Enjoy our meals Unit 5, Book 1

Chinese and western food Teaching objectives Focus Chinese and western food Of knowledge： Healthy meals Chinese and western food Of abilities： Translation Skills of Chinese food Difficulty Translation of Chinese food Of emotions： Positive attitude towards Food culture

Three Translation Methods Method One: literal (Ingredients, cooking styles, cutting shapes ,taste) Method Two: literal+ name story (while tasting) (the origin of the name interpretation while tasting) Method Three: literal+ inside culture (while tasting) (involved inside culture interpretation while tasting) Accurately effectively

Enrich vocabulary Cooking methods Cutting shapes

Cooking methods 炖 烧 烤 煎 炒 爆 炸 蒸 熏 腌 Boil Stew Braise Pan-fry Stir-fry Quick-fry Deep-fry Roast Steam Smoke Salt

How to translate “烤” Bake (bread ) Roast （meat） Broil （visible fire American E.） Grill （ visible fire British E.） Barbeque　（outdoors） Roasted Beijing duck Grilled lamb shish kabab Barbequed whole sheep

Cutting shapes 片 丝 丁 块 卷 泥 末 条 丸 slice shred dice cube roll mash mince chip ball

Observe these translated examples 玉米肉丸---meatball and corn 红烧肉---pork braised in brown sauce 干炒牛肉丝---stir-fried beef shreds 盐水大虾 --- salted prawns Ingredients; cooking methods; cutting shapes; taste

Literal Translation Method OneⅠ Classroom exercises 干炒牛肉丝 stir-fried beef shreds 核桃鸡丁 diced chicken with walnuts 盐水大虾 salted prawns Ingredients; cooking methods; +cutting shapes; tastes

literal+name story Translation Method TwoⅡ “蚂蚁上树” Suggested: How to translate these dishes: literal+name story “蚂蚁上树” Suggested: ● Stir-fried bean vermicelli with spicy meat sauce ● Stir-fried bean vermicelli with spicy meat sauce, like ants Climbing trees

How to translate These: “叫花鸡” “佛跳墙” culture-loaded Chinese dish names

Beggar’s Chicken---a legendary story telling’ a beggar one day stole a chicken and was pursued by the owner. He smeared the chicken all over with clay and threw it into the fire. While he removed the mud-coated from the fire, he found, the chicken had been baked into a delicious dish with wonderful flavor. Hence the name of the dish.      

Literal+ inside culture Translation Method Three Ⅲ Literal+ inside culture

“天津狗不理包子” Tianjin goubuli stuffed bun; Goubuli baozi, Tianjin flavor; Tianjin dog-ignoring stuffed bun; Chinese popular steamed stuffed bun; Tianjin goubuli baozi (Chinese steamed stuffed bread+ origin of the name);

More Example:

Translation method 1)Cooking method + shapes + ingredients 红烧肉 braised pork with brown sauce 土豆炖牛肉 stewed beef with chopped patato 炖鸡块 stewed chopped chicken 炸土豆片 deep-fried chopped potatoes 2) cooking method+ ingredients 炸牛排 fried steak 炒白菜 stir-fried cabbage 凉拌黄瓜 mixed fresh cucumber

Translation method cooking method+ cooking method +ingredients 炒腊肉丝 stir-fried smoked pork 炸熏鱼片 deep-fried smoked fish Literal + ingredients 东坡肉 dongpo braised pork

homework Activity : what dishes do you have in your family reunion dinner, which dish do you like best? Can you describe how to cook it? preview unit I Book two, Chinese and western festival.