《新标准大学英语综合教程》湖北大学版 1 U02 active reading 1.doc

Embarkation Embarkation Navigation Navigation Destination Destination Resources Resources Active reading 1 Active reading 1 THE FIRST OYSTER THE FIRST OYSTER Mapping Mapping Get familiar with how to express one’s feelings Make good use of some expressions and grammar points from the text Expand vocabulary on food Food and drinks Seafood Food and drinks everyday Food/Drink associations Discussion Traditional Chinese dishes Food and drinks everyday People rely on all kinds of food everyday. Try to see if you happen to know the following food. More Food and drinks everyday Fruits Apricot Strawberry Pineapple Peach Lemon Plum Pitaya More Food and drinks everyday Vegetables Cauliflower Eggplant Carrot Cabbage Asparagus More Food and drinks everyday What food do I eat for breakfast? More Milk A piece of toast covered with fried egg Sandwich Food and drinks everyday What food do I eat for supper? Steak Salad Pizza Spaghetti Seafood Oysters Crab Prawn Lobster click click click click In its first five years of life, a young lobster sheds its shell numerous times, in a process called molting. As the rate of growth slows, molting slows down as well, until the lobster molts around once a year. Left unmolested, a lobster can live to be over 100 years old, and it can get quite large, feeding on various small marine animals. Lobsters prefer the bottom of the ocean, which means that most live on the continental shelf. Lobster Seafood Back click Oysters were an important food source in all coastal areas where they could be found, and oyster fisheries were an important industry where they were plentiful. Overfishing and pressure from diseases and pollution have sharply reduced supplies, but they remain a popular treat, celebrated in oyster festivals in many cities and towns. Oyster Seafood Back click Prawn has 10 legs. It can be found in salt and fresh water all over the world, typically swimming in search of food. Prawns tend t