Unit 4 Food

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Warm-up

1. Review the text and words personally and in pairs.

2. Ask ss to read the passage as quickly as possible. on p71

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Presentation

1. QUESTIONS: where do you often buy things? What do you usually buy in your daily life? How can you find the things you want if you don’t

know?

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2. conversation . p64 and 66

1) Read

2) Key structures: look for— There is or are —

3) Blurt out the sentences personally.

4) Ask ss to make talks about there is and there are,

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3. conversation2. p683. conversation2. p68 1) Read 2) Grammar about is and are 3) Finish exercise on p69.

4. Ask ss to write a list of 10 things in the supermarket in pairs

1( ) 2( ) 3( ) 4( ) 5( )

6( ) 7( ) 8( ) 9( ) 10( )

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5. Talk about EATING

A. What do you mind most when choosing to eat in a restaurant ?

Possible answers: Location Staff friendliness Quality of food and drinks Value for money Restaurant atmosphere

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B. Discuss

The social customs in China? Q1:Do we Chinese often invite guests to our home? Q2:Do we invite the wife of the guest to dinner? Q3:Will it be impolite if we discuss business at

lunch? Q4:Does businesswomen have to deal with the

prejudices when entertaining male business partners?

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C.Taking a guest to dinnerHarriet: Thank you for bringing me here Hong, this place looks great!

Hong: You’re welcome. Would you like some cold dishes?

Harriet: Let me see. How about the lotus root?

Hong: Ok, and anything to drink? Maybe some jasmine tea?

Harriet: Oh, yes that would be nice.

Hong: And for your main course? I can recommend the sizzling beef.

Harriet: Actually, I’m vegetarian so I’d like to have the bean curd.

Hong: Oh, that’s a good choice. Very healthy too.

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D. Describing Food

1. Questions: 1).When do you normally eat these foods? 2).As part of:-a starter? a main course? a dessert?

2. Work out a description of a dish by modeling the talk on p70

1) Read 2) Ask ss to give more words

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Extension

http://www.hjenglish.com/interview/p520792/

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3.Words describing a dish1.What are the main materials? pork beef lamb chicken vegetable flour egg shrimp fruit fish2.What are they? onion ginger garlic chili sauce soy-sauce vinegar3.How is it cooked? fry stir-fry deep-fry steam stew4.How does it taste? hot sour sweet delicious tender

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4. Speaking

A. Group work: each group plans a menu using dishes

that a foreigner would not know and practice how to explain each dish.

B. Re-group the learners: they can explain their menu to

someone from a different group.

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Cross-cultural differences at table

Chinese :

share same dishes drink multiple toasts leave at the same timeafter-meal cigarettetalk loudly/chopstickspersuade people to eat

morecontents of meals

Westerners :

bring a small presenteat with the mouth

closedthe table is cleanchoose own foodbe quietdrink optionallyleave freely

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Assignment

1.Review words and sentences.

2.Recite three conversation structures.