or thing 烤面包，敬酒
v. to drink to the success, happiness, health or honor of someone 祝酒
e.g.
He usually has two pieces of toast as breakfast.
It was an old fisherman’s custom to drink a toast to the dead.
At the New Year’s party he toasted his parents and wished them a long life and good health.。