译林版高中英语选择性必修第一册精品课件 UNIT 1 Food matters Section A Welcome to the unit Reading.ppt

UNIT1FoodmattersSectionAWelcometotheunitReading

素养导航?明目标

激情早读?拓视野Certainly,inmanywaysthisseemstobetrue.Chinesecuisineisacaseinpoint.Prior1tocomingtoChina,myonlyexperiencewithChinesecookingwasinAmerica,withChinesefoodthathadbeenchangedtosuitAmericantastes.Forexample,America’smostpopularChinesedishisGeneralTso’schicken,whichconsists2offriedchickencoveredinasweetsauce,flavouredwithhotredpeppers3.ThisisprobablynotanauthenticChineserecipe4,however,soitcannottellusmuchabouttheChinese.Ontheotherhand,itdoestellusalotaboutAmericans.Ittellsus,forexample,thatAmericanslovebold,simpleflavours.And,sincethedishwasalsoinventedrecently,ittellsusthatAmericansarenotafraidtotrynewfoods.

Later,IhadachancetoexperienceauthenticChinesefoodbycomingtoChina.WhenmyfamilyandIhadjustarrivedinChina,wewentlookingforagoodplacetoeatinBeijing.ASichuanrestauranthadbeenrecommendedtousbyafriend,andfinally,wefoundit.Tired,hungry,andnotknowingawordofChinese,wehadnoideahowtoorder,sothechef5justbeganfillingourtablewiththebestfoodwehadevereaten.Withthis,wehadthepleasureofexperiencinganentirelynewtaste:Sichuanpeppercorns.Thefoodwaswonderfulanddifferent,butwhatwasevenmoreimportantwasthefriendshipofferedus....

Ataminimum6,thekindsoffoodlocalpeopleconsume7telluswhattheygrowintheirregion,whatkindsoflivestheylead,andwhattheylikeanddonotlike.Couldwealsosay,forexample,thatthosewholikeboldflavoursareboldthemselves?Or,thatthosewholikespicyfoodtendtohaveahottemper?Maybe.Maybenot.Whatwecansay,however,isthatcultureandcuisinegohandinhand,andifyoudonotexperienceone,youcanneverreallyknowtheother.(节选自人教选择性必修第二册Unit3)

【词汇积累】1.prioradj.先前的;优先的priorto在……之前的2.consistvi.consistof由……组成(或构成)3.peppern.甜椒;灯笼椒;胡椒粉4.recipen.烹饪法;食谱5.chefn.