1. Unit Three Chinese Food IV Exercises I Pre-reading Qs II Text Analysis III After reading

2. I Pre-reading

3.  Discussion Qs:  -What do you know about the difference between Chinese and western eating habits?  -Do you like brunch?  Do you believe that "we are what we eat?"  How many meals a day do you think should be eaten?  Do you usually eat at home or at a restaurant?  If you were on death row, what would you request for your last meal?

4.  Bitter melon

5.  1. I'm freezing my buns off today! I wish I'd brought my coat to school!  I forgot my coat today. I am very cold. The buns are freezing.  2. These idioms are a piece of cake to learn!  The idioms are eating cake. These idioms are difficult to learn. These idioms are easy to learn.

6.  3. Wife: Honey, guess what? We have a bun in the oven! Iheard from the doctor today. Husband: Oh, that's great! I'm so happy!  They are going to have buns for dinner. They are going to have a baby. The wife is baking some buns for the doctor.  4. Susan: Hi! What are you talking about? Mary: Oh, we are talking about Hollywood beefcake. Who do you like? Susan: I think Arnold Schwartzenegger is beefcake!  Arnold is very handsome. Arnold lives in Hollywood. I am hungry.

7.  5. I saw a very cheesy movie last night. You wouldn't believe how bad it was!   The movie was excellent. The movie was expensive. The movie was poorly made.  6. I just bought the newest cheesecake poster of Pamela Lee to hang in my dorm room.   I bought a poster of a pretty girl. I love to eat cheesecake. Pamela Lee likes to eat cheesecake.

8. 77. When I went skating yesterday, I fell on my buns four times! Ouch! II fell on my buttocks. I fell on my bread. I fell on my friend.

9.  Fine dried noodles

10.  Dumplings in soup/ wonton

11.  Pot sticker

12.  Boiled dumpling

13. dumpling

14. Glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves

15. Quotes WWhat is food to one man may be fierce poison to others. Lucretius HHe was a bold man who first swallowed an oyster. James I OOne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virgina Woolf MMan does not live by bread alone. Moses

16.  All happiness depends upon a leisurely breakfast. John Gunther  A smiling face is half the meal. Latvian Proverb  Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~Voltaire  We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking. ~Steve Elbert

17. II Text Analysis SStructural Analysis:  Paragraphs 7-9 constitute the third part of the text. ara 7: The traditional high-quality Chinese meal is a serious matter, fastidiously prepared and fastidiously enjoyed. ara 8: The enjoyment must match the preparation. ara 9: The smooth harmonies and piquant contrasts in Chinese food are an expression of basic assumptions about life itself.

18. TText Structure: Para1-4:  The author discusses the contrast between the Chinese attitude and the Western attitude toward food.  PPara 5-6:  T The part explains how Chinese food has become an international food.  Para 7-9:  The writer discusses the nature of Chinese food in this part.

19. RRhetorical features:  eg: Many people in the West are gourmets and others are gluttons.  alliteration:  repetition of the first sound or letter of a succession of words, which helps to convey a sort of melodious quality.

22. Qs  Para 1-4 Para 1-4  How is food different from music, a lecture, a conversation?  ( never be integrated into one’s body or spiritual and moral fibre, one may not attend to them whole-heartedly/ Yet food is different. It requires our serious treatment. )  How does the author make his idea clear?  ( comparison contrast raising two questions )

23. WWhy is it a difficult question for a westerner? (( food is no more than something that satisfies their hunger. They could hardly see its moral effect. ) WWhat’s the Chinese attitude towards food? (( the first happiness in life ) WWhat does “to eat with a capital E” mean? (( to be entertained socially so the environment and the position are deemed as the crucial factors to consider. But for Chinese, eating is the sole purpose )

24.  Para 5-6 Para 5-6  Why does the author mention “from Hong Kong to Honolulu to Hoboken to Huddersfield”?  (located in different areas; randomly chosen just to show the ubiquity of Chinese food. )ubiquity  What has helped the spread of Chinese food to the rest of the world?  (people from Hong Kong opened restaurants; then, western people became interested in the pursuit of sensual pleasure, break the old western habits; third, sensual concept is an inherent element of Chinese food. )sensual

25. PPara7-9 (nature of Chinese food) -H-How does the writer explain that the traditional high-quality Chinese meal is a serious matter? -(-(figures to show how complicated and time- consuming it is to prepare the Chinese meal. Lists several methods to show cooking is no easy task. )

