师：But also slowly that, that would, that we call student noodles. And do you know in which province people usually eat student noodles? Today we're going to find out in our reading passage. And the fifth one, pancake rose. Do you know pancake rose? Yeah, Shandong GMV. So what do we roll pancakes with? What do we put in the pancakes? Yeah, tone. And today we're going to learn how to say “葱” in English. Yeah, we roll a lot of things into the pancakes to make pancake roast and spicy dish with popcorn. So do you know pepcos? This one is pepcos. Yeah, 胡椒粒. Yeah, Pepco's spicy food. So in which province do people taste spicy food?
生：Chongqing, Sichuan and Hunan.
师：Great. You do know something about food and places. Last one, do you know how to read it? Dim sum. Do you know which city's people eat it?
生：Guangdong.
师：Actually, this is a Cantonese word, “点心”. Yeah, this is the dialect of Guangdong. And do you see it's really similar to our English pronunciation, dim sum. I'm a Cantonese. Yeah, I'm a Cantonese in Hainan province. Yeah, so as we can see in the picture, what is holding the desserts here?
生：A steamer.
师：So do you know this word? Steamer?
生：蒸器。
师：Yeah, great. Now let's get familiar with all the food together. Roast duck, dumplings, dumpling, kibab, still the noodles, pancake rolls, spicy dish with pepcos, dim sum. Now we are going to explore all these tasty foods with our author. Now please open your books and turn to page 26. First, let's look at the title. What's the title? Can you read the title?
生：Culture and cuisine.
师：So what is cuisine?
生：Delicious food.
师：Great. So what cuisine does Xi'an have? Does Xi'an have Chinese hamburger? Roujiamo, right? That's Chinese hamburger. Good. And in each place we have different cuisine. So in your opinion, do you think culture has anything to do with cuisine? For example?
生：Yes. I think food is related to the culture because of the differences between different religions, which cause differences in food.
师：Oh, I got you. Do you all understand? So in different places, people eat different food. So we can tell something about the place through the food. Do you get that? So that's your opinion. Now let's go to our author to see what the author mainly wants to tell us about the relationship between culture and cuisine. While reading the passage, if you find the topic sentence, please underline it. Are you clear? And also, I would like you to think about how the author explains his idea. Do you know any methods of explaining ideas? Such as you can explain your idea with examples, data, and reasons. Now let's read our passage to see the main idea of the author in this passage about culture and cuisine. In the meantime, see how he explains his idea. Now you have five minutes to read.
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师：It seems that you have almost finished reading. So can we come together now? Let's see. Have you found out what the author mainly wants to tell us? Do you find any topic sentence? So where do we usually find the topic sentence for a passage? First or last?
生：First.
师：Now let's come to the first paragraph first. Do you find which sentence could be the topic sentence from the first paragraph?
生：This sentence. “You are what you eat.” Cuz the whole passage told us we can learn from what you eat about your culture, character, and other things. So “You are what you eat” I think is the topic.
师：Thank you. So according to this student, the topic sentence in paragraph 1 and for our whole passage would be “You are what you eat”. Since it tells us that through food, we can know one's personality. So do you know “personality” now? For example, what kind of person you are, right? And your character. So what's the difference between “personality” and “character” here?
生：For example, this girl has a very gentle personality. And she usually helps classmates and teachers and gives a hand to someone in need. So she has a character of generosity. She is very generous.
师：Are you clear? “Personality” can mean your first impression of a person, and “character” refers to morals. Remember “morals”. For example, generosity and helpfulness. Are you clear? And even a country's culture. So that's what we know from paragraph 1, according to a very famous French author. So what's the author's original word about “You are what you eat”? The original sentence of the author is “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are”. Put more simply, it's “You are what you eat”. So how to understand “put more simply” here?
生：In simpler words.
师：Yeah, now take notes, guys. “Put more simply” means “in simpler words”. So we learned an expression today. Next time you can say “put more simply”. Great. And just now you mentioned paragraph 1. We usually have a topic sentence, and also which paragraph? The last paragraph. So what do you find in the last paragraph? Do you find any summary, any sentence that can summarize the whole passage?
生：I think the food is related to the culture.
师：Do you find any sentence from our passage?
生：“The kinds of food local people consume tell us what they grow in their region, what kinds of lives they lead and what they like and do not like.”
师：Okay, thank you. Now let's look at the last paragraph, the first sentence. “At a minimum, the kinds of food local people consume.” So how do you understand “at a minimum”?
生：At least.
师：So “the kinds of food local people consume”. How do you understand “local people consume the food”? It means they eat the food. So “consume” here means “eat”. “The kinds of local food the local people consume tell us what they grow in their region.” So what do people in Shanxi grow?
生：Wheat.
师：That's why they often eat noodles, not rice. And in some places, people eat rice more than noodles. So that shows what kind of crops we grow. And what kinds of lives they lead and what they like and do not like. Great. Then how about in between the paragraphs? What does the author also tell us? What kind of cuisine does she also mention?
生：Different cuisine in different places. In America and in China.
师：Right, the author mentions Chinese cuisine as an example. How do we know that? Please go back to paragraph 2, the beginning of paragraph 2. Let's read the beginning of paragraph 2 together. “Certainly in many ways this seems to be true.” Go.
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师：“Chinese cuisine is a case in point.” So how do you understand “a case in point”?
生：Example.
师：Great. That's from this paragraph. From here, the author began to talk about Chinese cuisine. So “a case in point” means “an example”. Take notes. Remember to take notes. “A case in point” means an example to explain the idea. So in paragraph 2, the author tells us about Chinese cuisine in which country?
生：In America.
师：And how about from paragraph 3 to paragraph 6? Where did he go?
生：He came to China to experience different cuisines in different places.
师：And at last, the author tries to raise this conclusion. Do you find the sentence “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? How do you understand “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”?
生：I think it's that people pass on their customs to the next generation.
师：Oh, I like your idea. Our classmate here said our customs and traditions can be passed on through what we eat. Great. Now, since you have a general idea about what the author wants to tell us about culture and cuisine, let's come to how does he explain his idea? How does he explain “you are what you eat”? And how does he make it clear that “culture and cuisine go hand in hand”? What example did he raise?