1. Unit Three: Eating and Drinking Unit Four: Home Improvement Tutor:
English at Leisure
Unit Three: Eating and Drinking
Unit Four: Home Improvement
Tutor:
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2. Tutorial Outline A mini vocabulary quiz on Unit 3
Unit Three in summary and in action
A mini vocabulary quiz on Unit 4
Unit Four in summary and in action
Assignment
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3. Grouping Screen G-5-H Preference G-6-H E-5-F Eating Out E-6-F C-5-D
Foreign Dish
C-6-D
A-5-B
Chinese Dish
A-6-B
G-3-H
F. Taste
G-4-H
E-3-F
F. Cooking
E-4-F
C-3-D
F. Preparation
C-4-D
A-3-B
Cutlery
A-4-B
G-1-H
Crockery
G-2-H
E-1-F
Utensils
E-2-F
C-1-D
Condiment
C-2-D
A-1-B
Ingredient
A-2-B
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4. A mini vocabulary quiz (Unit 3)
Please give as many examples as possible for the following categories within ten minutes:
1. Ingredients 2. Condiments
3. Kitchen utensils 4. Crockery
5. Cutlery Expressions for preferences
7. Food preparation (verbs)
8. Food cooking (verbs) 9. Food taste (adjectives)
10. Chinese and foreign dishes
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5. Chinese dishes made easy
Patterns for translation:
a) Adjectives for flavors + food (as in spicy cabbages, sweet and sour soup)
b) Past participle of food preparation verbs + food (as in shredded beef, sliced chicken)
c) Past participle of food cooking verbs + food (as in braised pork, steamed fish)
d) food + with food (as in spicy chicken dices with peanuts, fried eggplant with meat stuffing)
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6. Unit Three in Summary (1)
Activity Two:
Interest in Food
Activity Three:
An Outing in a Restaurant
Activity One:
Kitchens
Activity Four:
A Pot Luck Supper
Eating and Drinking
Activity Eight:
A New Experience
Activity Five:
Chinese menu
Activity Seven:
Following an Information Leaflet
Activity Six:
British Pubs
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7. Unit Three in Summary (2)
Three main topics:
1. Eating out in a restaurant
2. Describing a public place for eating or drinking
3. Describing a dish
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8. 1. Eating out in a restaurant
What to order? (three-course lunch)
How to order? (I’d like … / I’ll have …)
Ordering from a menu
Talking over the dinner table
What to talk about (How do you like …? )
How to pay? (bill)
What to say? (treat / pleasure / company)
Paying the meal
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9. System of serving and ordering
2. Describing a place
Name of the place
Information included:
Visitors
Popularity
Location
History
Culture
Activities
Time
Food and drink
Atmosphere
Layout
System of serving and ordering
Staff
Laws and customs
Price
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10. 2. Describing a place History: … was first introduced
Popularity: … remain unshaken
Activities: They are rely upon for …/ It has always been important for …
Visitors: frequent / … used by …
Food and drink: many different flavors and varieties / offer a wide choice of / a good range of / a full range of / a wide selection of / … are available
6. Laws and customs: are governed by / are strictly controlled / are (not) permitted / are (not) allowed / operate a … code
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11. 2. Describing a place
7. Layout: the significant feature / are provided
8. System of serving and ordering: order at / carry to
9. Culture: add insights into
10. Location: is located / in … district / close to / not far from / ideally situated
11. Atmosphere: provide … atmosphere
12. Staff: tender / maid / man
13. Busy time: filled up / almost empty / crowded
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12. 2. Describing a place (in action)
A sample flow-chart work (Wang Fu Jing Snack Street):
Location
Layout
Food service
visitors
It is located …
The significant feature is that ...
… offer a wide selection of
… frequent ...
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13. 2. Describing a place (in action)
Wang Fu Jing Snack Street is in Wangfujing. There are many food stalls there. They sell many kinds of food. Visitors from other provinces in China and from other countries all come to visit the place.
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14. 2. Describing a place (in action)
Wang Fu Jing Snack Street is located in the southwestern part of Wangfujing, a bustling commercial area in Beijing. The significant feature of this snack street is that all the snack stalls there are built according to the architectural style of old Beijing. The stalls offer a wide selection of local snacks and snacks of other areas in China. The place is frequented by visitors from both home and abroad.
