PARAGRAPH 5
11. But in England, where it is also a national drink, many people use both
sugar and hot or cold milk in their tea — In England, tea is a national
drink, many people would like to add sugar and hot or cold milk into their tea when they drink it.
PARAGRAPH 6
12. Almost everyone likes to try new foods and drinks and to learn about
how they are prepared — New foods and drinks are widely liked nearly by all, and everyone wants to get to know how those new things are cooked or made.
Note: When pronouns like ―everyone, everything, everybody etc.‖ used as
subject, the verb following it should be singular.
Examples:
— Someone is knocking at the door. — Nobody is absent.
— Something is wrong with my watch. — Everything is all right.
IV. TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
Part I: Para 1 — Para 4 The writer tells us that what we eat is varied all over
the world, and also gives us some examples of what we eat on some certain festivals or holidays.
Part II: Para 5 People have different ideas about what is good to
drink.
Part III: Para 6 Travel makes it much easier for people to know more
about others’ eating and drinking habits.
V. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Can You Cook?
Procedures:
Step 1: Arrange the students (Ss) in groups of 4-6, depending on the size of the
class; each group elects a speaker.
Step 2: Each group will be asked to make at least one ―dish‖ with whatever
materials they can think of. (Just describe the needed materials and the process of how a dish is prepared.)
Step 3: After 10 to 15 minutes preparation, ask the speaker of each group to
―serve‖ their well-prepared dish to the rest of the class.
VI. ADDITIONAL EXERCISES/ACTIVITIES
1) Writing
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Try to write a paragraph of 150 words about one of the biggest feast that you and your family have ever had. Describe it in detail, the food and drink in particular. 2) Dictation
Provide the new words (cucumber, squash and eggplant for example) before
dictating.
A tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable! But do you know why? The answer is because it has seeds1. Now, this is what a lot of people are surprised to find out: If a tomato has seeds, that means it is a fruit and not a vegetable. Then what about other plants with seeds? Let’s listen to what the scientists say: \makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?
If the answer is YES, then technically, it’s a fruit. This, of course, means a tomato is a fruit and it also makes cucumbers, squashes and eggplant fruits too. Vegetables such as cabbages, carrots, and potatoes do not have any seeds, so they are grouped as vegetables.\
But don’t worry! For most families, they think these fruits as part of the vegetable family!
Whether you call a tomato a fruit or a vegetable, it is just clear GOOD FOOD when it is picked fresh from the \3) Debate Procedures:
Step 1. Introduce the topic for debate: Is fast-food good or bad?
Step 2. Divide the class into two groups, one holding the view that fast-food is
good while the other holding the opposite view; give them five minutes or more to find facts to support their view.
Step 3. See to it that both groups get equal chance to state their reasons and
refute the opponents.
Step 4. Ask the students to summarize the arguments of their groups.
Part Two Supplementary Reading TEST YOUR NUTRITION IQ
PARAPHRASE
1. You’ll get proper nourishment if you just eat a variety of foods. False. (Para. 2 and 3)
— Such view that if you eat various foods you can get appropriate nutrition is not true.
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2. People who don’t eat meat or fish can still stay healthy. (Para. 4)
— Vegetarians can stay healthy even though they don’t eat meat and fish.
3. Food eaten between meals can be just as good for health as food eaten at regular meals. (Para. 6)
— Food eaten at regular dining time is good for health, so is food eaten between meals.
Part Three Key to Exercises
Key to Text
Comprehension Omitted.
Vocabulary and Structure
Exercise I 1. halfway 2. served 3. in advance 4. raw 5. dessert 6. oriental 7. prefer 8. favorite 9. regional 10. plain 11. boil 12. fresh
Exercise II
1. b. (a. unprocessed; b. uncooked)
2. b. (a. occurring or produced in large amounts or in greater amounts than usual; b.
hard so digest)
3. a. (a. recently made, not preserved; b. not encountered before) 4. b. (a. not often happening or found; b. cooked quickly)
5. b. (a. sparse, composed of few things widely spaced; b. watery)
Exercise III 1. delicacy 2. dessert 3. thin 4. well-done 5. serve 6. specially 7. plain 8. vegetarian
Exercise IV A.
