Module 7 Eating together Unit 2 Knives and forks are used for most food. Wach the pictures and thinkAre they right to eat Western food?Look at the pictures of Western meal and Chinese meal then discuss the difference Western mealChinese foodReadingRead the passage fast then complete the column in the West with notes. In the West Meal times Things to say Lunch (after 12, around 1 pm); dinner (around 7 pm or later)At the start of a meal: in France: Bon appétit in Italy: Buon appétit in Britain: nothing is saidin Britain: Cheers!How to eat food Being served Refusing foodNumber of dishesAt the end of the mealMost food is eaten with a knife and fork.You may be asked to serve yourself, or be served by your host.Politely say you can’t eat or don’t want any more.Fewer dishes are offered than in China.People stay and talk around the table; it’s rude to leave as soon as the meal is over.Read the passage again and answer the questions. • ① Who is the passage written for?•a) A Western eating a Chinese meal. •b) A Chinese person eating a western meal.•c) A Chinese person eating a Chinese meal.•d) A Westerner eating a Chinese home.√Read the passage and answer the questions. • ② What is the tone of the passage?•a) Serious b) Conversational.•c) Formal. d) Strict.• ③ Where might you see a passage like this?•a) In a travel magazine.•b) In a dictionary.•c) In an instruction manual. •d) In a news magazine.√√Read the passage and fill in the blankesGuests at a new reataurant in London_____ (serve) by blind waiters. But the waiters aren’t the only people who can’t see. The guests can’t see either, because the restaurant_______(keep) dark. No lights__________ (allow), not even the light on your mobile phone. Anything with a light must ___________(turn off). The idea is that when the food can__________(not see), the sense of taste_________( improve). “Don’t worry that you won’t enjoy food without seeing it. The enjoyment of the food_______(make) possible by your nose, fingers and ears instead,” promises the restaurant owner.are servedare allowedis keptbe turned offnot be seenis improvedis madePlay in roleYou are invited to have Western meal by your partner who comes from London. Please act with your partner.• SummaryLook at the questions and write down your answers1 What time is lunch served?2 What is the difference between Chinese meals and Westen meals?3 How do we know that a meal is over in China? What might be different in a Western meal?Homework: Try your best to make your answers into a small passage.
