Unit 3 Food

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Unit 3 Food
Performance Objectives

• describe / ask about food and food value
• express attitudes to / taste of food
• comparing diets / eating habits
• follow / write recipes
• describe problems at work
• offer advice / suggestions for dealing with
  problems

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Warm Up
Before we come to the content, in order to be
familiar with the vocabulary and expressions
about food, lets have a discussion. The
following is the topic
Why is food important?

• The answer is mainly associated with these three
  aspects
• Food gives us energy.
• Food provides us with chemical elements our
  body needs
• Food keeps us healthy.

Actually they are also the main focus of this
unit.
a healthy diet and healthy eating habits
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Activity 1 Food and Food Values
You would learn a lot of words about the
nutrients and various foods. Page 111
Some expressions describing the sources of
nutrients 1) be rich in e.g. All of
vegetables are rich in various vitamins. 2)
contain / have e.g. Meat contains
vitamin B complex and iron. 3) can be found
in e.g. Carbohydrates and proteins can
be found in cereals. 4) be full of / high in
e.g. Milk is high in calcium and
proteins. 5) provide / provide with
e.g. Food can provide people with energy and
nutrients.
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Some expressions describing the value of
nutrients 1) be good /essential for
e.g. Milk is good for the growth of children.
2) It is vital to have a regular supply of
e.g. Its vital to have a regular supply of
fruit because it can keep our
constant need for vitamin. 3) reduce the risk
e.g. Eating liver can reduce the risk of
infection. 4) help us to e.g. Fruit
and vegetables help us to fight infections. 5)
prevent e.g. Vitamin prevents bacteria
and viruses entering peoples body.

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Task For All of You
Organize brief talks about two of these
unfamiliar foods, describing their nutritional
value with the vocabulary and expressions weve
learned above.
Topic Foods and Food Values
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Activity 2 Advice about Eating Habits
Some key words in this part

• dietician someone whose job is to advise
  people about
• what they should or should
  not eat in order to be
• healthy. ????
• puree thick liquid made of fruits or vegetables
• dressing sauce , ???,???
• beefburger ????,????
• hamburger ???, ???
• burger????, ????
• blender ???
• liquidiser ???
• ground meat ??,??

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Describing Peoples Attitude to Food

• Some expressions to show likes
• like
• are my favorites
• keen on
• can never resist them
• really love
• fond of

• Some expressions to show likes
• dont care for
• dont really like
• never appeals to
• cant stand
• dislike
• always put me off

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• Some expressions to show that you dont know
• have never heard of
• have never eaten
• sounds new to me

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Some useful expressions for giving advice and
responses
A. ---- you could try ---- I could try that, I
suppose. B. ---- I always recommend ---- That
sounds a good idea, but Im not sure that it will
work. C. ---- What about ? ---- Yes, I think
that would work.
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D. ---- I always think its a good idea to
---- Thats another good suggestion, youre
certainly giving me lots of ideas. E.
---- Well, another useful strategy is to ----
Well, you have really inspired me! Im full of
ideas now. F. ---- One last word of advice ----
dont forget ---- Yes, I will.
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Activity 3 Reading about Eating Habits

• Requirement Through an intensive reading of
  Text 3.1 on page 129,
• not only are all of
  you expected to get a general idea
• about the great
  changes in Chinese eating habits, but
• also you can
  acquire a lot of words and expressions
• in this aspect.
  

Title Chinas Great Gastronomic
Revolution Interpretation The great changes of
Chinese peoples eating habits Key Word
gastronomic a very formal word, usually used to
describe something
concerned with good food that has been prepared
by an expert. / of
eating art.
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The eating habits of the British people
Breakfast porridge, bread, milk, egg, ham,
bacon Lunch self- made sandwich,
snack Supper(dinner) 1. appetizer 2.
soup 3. main dishes and staple food 4.
dessert 5. coffee
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Please pay attention to the following words and
expressions

• profusion a large quantity of
• e.g. a profusion of fruits
  on the market
• indulgence the state of satisfying desires
  ???? / ??
• yuppyfashionable young people belonging to
  middle or upper
• class.
• blanch become pale with fear, cold
• e.g. Her face blanched with
  fear at the news of her daughter's
• accident.
• chafing dishes ??
• electric steamer ???
• electric range ??
  

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Activity 4 Cooking and Recipes

• Where can you get recipes?
• 1) in special recipe books
• 2) on leaflets
• 3) on packets of food we buy

• The items contained in a recipe
• the name of the dish
• ingredients
• the amount of each ingredient required
• the method / procedure / instruction
• the utensils required

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• The grammatical features in writing a recipe
• the accurate choice of verbs
• the use of imperatives
• some verb participles used as adjectives

All of these futures can contribute to a clear
and complete conveyance of messages and an easy
job for the cook.
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• Borsch
• Ingredients
• a quarter of a white cabbage
• 2 radishes
• 3 tomatoes
• 250 grams pork rib ( an OX-tail )
• salt

Procedure 1. Wash the rib, peel the
radishes and dice the radishes and
tomatoes. 2. In a large saucepan, put the
the rib, diced radishes and tomatoes. 3.
Add the water and boil for two hours. 4.
Put in a bit of salt.
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Activity 5 Describing Processes
Through learning the text 5.1, youre expected
to be able to do the following tasks.
A. Can you paraphrase these words in English?

• scoop
• flavour
• conch
• mould
• ferment
• sweeten
• shell
• enrich

make sth hollow by removing part of it with a
spoon
add flavour to sth to give it a particular taste
make sth into tiny pieces by pressing it or
hammering it
crush / make sth into a particular shape
let chemical change take place in sth
make sth sweet
remove the natural covering from sth
improve the quality or value of sth by adding
sth else to it
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• Can you tell me how many parts the text is
  divided according
• to the content?

Two parts Part A a general introduction
Part B the description of the actual process
Please pay attention to the use of sequence
markers In a description of a process, such
words as first, then, next, etc. are clear
signals to show the sequence of the steps.
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C. Can you express the main idea of the text by
the flowchart?
the cocoa beans

1. scooped out of their pods
2. fermented and dried
3. roasted
4. shelled
5. crushed

The paste

1. enriched with extra cocoa butter
2. sweetened with sugar
3. flavoured with vanilla

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the mixture

1. rolled
2. conched (irregularities removed)

the chocolate

1. cooled
2. moulded

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• Can you summarize the features of writing clear
  description of a
• process
• sequence markers
• passive voice
• accurate choice of verbs and a clear
  specification of subjects
• clauses to state the purpose of a certain step
• gerunds to name the stages

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Activity 6 Writing Process Description
( Practice Class )
Here you are required to write a description
of the doufu making process, according to what
we have learned about it in the first some
activities.