Unit 8: Eating Habits Likes, Dislikes, and Preferences

Warm-up: Photography Do you you have a digital camera? Do you like to take pictures? Do you take more pictures with a camera or with your phone? When do you take pictures? Do you like to take pictures or like to look at pictures more? Do you like to be in photographs?

Way to Speak #1 ➲ Doufu or tofu ➲ It's just okay... ➲ 马马虎虎？ ➲ Keen on To like ➲ Sweet and sour pork

Way to Speak #1 ➲ Do you like soy products? ➲ What is your favorite food? ➲ What kinds of foods don't you like? ➲ What kind of food can you make?

Way to Speak #2 ➲ I'm glad to hear you like the food here. ➲ Of course, I like my mother's cooking best, but I think this food is pretty good. ➲ I like this food a lot, but I think this is way better.

Eating out ➲ Do you have a favorite restaurant you like to eat at? What do they serve? ➲ Where is the place you go to eat most often? ➲ Do you like to eat out or get take outs? Why?

Way to Speak #3 ➲ What do you do when you get a dish of food you really do not like? Do you complain about it to your friend or send it back? Do you ever tell the waitress? ➲ Which is more important to you at a restaurant, food quality or atmosphere?

Way to Speak #4 ➲ How do you shop? Do you buy something by the price tag or only if you really like it? Do you like to shop during sales or anytime? ➲ What do you look for when you buy clothes? Do you look for style? Color? What?

US Eating Customs ➲ Fork, Knife, Spoon

Other customs ➲ Prayer ➲ Family style vs individual plate Take from the center with the “serving spoon,” not your utensils ➲ Let's look at page 61. ➲ Brown Bagging:

Eating with a different culture ➲ Have you ever eaten with a foreign person? Have they done anything wrong, have you ever done anything wrong? ➲ What would you do to make the situation less stressful? What would you do before you go? What would you during dinner?

Food What type of food do you think is typically served at an American meal? What food would you offer to a Chinese guest if he came to your house? What food would you expect to see at an American meal?

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