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Unit 1 Food Before You Read Pre-reading Questions 1. Do you know what you should or shouldn t do at a traditional Chinese dinner? 2. Do you think there is a connection between one s lifestyle and the food they eat? 3. What do you think the oldest people on Earth usually ate? 10 Chapter 1 Life
Vocabulary Preview A guest elder serve practice funeral nomad store grain lifestyle related 1. lifestyle : n. the way a person lives or a group of people live 2. nomad : n. a member of a group of people who move according to the seasons 3. serve : v. to give someone food or drink 4. elder : n. someone who is older than you in your family or community 5. guest : n. someone who is invited to a place or an event 6. grain : n. the seeds of plants such as rice, wheat, and corn 7. store : v. to keep things until you need them 8. practice : v. to use a particular method or custom 9. funeral : n. a ceremony held for a dead person 10. related : a. connected with something or someone in some way B Vocabulary Word 1. update 2. produce 3. convenient 4. observe 5. traditional Synonym a. obey, follow, keep b. customary, conventional c. useful, handy, helpful d. renew, revise, upgrade e. yield, make, create Unit 1 Food 11
Unit 1 READING 1 If you re at a traditional Chinese dinner, you should practice good manners. That s because Chinese culture strictly observes more dining rules than most other cultures do. For example, no one may sit down to eat until the guests take a seat. Furthermore, no one may begin eating before any elders eat. At Chinese meals, you should use only chopsticks for eating, and there are many rules for them. For instance, don t wave them or point them at people. Also, don t pass or serve food with them. Here s an interesting rule: never leave chopsticks standing in a bowl of rice. Chinese do this only at funerals to offer the rice to the dead person! English Usage That s because ~ Finally, my dream came true. That s because I never gave up. No one ~ until No one recognized me until I took off the mask. 12 Chapter 1 Life
1 Chinese Funeral Practices The Use of Chopsticks in Different Cultures Table Manners in China How to Eat Food with Chopsticks 2 3 this 4 observes watches keeps notices orders Visualize the Text Chinese Table Manners Don t sit down to eat until the Don t begin eating before any guests elders take a seat. eat. Don t wave chopsticks or point them at people. Don t pass or serve food with chopsticks. Never leave chopsticks standing in a bowl of rice. Unit 1 Food 13
Unit 1 READING 2 Hey, everyone. Sorry I haven t updated my blog in a while. Anyway, I was reading about different cultures and learned that lifestyles and foods are related. The oldest groups of people on Earth lived as nomads. They were hunters at first and then began moving their animals to different grassland. These people had to kill and cook animals every day. Later on, as people began growing their own food, they could produce large amounts for the winter. These farmers stored lots of grains and vegetables., they didn t have to move around anymore. How about these days? Most people are so busy that they don t have time to cook. They just buy quick and convenient fast food. English Usage so + + that + can t [= too to...] I am so tired that I can t go shopping with you. = I am too tired to go shopping with you. 14 Chapter 1 Life
1 2 3 4 Therefore Instead However For example Summarize the Text grew their own food moved with their animals enjoy cooking stored grains and vegetables lived in the same area don t have time to cook The oldest people on Earth were nomads. They from place to place. Later on, people. They didn t have to move around anymore. That s because they. Today most people are so busy that they. They just buy convenient fast food. Unit 1 Food 15