Unit 2 How Does It Taste? Deborah Soong

Teaching Activities Index

Teaching Activities 1st period 1. Warm-upWarm-up 2. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs 1-4The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs Reading - Paragraphs 1-4Reading - Paragraphs 1-4 2nd period 1. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs 5-8The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs Reading - Paragraphs 5-8Reading - Paragraphs Post-readingPost-reading 3rd period 1. Word FileWord File 2. Sentence PatternsSentence Patterns 3. ExpansionExpansion 4. Writing PracticeWriting Practice 4th period Part II Oral & Listening - Unit 2

Warm-up Vocabulary Idioms & Phrases Paragraphs 1-4

(A) sweet (B) salty (C) sour (D) bitter ( )

Now, let’s check the answers.

Back (A) sweet (B) salty (C) sour (D) bitter ( A )( B )( C/A ) ( D )( A )( B ) ( A )( C )( D )

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Now, answer the following questions.

With what do we taste things? We taste things with our tongues, noses as well as eyes.

What has a lot more to do with taste than the tongue? The nose.

Why does your food taste very plain when you have a bad cold? Because your nose is stopped up.

Does milk taste the same as orange juice? Does milk taste the same as orange juice? →Does milk has the same flavoras orange juice (has)? the same as 和 … 相同的 = exactly like; identical to/with  His hat looks the same as mine.  She loved the adopted child the same as she loved her own children.

Of course not! Does fish taste like chicken? Not at all. Of course not! →Certainly not! not at all 一點也不 … = far from; not in the least I’m not tired at all. →I am far from tired. →I’m not in the least tired. He is not foolish at all. →He is far from afool. →He is not in the least foolish.

But how do you know? What tells you they are different? Is it your tongue? Maybe you think so. But guess again. maybe = perhaps; possibly 也許 so 常和 say, speak, think, suppose, hope, fear, be afraid, do 等動詞連 用，用來代替「前述之事」。 Maybe you think so. →Perhaps you have such an idea.

We do taste things with our tongues; that’s true. do =really ; actually 的確 do/does/did 常被用來強調主要動作。 We do taste things with our tongues; That’s true. →It’s true that we really taste things with our tongues.

But the smell of food has a lot to do with its taste, too. has (got)... to do with = to have a connection with = to be related/connected with 表示「與 … 有關」，中間常加入 something, nothing, little, much 等 修飾語。 His job has something to do with computers.

We taste foods with our noses as well as our tongues. A as well as B = not only B but also A We taste foods with our noses as well as our tongues. →We use not only our tongues but also our noses to taste foods.

In fact, the nose has more to do with taste than the tongue. 全句意思等於 “Actually, the nose has a stronger connection with taste than the tongue does with taste.” 。 in fact 事實上 = actually; in reality/effect; as a matter of fact He’s a good student; in fact, he’s at the top of the class.

Scientists say that your tongue can recognize only four tastes. It can tell if something is sweet or if it’s salty. Scientists say that your tongue can recognize only four tastes. →According to scientists, one’s tongue can tell the differences among four tastes only. tell = decide; recognize 斷定；辨認 if = whether

To tell different foods apart, we also have to use our noses. It can tell if something is sour (like vinegar) or bitter (like soap). But that’s all. to tell different foods apart →in order to tell the differences among foods 為了...: (in order) to + V so as to + V with a view to + V-ing for the purpose of + V-ing so that S may/can More...

I left home early so as to get a good seat. They’d do anything in order to win. I left home early so that I might get a good seat. Whatever Mr. Brown does, he does it with a view to making more money. He learns English for the purpose of doing business.

Can you remember a time when you had a bad cold? Your food tasted very plain then. a time when you had a bad cold → what happened to you when you caught a heavy/severe cold

It seemed to have little taste at all. 否定字 little/no/not/hardly/seldom... + at all = little/no/not/hardly/seldom... + in the least I’m not satisfied with my grades at all. →I’m not satisfied with my grades in the least. S + seem to + V... =It seems (that) S + V... It seemed to have little taste at all. → The food didn’t seem to have any taste. → It seemed (that) the food didn’t have any taste (at all).

That wasn’t because your tongue wasn’t working. It was because your nose was stopped up. work = operate; function 運作；運轉  This clock doesn’t work anymore.  My stomach is working badly. stop up = block 堵塞  The pipe has got stopped up, so water cannot go through it.  When she heard the bad news, she stopped (up) her ears.

You couldn’t smell the food, and that made it seem tasteless. You can prove this to yourself.

Try eating something while you pinch your nose shut. try + V-ing 試著去 … I tried getting up early for my health. try to + V 盡力 Try to get to school on time. while 與 … 同時 While the mother was doing the housework, her children were playing outside. Next

Try eating something while you pinch your nose shut. It won’t seem to have much taste. pinch...shut 此為 V + O + OC 句構， 以下為類似用法： He pushed the door closed. They found the house deserted. Back