Reading A Eating in different ways

What do you use to eat with?

pizza

pastaItalian food

sandwich

hamburger

American food

bread

wine

French food

spoon

knife and fork

spoon bowl

Chinese food

chicken’s feet

smelly tofu

Japanese food

chopstick

sushi

sashimi-raw fish

plateseparate

tray

New words pizza n. 比萨饼pasta n. 意大利面sashimi n. 生鱼片raw adj. 生的dish n. 一道菜，菜肴smelly adj. 有臭味的tofu n. 豆腐spoon n. 勺子，调羹knife and fork n. 刀叉

chopstick n. 筷子separate adj. 单独的tray n. 托盘host n. 男主人hostess n. 女主人habit n. 习惯

a. We are . We like to eat slowly to enjoy good food and drink such as bread and wine.

American American ChineseChinese French Japanese ItalianFrench Japanese Italian

b. We are . We like eating pasta. Pizza is a popular snack.

c. We are . We use chopsticks, and have many different dishes.

d. We are . In our restaurants, we sometimes take off our shoes, and sit on the floor.

e. We are . We eat hamburgers, sandwiches, hot dogs and apple pie.

Complete the sentences, using the words in the box.

FrenchFrench ItalianItalian

ChineseChineseJapaneseJapanese

AmericanAmerican

Find out the answers to A1 and underline the key words.

Country Way

China

Japan

The UK

Use __________ or _____

Use __________

Use a _____ and ____

chopsticks spoons

knife fork

First-reading Scan the passage to fill in the blanks.

chopsticks

What do people use to eat with?

Knife and fork

Chopsticks and spoons

Chopsticks ,dishes on a separate tray

Chinese

Japanese

British

Match the pictures and the words.

T or F ?

1. People in China and Japan do not use spoons. ( )2. Some people have trouble using chopsticks. ( )3. People in the UK do not usually eat chicken’s feet or

smelly tofu. ( )4.In Japan, people help themselves from plates of food in the

middle of the table. ( )5. Most people in the UK use chopsticks. ( )6. In the UK, the cook cuts all the food into small pieces. (

) 7. In the UK, people help themselves to ( ) the food .

TF

T

FF

FF

do not get food

a knife and fork.

In the UK, the father will cut off a large piece of roast beef and put it on each person’s plate.

In the UK, the father will cut off a large piece of roast beef.

Second-reading

China

1.People help themselves with________ or ________.2. The cooks cut the food into__________________.3.People put ______________ on a different plate.4. The hostess put the food ____________ of the table.

chopsticks

small pieces

each dish

in the middle

Third-reading

spoons

Japan

1.People use ____________ to eat with. 2. People do not get the food like Chinese, they put the food in a _______ tray .3. __________ is their favourite food.

chopsticks

separate

Sashimi

The UK

1. The people put the food ___________ of the table and _______the food around.

2. People use their _________ to cut the food and their __________ to eat.

knife

pass

fork

in the middle

People in different countries have different eating h_______. In China, People help themselves with c________. They cut the food into small p_______. People put each d_______ on a different p_______. The h_______ puts the food in the m_______ of the table. In Japan, people also use c________ to eat. They put the food in separate t______. In the UK, people p_____ the food around. They use their k______ to cut the food and their f______ to eat.

abits

hopsticksieces ish

late ostessiddle

hopsticks rayass

nife ork

Task 4 Fill in the blanks according to your understanding.

Answer these questions according to your

remembering. 1. What do Chinese people use to eat with?

Chinese people use chopsticks to eat with.

2. Where does the hostess put the dishes?

The hostess put the dishes in the middle of the table.

3. What is the most famous Chinese food?

4. What do Japanese people use to eat with?

Japanese people also use chopsticks to eat with.

5. Where do Japanese people put the dishes?

Each person puts the dishes on a separate tray.

6. What is the most famous Japanese food?

7. What do British people use to eat with?

British people use a knife and fork to eat with.

8.Where do British people put the food? And how do they get the food?

They put the food in the middle of the table. Everyone passes the food around and they take some and put it on their plates.

9. What is the most famous British food?

chicken’s food and smelly tofu

sashimi-raw fish

roast beef

Task 5

Retell the eating habits of the three countries in your own words according to the above questions and the following key words.

Chinese eating habits: use chopsticks, hostess, in the middle of the table, chicken’s feet, smelly tofu

Japanese eating habits: use chopsticks, put the dishes, on a separate tray, sashimi-raw fish

British eating habits: use a knife and fork, in the middle of the table, pass…around, take some, put it on their plates, roast beef, potatoes

Task 6