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15. Learning tips
Towards “learning by doing” from a reading/listening text:
Complete the tasks
Identify the key information
Identify the information flow
Construct the flow chart of the assigned /chosen topic (information flow and key language points)
Identify the key vocabulary and/or structures for presenting the information
Practise your presentation
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16. 3. Describing a dish Peking Roast Duck crispy Chinese onions immerse
unique condiments
bare hand
roast over flames stoked by fruit-tree wood
date-red skin
slice
tender meat
roll up
taste
thin pancake
special sauce
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17. 3. Describing a dish  Ingredients? Cooked or prepared?
It is made from …
Cooked or prepared?
verbs
It is served with …
There is … to go with it.
It is eaten ...
Presented or served or eaten?
Taste like?
It tastes … (adjectives)
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18. 3. Describing a dish
Peking roast duck has the reputation of being the most delicious food in Beijing. It is made from ducks immersed in unique condiments and roasted directly over the flames stoked by fruit-tree wood. The best roasted duck should be date-red with crispy skin and tender meat. It is served with thin pancakes, Chinese onions and special sauce. To eat it, you need to slice the meat, then dip the slice in the sauce, put it in the pancake together with some Chinese onions and roll up the pancake. You can eat it with your bare hand. It is extremely tasty.
Topic sentence
How it is cooked
How it is presented
How it is eaten
How it tastes
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19. A mini vocabulary quiz (Unit 4)
Please give as many examples as possible for the following categories within ten minutes:
1. Household problems
2. Household repairs
3. Skilled workers for household repair work
4. Tools for household repairs
5. Service promise
6. Furniture
7. Atmosphere a room can create
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20. Unit Four in Summary (1) Activity Three: Activity Two: Skilled Workers
Do It Yourself
Activity One:
Liu Li and Rachel’s Room
Activity Four:
Household Repairs
Home Improvement
Activity Six:
Describing rooms
Activity Five:
Furniture Arrangement
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21. Unit Four in Summary (2) Three main topics: 1. Arranging the furniture
2. Dealing with household problems
3. Describing a room
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22. 1. Arranging the furniture
1. Describing the furniture:
adjectives: ugly, threadbare ...
verbs: fold up, stack ...
nouns: storage cubes, trunks ...
2. Arranging the furniture:
propositions: against, beside ...
making and responding to a suggestion
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23. 1. Arranging the furniture (in action)
1. Label each piece of furniture ORALLY.
2. Arrange the furniture according the layout below
3. Describe the arrangement to your partner. Your partner should arrange the furniture in their place according to your description.
4. Converse the role.
5. Class presentation. S
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24. 1. Arranging the furniture (in action)
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25. 2. Dealing with household problems
1. Describing a household problem:
… is leaking
There is something wrong with ...
2. Tackling a household problem:
structure: have … done / do something
verb: install, fix, replace …
tools: pliers, screwdriver ...
3. Calling for domestic repair service
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26. 2. Dealing with household problems (in action)
Watch a video clip and complete the following tasks:
(Pair work) Make a list of things that need improvement and give reasons.
(Pair work) Make a list of suggestions to deal with the problems.
Class presentation.
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27. 3. Describing a room  General introduction Detailed information
room type / size
view / basic furniture
layout
general impression
General introduction
decorative items
favorite possession
lighting
Detailed information
atmosphere
feeling
Concluding comment
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28. A checklist of objectives
Have we accomplished the following objectives?
q to review key vocabulary items of the two units.
to discuss the information flow and the key language points in six given situations.
to demonstrate ways of applying “learning by doing” with reading texts.
q to practise the language in given situations.
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29. Assignment 1. Tutor-marked assignment (choose one):
1) My favorite dish (150 –200 words)
2) My favorite room ( words)
3) Due date: December 23
2. Progress report cards for English at Leisure Unit 5 & 6
Due date: December 23
Questions
3. If you plan to attend the next tutorial, you need to complete all the tasks of Unit Five and Six in English at Leisure.
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30. Thank you!
Questions are welcome!
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