2.  Introduction  Body 1  Body2  Body3  Body4  Conclusion

3.  Main Idea

4.  Topic Sentence Today, people across the West are embracing Eastern foods, practices, and beliefs that used to be thought of a bit strange.

5. Questions Did people in the West knew much about life in Asia in the past? ANS: No.

6. How did the Westerners thought of the East land at that time? ANS: Strange, exotic, and even a little dangerous.

7. Please think up an example that can describes “the West are embracing Eastern foods”? ANS: There are many restaurants providing Chinese dishes in the U.S. nowadays.

8.  Main Idea Chinatown in San Francisco → Eastern food like tofu, Chinese vegetables, sushi and Thai food are widely accepted in Europe and the U.S. now.

9. Questions Where can we see tofu and Chinese vegetables in Europe and the U.S ？ ANS: In supermarkets

10. What kinds of dishes challenge pizza and hamburgers in the Western countries ？ ANS: Sushi and Thai food

11.  Main Idea The Chinese art of arranging furniture in a room or building called feng shui has influenced the Westerners’ life.

12. Questions Why do the Chinese arrange furniture in a room with feng shui ？ ANS: To ensure happiness,peace,and prosperity.

13. What do many Westerners follow to decorate their homes and offices ？ ANS: Feng shui

14.  Main Idea Chi, which is the central concept of some martial arts like tai chi has become very popular among the Westerners nowadays.

15. Questions What is about chi? ANS: The invisible energy that is of central importance to Chinese medicine.

16. What are the Western studying about chi now? ANS: Its effects on body.

17. What has become very popular in the West in recent decades? ANS: Tai chi, which is an ancient Chinese system of physical exercises that emphasizes slow movements..

18. Herbal, a Chinese medicine and acupuncture, a traditional Chinese treatment are available and popular in the west these days.  Main Idea

19. Questions What is Chinese herbal medicine available? ANS: It is now available alongside traditional Western medicine at many hospitals in the West.

20. How does acupuncture be used as a medical treatment? ANS: Thin needles are inserted into parts of the body.

21. What are the uses of acupuncture? ANS: It can be used to treat chronic pain and cure some diseases

22.  Main Idea The West and the East had been separated for a long time, but now the frequent interact between them will break this tradition.

23. Which book is that? ANS: The Travels of Marco Polo Questions

24. How long has it been since Marco Polo first introduced the East to the West. ANS: About seven hundred years.

25. What happened as the East and the West interact more frequently now? ANS: The relationship between them has now become closer than ever.

26. Job Assignment: 2 Stacy – Body1+2 4 Yvonne – Introduction + PPT 13 Cindy – Body3 20 Emily – Body4 24 Bella -- Conclusion