The discurse explres the link between fd and culture frm a freign’s perspective and it recrds sme authentic Chinese fd and illustrates the cultural meaning, gergraphy features and histric traditin that the fd reflects. It is aimed t lead students t understand and think abut the cnnectin between fd and culture. While teaching, the teacher shuld instruct students t find ut the writing rder and the writer’s experieces and feelings twards Chinese fd and culture. 1.Guide the students t read the text, srt ut the infrmatin and dig ut the tpic. 2.Understand the cultural cnntatin, reginal characteristics and histrical traditin f Chinese cuisine 3.Understand and explre the relatinship between fd and peple's persnality 4.Guide the students t use the chesive wrds in the text 5.Lead students t accurately grasp the real meaning f the infrmatin and imprve the verall understanding ability by understanding the implied meaning behind the text. 1. Enable the Ss t understand the structure and the writing style f the passage well. 2. Lead the Ss t understand and think further abut the cnnectin between fd and gegraphy and lcal character traits. Step1: Predictin befre reading. Befre yu read, lk at the title, and the picture. What d yu think this article is abut? keys: It is abut varius culture and cuisine abut a place r sme cuntries. Step2: Read the text and find ut the answers t the fllwing questins. 1.What des the dish General Ts’s chicken tell abut Americans? It tells peple that Americans lve bld, simple flavrs and are nt afraid t try new fds. 2.What impressed the writer mst while in Beijing? The friendship ffered by peple 3.What did the writer find is imprtant t peple in China while he was in Shandng? family 4.Why did peple in Xinjiang enjy cking ver an pen fire? They traditinally wandered the pen range n hrses 5.What des elegant dim sum mean? Small servings f fd in bamb steamers 6.What des the fd lcal peple cnsume tell the writer? It tells us what peple grw in their regin and what kinds f lives they lead, what they like r dislike. Step 3: Use the infrmatin frm the text t take ntes. Place Kind f Chinese fd Typical dish America Beijing Shandng Nrthwest China Suth China Central China Step 4: Read the text again and Match the causes t the effects. Cause 1.The flavr preferences f Americans ften differ frm thse f the Chinese 2.We had n idea hw t rder fd. 3.These grups traditinally wandered the pen range n hrses. Effect A:The chef just began filling ur table with the best fd we had ever eaten. B:Their traditinal fds are what yu can ck ver an pen fire. C: Chinese fd in America is changed t suit American tastes. keys:1. C 2. A 3.B Learning tip Step 5: Understanding its main idea and structures Read and find ut the main idea f each paragraph. keys: Para1: yu are what yu eat. Para2: Chinese fd in America has changed t suit American flavr. Para3: my experience f authentic Chinese fd in Beijing. Para4: what I learn abut in Chinese fd culture in Shandng Prvince. Para5: cuisine in Xinjiang Para6: cuisine in Suth China Para7: what can varius kinds f fd tell us. Step 6: Deeper thinking D yu think “Culture and cuisine g hand in hand? Give yur reasns. Persnally, culture and cuisine g hand in hand. Reasns are as fllws: Cuisine in certain place can tell us what the lcal peple like t eat, grw r dislike. The fd flavrs they eat the fd features they ck als well demnstrate the persnality, characters r culture f the lcal peple. Understand cause and effect Smetimes tw ideas are related t each ther by cause and effect. That is, ne thing causes smething else t happen. Cause-and-effect relatinships can be direct. Fr example, “ It was raining, s I tk my umbrella. Hwever, sme cause-and-effect relatinships are nt direct, and sme may als have mre than ne cause r effect.