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Unit5FoodCultureUnitGoalsWhatyoushouldlearntodo1.Chooseatable2.Orderfromamenu3.Takeanorder4.Enquireaboutandrecommendfoodsanddrinks5.PaythebillWhatyoushouldknowabout1.WesternandChinesefood2.Thewaytomakeatoastspeechatawedding3.AdverbialclausesSectionITalkingFacetoFace1.ImitatingMini-Talks2.ActingouttheTasks3.StudyingEmailInformationontheInternet4.FollowingSampleDialogues5.PuttingLanguagetoUseSectionIIBeingAllEars1.LearningSentencesforWorkplaceCommunication2.HandlingaDialogue3.UnderstandingaShortSpeech/TalkSectionIIITryingyourHand1.PracticingAppliedWriting2.WritingSentencesandReviewingGrammarSectionIVMaintainingaSharpEyePassage1:InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassageLikesordislikeswithregardtofoodvarygreatlyfromculturetoculture.Whatisdisgustingtoonepersoncanbeadelicacytoanother.Sometimesweneedtochangeoureatinghabits.Ifwemoveortraveltoanewplacewithadifferentculture,ourfavoritemeat,fruitandvegetablesmaynotbeavailabletous.Asaresult,wehavetoeatwhatisdifferentfromthefoodweareusedto.Slowly,thisstrangefoodmaybecomefamiliartous.Ourtastesmaychange,too,andwebegintoenjoyeatingthefoodthatusedtoseemunusualtous.TextBlogsonFoodBlogOne2014/5/14BestPlacestoEatinBeijingandShanghaiThiswillbeourfirsttimeinBeijingandShanghai.Oneofthebestthingsabouttravelingisallthedifferentfoodsyougettotry.ThereisChinesefoodintheUS,butit’snotnearlyasgoodasthefoodinChina!Plustherearelotsofthingsyoucan’tgetintheUS.NowwearewonderingaboutwhatpeoplewhoactuallyliveinShanghaiandBeijingthinkarethebestplacestoeat?Ifyoucanleaveamessagebelowthatwouldbegreat.Amy2014/5/15You’vegottohaveBeijingDuckatQuanJuDe(全聚德).You’renotavegetarianright?LOL.HaveanicetimeinBeijing.2014/5/18Mustgoplacesforeating:IguesstheonlythingIwouldrecommendistheXiaolongBaoinYuGarden...uh...it’salittlebitcliché...butitisstillthesignaturedishofShanghai...apartfromthat,youcanfindeverykindofdishesofregionalflavorthere...godbless.MingTao2014/5/20ItsapityustayinHangzhouonlyafewhours,flyingguys!Xuehe20014/5/28Hi!Itwasreallynicemeetingyoutodayatthebar!HopeyouenjoyedyourstayhereinShanghaisofar...andyoucantryShanghainesecuisinesometime...ormaybesomesnacksattheCityGod’sTemple(ChenghuangMiaoinChinese).They’rereallyoneofakind.BlogTwobyChangWeng,fromMalaysiaFunny,Isn’tIt?Tuesdaymorning,Iover-slept,whileallthebosseswerecoming.FortunatelyIwasnotcominglate,justhavingnotimetodabaomylunch.Me:QiuJun,Ididnot“dabao”today.Ifyougooutforlunch,remembertobringmetogether.QiuJun:Ok,AWeng.I’llgooutforlunchlateron.(Fewminutesjustbeforethelunchhour.)QiuJun:AWeng,let’sgoforlunchnow.UncleZhou:TodaywebringAWengtothesea.Me:Sea?(Sure?QiuJunandmedon’tknowhowtoswim!)QiuJun:Goodidea.Me:Oh...(These2bossesmusthavesomethingsecretintheirplan.)FewminutesaftersittinginsideQiuJun’scar,huh,wearereallyreachingthesea.Oh,actuallytheytargetontheSunriseSeafoodRestaurant,whichisjustlocatedbesidesourcompany,butweneedtoturnabigroundonlytoreachthere.Hmm,thisrestaurantisquitegood,“floating”ontopofthesea.Anunlimitedsea-view.UncleZhoutreatsustolunchthere.Wow,wefinishalmostalltheorderedfood.IfeelsurprisedthatIdonotrecommendfoodoverhere.Hehe,Icannottellmymother,orelseshewillcallmeimmediatelywithblarblarblar.Mum,don’tworry,Ididnoteatanymeat,see,myplateisempty.LanguagePoints1ExplanationofDifficultSentences1.(Blog1–Amy)NowwearewonderingaboutwhatpeoplewhoactuallyliveinShanghaiandBeijingthinkarethebestplacestoeat?Analysis:Thisisacomplexsentence.InthissentencewhatpeoplewhoactuallyliveinShanghaiandBeijingthinkarethebestplacestoeatisanobjectclauseoftheprepositionabout,andwhoarectuallyliveinShanghaiandBeijingisusedasanattributiveclausemodifyingpeople.Translation:现在我们想知道，真正住在上海和北京的居民认为什么地方的东西最好吃。Example:Hewasdeeplydispleasedbywhathadoccurredthatday.Yoursuccesswilllargelydependuponwhatyoudoandhowyoudoit.2.(Blog1–Dahai)Itwasreallynicemeetingyoutodayatthebar!Analysis:Inthissentence,thepronounisusedtostandfortherealsentencesubjectmeetingyoutodayatthebar.Meetingcanalsotaketheinfinitiveformtomeet,butthereisalittledifferencebetweenthetwoforms.UsingV-ingformassubjectusuallymeanstheactionthathasbeendone,whileto-doformmeansthattheactionisgongtobedone.Translation:今天在酒吧里遇见你们真是太好了！Example:Itwasnicemeetingsomanyoldfriendsattheparty.ItisgreattogotoattendtheinternationalconferenceinJapan.3.(2–Para.1)Fortunately,Iwasnotcominglate,justhavingnotimetodabaomylunch.Analysis:Inthissentence,justhavingnotimetodabaomylunchisaparticipialphraseusedasanadverbialofresult.DabaoisbutthetransliterationofChineseword“打包”,meaningput(thefood)intoabox.Translation:幸运的是，我并没有迟到，只是没来得及带打包的午餐。Example:Theyhurriedtotheairport,justfindingtheplanehadtakenoff.Fortunatelythecompanyescapedgoingbankrupt(破产),justfallingintoanembarrassingsituation.4.(Blog2-Para.8)Icannottellmymother,orelseshewillcallmeimmediatelywithblarblarblar.Analysis:Orelsehereisusedtomeanotherwise.BlarisnotausualEnglishword,andblarblarblarareoftensaidincombinationtoindicatethatsomeoneiscomplainingorsayingsomethinguseless.Theauthorusesblarblarblarheretoshowthathismothermayoftencalltosaysomethingtrivialwhichmakeshimbored.Example:Youmustpay$100