师：Okay, good morning, class. I guess you grabbed some food for breakfast just now.
生：Yes.
师：So what did you have for breakfast?
生：Sorry, porridge.
生：Pancakes.
师：A very special food. I wonder if you've ever been asked this question. Let's take a look. What does food mean to you? Think about it. What does food mean to you?
生：It made me happy. It gave me a sense of happiness.
生：It gives you the energy to think, to live. A means of survival, right?
师：Good to know that. So today we are going to explore something about “switch”. The first task for you is, what is the title here?
生：Culture and cuisine.
师：Okay, I'll put it here. This is our title. And we can also see the illustrations from the text, the two pictures right here. According to the title and illustrations, what is the text probably about?
生：I think the passage may talk about their food, the art there, or say the opinions about the food.
师：His opinions about the food. Very good. We're gonna explore that later. Now let's work on the framework, the structure of the text. I'll give you two minutes to work on this. Read for two minutes, and then let's talk about what's in the introduction part, the body part, the conclusion part, and what each part tells you.
（两分钟后）
师：Okay, paragraph 1 is your introduction part. Good. So what does it tell you?
生：Let's talk about the sentence. You're what you eat. It truly means your food refers to your culture, your personality and your character.
师：Exactly. We have a saying here, “you are what you eat”. And it says it actually refers to personality, character and culture. Great. What about the body part?
生：It's from paragraph 2 to paragraph 6.
师：What does it tell you?
生：It talks about the author traveling to different regions of China and tasting their special food and special culture.
师：You said he tasted the food and experienced the culture in different places. Very interesting point. What about the conclusion?
生：The conclusion is in paragraph 7. It sums up and talks about the relationship between our food and culture.
师：The relationship between food and culture. Okay, can you find out the conclusion sentence?
生：Yes, in the last sentence, “however, what we can see is that culture and cuisine go hand in hand. And if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.”
师：Good. Pay attention to the pronunciation of that word, “cuisine”. This is our conclusion. Now we have the basic structure of the whole text, and we're going to go into details of this passage. Let's take a look at paragraph 1. I have a question for you guys. According to Brillat - Savarin, what does the saying mean here? Just now, Zhou Yu said, there is a saying, “tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” So to be more specific, what does he mean here in this paragraph?
生：Yes, the last sentence here.
师：Okay, one more question for you. What will the following paragraphs be about according to this?
生：It may be some examples and experiences about food and its relation to personality, character and culture.
师：Yes. The following paragraphs will be about this. Now let's officially start our food journey. Let's read from Para 2 to 6. I gave you two minutes for the structure. Now I'll give you three minutes to work on the details. The question for you is, where did the author go? Circle them out. And also, what food did they have in that place?
（三分钟后）
师：Okay, good job. Now let's have a group discussion. For each group, I gave you a marker and a piece of paper. I want you to write the food on this piece of paper and then stick it on the big map of China over there. Maybe I'll assign different paragraphs to different groups to make things easier. So you guys, paragraph 2, paragraph 3, 4, 5, and 6.
（学生讨论后）
师：Okay, let's check. In Beijing, the author tried the dish with Sichuan peppercorns. I'll show you the picture so you can visualize this. And then he went to Shandong and tried baidu dumplings and pancake rolls. What is this? Pancake rolls. And what about this, jiaozi? And there is detailed information about this served with vinegar. What about then he went to Xinjiang? Lamb kebab. Do you like that? Then, dim sum. Guangdong - style steamed snacks. What about this one here, stewed noodles in Henan. Well, actually, his first destination was in America. He's an American, right? So he tried General Tso's chicken in America. We have all the foods in different places. Now I have a challenging question for you guys to discuss. Besides food, what else did the author experience in that place?
生：在北京就是说这个……show Chinese people's friendship.
生：After our discussion, I conclude that in paragraph 3, in a Sichuan restaurant in Beijing, he met a chef. Without him ordering something, the chef just filled their table with the best food she had. I think this shows Sichuan people or Chinese people's friendship and kindness.
师：Build a table with the best. This is to show their kindness, to show their friendship, right? Any questions? You talked about “hospitality”. Do you know that word in Chinese?
生：Yes.
师：Other things? Any other group?
生：Our group talked about the paragraph for Shandong Province. We discussed that families are important to the people in Shandong. From the food, the pancake rolls, because it's round, we thought it means the people gather together. They really think family is important.