新人教版高中英语选修2Unit 3 Food and Culture-Reading and thinking教学设计（成品）

Step2: Read the text and find out the answers to the following questions.1.What does the dish General Tso’s chicken tell about Americans?It tells people that Americans love bold, simple flavors and are not afraid to try new foods.2.What impressed the writer most while in Beijing?The friendship offered by people3.What did the writer find is important to people in China while he was in Shandong?family4.Why did people in Xinjiang enjoy cooking over an open fire?They traditionally wandered the open range on horses5.What does elegant dim sum mean?Small servings of food in bamboo steamers6.What does the food local people consume tell the writer?It tells us what people grow in their region and what kinds of lives they lead, what they like or dislike.Step 3: Use the information from the text to take notes.Place Kind of Chinese food Typical dish America Beijing Shandong Northwest China South China Central China Step 4: Read the text again and Match the causes to the effects.Cause1.The flavor preferences of Americans often differ from those of the Chinese 2.We had no idea how to order food.