1. one is still a baby, the other is already 10 years old. 2. give me another 3. the others are boys B.
1. at night as well as by day
2. a good friend to/of students as well as being a good teacher 3. to do housework as well as look after the children
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Exercise V 1.
A. If I were a rich man, I would live in a palace.
B. If he had known the truth, he would have given it up. C. If you were a college student, you would get the job. 2.
A. How do you like your room arranged? B. How does he like the vegetable cooked? C. How does she like her hair done? 3.
A. He wants black coffee, whereas I like tea.
B. My brother likes swimming, whereas my sister likes playing tennis. C. Peter went home, whereas Susan went shopping.
Exercise VI 1. enjoys 2. favorite 3. prepare/cook 4. thin 5. thick 6. variety 7. rare 8. medium 9. specialties 10. national 11. anywhere 12. special 13. popular 14. oriental 15. try/taste
Exercise VII A.
1. raw meat 2. prefer the roasted meat 3. a variety of answers 4. halfway between 5. regional specialties 6. weeks in advance 7. consider…a delicacy 8. ground beef B.
1. Students hold/have very different ideas about studying abroad. 2. My favorite fruit is banana.
3. Some like to stay alone, whereas others like to be with people. 4. As the weather becomes hotter, I like swimming better.
5. Miss Alice as well as her students is interested in the activity.
Key to Supplementary Reading
I. 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T II. Omitted
Key to Grammar
I.
1. happens 5. won
2. lost 3. are working 6. bought, haven’t sold, have
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4. fall
7. have heard
8. is/has been, joined II.
1-5 BBACC 6-8 ADC III.
1. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
2. Professor Wang is attending a conference in Paris. 3. Most of the freshmen have learned English for 6 years. 4. He lived in the countryside when he was young. 5. ---- It’s raining again.
---- It rains quite often here in this season.
6. This is the second time that I have seen the film.
Part Four
Chinese Translations of the Texts
课文
我们的饮食
世界上不同地方的人对吃什么好有着不同的看法。如果你是北极附近的爱斯基摩人，你会喜欢生食海豹肉。如果你是沙漠中的游牧民族，你会更喜欢吃烤羊肉。美国人烹饪各种动物的肉，但他们最喜欢的可能还是牛排。美国人也吃鸡肉、鱼和其它海产品。一些印第安人不吃鱼和肉，他们被称为素食者。
即使世界上不同地方的人食用同一种食物，他们的制作方法通常很不相同。如果你在德国，你会发现汤是很浓而且味较重。如果你在中国，你会发现汤很清而且味较淡。很多人喜欢新鲜而硬的黄油，但是有些人----例如，在印度----喜欢把黄油融化了。如果你问美国人希望把他们的牛排做成什么样的，你可能会得到不同的回答。一些人希望把牛排做得熟透了，而另一些人喜欢生的。很多人喜欢把牛排做的半熟----即介于生和熟透之间的。虽然世界上很多人把生肉看成是一种美味，美国人很少吃未经烹饪的肉。爱尔兰人喜欢清煮土豆，而大多数美国人喜欢其他方法烹制的土豆----炸制、烧烤或先煮然后碾碎并佐以肉汁。
居住在不同地区的同一国家的人烹饪食物的方法也不同，美国人也有他们的地方特色菜----例如，南方炸鸡和波士顿烤豆。在西南地区，你会发现玉米面圆饼等墨西哥食物。但也有全国人都喜欢的食物。例如，有两种甜食你有可能会在美国的任何地方看见，一个是冰淇淋，另一个是苹果派。所有美国孩子喜欢吃热狗和汉堡包。热狗是一个松软的长条面包里加一根熏肠。汉堡包是一种三明治，
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