26. - Why is a Chinese meal compared to a religious ceremony? - (just like a religious ceremony that follows significant ritual procedure, a Chinese meal proceeds with carefully planned dishes, where the harmonies and contrasts of elements not only whet one’s appetite but also manifest the Chinese view on life. )

27.  What else must be pleased besides the palate? Why?  (The eye, too. The philosophy that underlies Chinese food and everything else is Taoism, which signifies the proper human conduct and the ultimate harmony of the universe. In the enjoyment of food, the eye, as well as the palate, is the essential element to please. If the eye fails to be pleased, these essential elements are no longer in harmony. )

28. LLanguage Points: PPara1-4 aattend to : to take care of, look after, deal with eeg: His company helps employees ~ their elderly relatives. iindifferent: without interest or concern  eg: She was utterly ~ to his irritation.  He is ~ to praise or blame, about success or failure.

29.  -profoundly: extremely  eg: He could hardly calm down after that ~ disturbing experience.  -derive from: to come from a source or origin  eg: The word “ deduct ” ~s from Latin. 

30. -e-ecstasy: sudden intense feeling or excitement -e-eg: He is in an ~ of joy.  ssmother: to cover closely or thickly eeg: The cook ~ed a steak with mushrooms.

31. Para 5-6  -marked: striking; conspicuous  eg: John worked really hard. He showed ~ improvement in all the tests.  There is a ~ increase in economy.  -assert: to declare strongly  eg: He ~ed boldly that he was innocent of the crime.  It is nonsense to ~ that smoking does not affect people ’ s health.

32.  -ubiquitous: seeming to be everywhere  eg: His ~ influence was felt by the whole family.  Earth ’ s ~ atmosphere is essential for life.  -bedeck: to decorate; to hang ornaments or decorations on  eg: He led us into a room ~ed with tinsel.   -infamous: deserving of or causing an evil reputation  eg: He is ~ for saying that cheating is the way the game is played. 

34.  sensual: pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.ensual  adj. 沉湎于声色口腹之乐的；肉欲的；与官能享 受有关的 感官上的  Chop suey: Chop suey

35.  -crucial: of highest, greatest, or most critical importance  eg: The behavior of the oceans is a ~ aspect of global warming.  - Part and parcel: an essential part that must not be ignored - eg: Unemployment is ~ of the bigger problem- a sagging economy. -

36.  -average: typical, common, ordinary  eg: People of ~ intelligence can read novels appreciatively. - inherent: existing as a natural and permanent quality - eg: The drug has certain ~ side effects. - - phenomenal: very remarkable, amazing - eg: He enjoyed ~ success as a race car driver. - She has ~ memory.

37. Chop suey

38.  fastidiously: with excessive care or delicacy.  eg: He stared ~ at the dirty table.  He ~ copied every word of his notes onto clean paper.  chore: a hard or unpleasant task; a small job that someone has to do regularly  eg: It is a real ~ to stand in line to buy food every day.

39.  contrive: to make or invent something in a skillful way  eg: In 1862, a technique was ~ to take a series of photographs showing stages of movement.  alter: to change  eg: Her schedule has ~ed dramatically.  conform to : to act in accordance with; to comply with  eg: Her clothes are ~ed to fashion

40.  Palate: the sense of taste  eg: We’ll have a dinner to delight the palate.  Elusive: hard to express or define  eg: He tried to recall the ~ thought he had had months before.  Piquant: having a pleasantly sharp or strong taste  eg: With the ~ tomato sauce, the dish tastes much better.

41. III After reading  Fill the blanks with the proper words in the  Text.  Dance is an i part of the culture.  Water is c to our survival. - It ’ s best to accept that some inconveniences are p of travel. - The goods are of a quality. - The hall was b with flowers. - ( inherent crucial part and parcel average bedecked )

42.  The story d from a very common folktale. - They went into e over the view. - The pasta was s with a creamy sauce.  His self-blame gave her some hope that he would a her opinion.  Having strangers criticize us is  p offensive to us.  ( derived from ecstasies smothered attend to profoundly )

43. TThe medical council disqualified him for i misconduct. II let my p decide what I eat. TThe meaning of the poem was somewhat e. TThe coat was so long, so I took it back to the store to have it a. HHe c a swing from hanging vines. AAs a child, one of my c was to feed the animals. ((infamous palate elusive altered contrived chores)

44. Reading task  Text II