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Exploring Chinese Cuisine - A Dive into Culinary Delights

Discover the richness of Chinese cuisines, from spicy Sichuan to delicate Cantonese flavors. Learn vocabulary, discuss regional specialties, and ponder on the health benefits of herbal foods. Share your favorite Chinese dishes and recommendations for foreign visitors to China.

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Exploring Chinese Cuisine - A Dive into Culinary Delights

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  1. My Favorite Cuisine V8-2 V8

  2. Warm Up Are you a big fan of hotpot? For two-flavor hotpots, which flavor do you prefer, the spicy one or the bland one? Why?

  3. LessonGoals • In today's lesson, you will: • learn to talk about different Chinese cuisines. • describe your favorite cuisine.

  4. Vocabulary Think about the question below. Create a mind-map and present it to your teacher. seasoning staple food preservative What words come to your mind when talking about cuisines? aroma exquisite cuisine bland texture crispy gourmet presentation gastronomy

  5. Discussion What are the Eight Chinese Cuisines? Jiangsu Cuisine Hunan Cuisine Sichuan Cuisine Cantonese Cuisine Anhui Cuisine Shandong (Lu) Cuisine Fujian Cuisine Zhejiang Cuisine

  6. Reading Scan the article in the handout and answer the following questions. What cuisines serve a lot seafood dishes? What’s the difference between Sichuan Cuisine and Hunan Cuisine? What is the famous dish of Jiangsu Cuisine and Zhejiang Cuisine respectively? What cuisines shouldn’t you try if you don’t like wild foods?

  7. Critical thinking Do you think herbal medicinal foods are good for a person’s health? Why? When having the Herbal Cuisine, we should abide by some principles: Principle I Dialectic Selection for CuisineIn ancient China, people believed the “Yin and Yang” theory and strove for the harmony of “Yin” and “Yang” in many aspects of their lives including their physical condition, their living environment and location. Principle II Time ConsistencyTraditional Chinese Medicine theorizes that; humankind has a close connection with the natural world. If you take herbal cuisine or medicine in the winter, you should avoid food that has a cold nature. Principle III Personal Physical DifferenceDifferent people have differences in the selection of the herbal cuisine. Children should avoid eating cuisine of a strong coldness or hot nature. Pregnant women should avoid cuisine which invigorates the circulation of blood.

  8. Speaking • Think about following questions and present your favorite cuisine to the teacher. • What part of China are you from? • What type of food do they eat in your hometown? • Whatare your favorite dishes ? • Which dishes would you recommend foreign visitors to China try to get a real taste of China?

  9. Now you know: • how to talk about different Chinese cuisines. • how to talk about your favorite cuisine.

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