Unit 9 Food and Drinks Step 1: Checking the oral practice of Unit 8 Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 9

Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 1 1. There are lots of vegetables in Chinese food. And the speaker loves vegetables 2. A full English breakfast 3. Go to the pub with friends from work and have a few beers, then go to an Indian restaurant.

Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 2 1. Mr. Davis is a big cheese in his company so you should be very nice to him. 2. We stayed up very late last night chewing the fat about our sightseeing during the summer vacation. 3. Don’t cry over spilt milk. The past is past and you can’t do anything to change it. 4. Going to the galleries is my cup of tea. I can spend a whole day there, looking at the paintings. 5. Recently Tom has been working very hard trying to bring home the bacon. He has no time to do anything else.

Part B ： Marco-Listening Passage 1: What Kinds of Food Do People Need? Culture Notes: 1. Eaten raw Western people like to have salads which are made of raw vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuces, and cucumbers seasoned with oil and vinegar. Uncooked vegetables are considered to be more nutritious than cooked ones.

Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 2. canned or frozen Canned foods are foods preserved in an airtight sealed metal container. They are convenient to eat, but may be less nutritious than fresh foods although some foods pack more vitamins and minerals when canned. Frozen foods are foods stored at very low temperature. Frozen vegetables often have more vitamins than fresh vegetables since they are in the icebox within hours of picking.

Part B ： Marco-Listening New words and expressions category n. 种类 lettuce n. 生菜 beet n. 甜菜 cereal n. 谷类食品 canned adj. 用罐头装的 string bean 四季豆, 菜豆

Part B ： Marco-Listening Passage 2: Americans’ Favorite Food—The Hamburger Culture Notes: 1. The hot dog A hot dog is either a type of sausage or a sandwich that consists of two narrow pieces of bread with a sausage inside. Hot dogs are also called frankfurters, or franks for short.

Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 2. Hamburg A city in northern Germany. It is now the largest port in Germany with extensive shipyards. It is also an important cultural center with a university, art gallery and opera house. Its industry includes shipbuilding, engineering, and food processing. 3. Variety in hamburgers has become the norm. Making different types of hamburgers has become a standard practice, rather than something unusual, among fast food chains.

Part B ： Marco-Listening New words and expressions consume v. 消费 counter n. 柜台 claim v. 声称 cheeseburger n. 夹有奶酪片的汉堡包 immigrant n. 移民 broil v. 烤 debatable adj. 有争议的 norm n. 标准, 规范

Part C Oral Practice I Communicative Function Students are required to work in pair and make similar conversations of your own, using the given situations. Try to use in your conversations what you’ve learned in this lesson.

Part C Oral Practice II Retelling Listen to the previous passage “What Kinds of Food Do People Need?” and retell it in your own words.

Part C Oral Practice III Discussion 1. What kinds of food do we need according to scientists? Do you eat the right kinds of food every day? 2. How and when did the hamburger get its name? why are hamburgers so popular in the United States? 3. “You are what you eat” what do you think this proverb means? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?

Part D Home Listening Home listening on page 85-86