Unit 5 Food Culture Unit GoalsWhat you should learn to do1.Choose a table2.Order from a menu3.Take an order4.Enquire about and recommend foods and drinks5.Pay the billWhat you should know about1.Western and Chinese food2.The way to make a toast speech at a wedding3.Adverbial clausesSection I Talking Face to Face1.Imitating Mini-Talks2.Acting out the Tasks3.Studying Email Information on the Internet4.Following Sample Dialogues5.Putting Language to UseSection II Being All Ears1.Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication2.Handling a Dialogue3.Understanding a Short Speech / TalkSection III Trying your Hand1.Practicing Applied Writing2.Writing Sentences and Reviewing GrammarSection Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage 1 :Information Related to the Reading PassageLikes or dislikes with regard to food vary greatly from culture to culture. What is disgusting to one person can be a delicacy to another. Sometimes we need to change our eating habits. If we move or travel to a new place with a different culture, our favorite meat, fruit and vegetables may not be available to us. As a result, we have to eat what is different from the food we are used to. Slowly, this strange food may become familiar to us. Our tastes may change, too, and we begin to enjoy eating the food that used to seem unusual to us.Text Blogs on FoodBlog One2014/5/14Best Places to Eat in Beijing and ShanghaiThis will be our first time in Beijing and Shanghai. One of the best things about traveling is all the different foods you get to try. There is Chinese food in the US, but it’s not nearly as good as the food in China! Plus there are lots of things you can’t get in the US.Now we are wondering about what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat?If you can leave a message below that would be great. Amy2014/5/15You’ve got to have Beijing Duck at Quan Ju De ( 全聚德). You’re not a vegetarian right? LOL. Have a nice time in Beijing.2014/5/18Must go places for eating: I guess the only thing I would recommend is the Xiaolong Bao in Yu Garden ... uh ... it’s a little bit cliché... but it is still the signature dish of Shanghai ... apart from that, you can find every kind of dishes of regional flavor there ... god bless.Ming Tao2014/5/20Its a pity u stay in Hangzhou only a few hours, flying guys! Xuehe20014/5/28Hi! It was really nice meeting you today at the bar! Hope you enjoyed your stay here in Shanghai so far ... and you can try Shanghainese cuisine some time ... or maybe some snacks at the City God’s Temple (Chenghuang Miao in Chinese). They’re really one of a kind.Blog Twoby Chang Weng, from MalaysiaFunny, Isn’t It?Tuesday morning, I over-slept, while all the bosses were coming.Fortunately I was not coming late, just having no time to da bao my lunch.Me: Qiu Jun, I did not “da bao”today. If you go out for lunch,remember to bring me together.Qiu Jun: Ok, A Weng. I’ll go out for lunch later on.(Few minutes just before the lunch hour.)Qiu Jun: A Weng, let’s go for lunch now.Uncle Zhou: Today we bring A Weng to the sea.Me: Sea? (Sure? Qiu Jun and me don’t know how to swim!)Qiu Jun: Good idea.Me: Oh ... (These 2 bosses must have something secret in their plan.)Few minutes after sitting inside Qiu Jun’s car, huh, we are really reaching the sea.Oh, actually they target on the Sunrise Seafood Restaurant, which is just located besides our company, but we need to turn a big round only to reach there.Hmm, this restaurant is quite good, “floating”on top of the sea. An unlimited sea-view.Uncle Zhou treats us to lunch there. Wow, we finish almost all the ordered food. I feel surprised that I do not recommend food over here. Hehe, I cannot tell my mother, or else she will call me immediately with blar blar blar.Mum, don’t worry, I did not eat any meat, see, my plate is empty. Language Points1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences1. (Blog 1 –Amy) Now we are wondering about what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat?Analysis: This is a complex sentence. In this sentence what people who actually live in Shanghai and Beijing think are the best places to eat is an object clause of the preposition about, and who are ctually live in Shanghai and Beijing is used as an attributive clause modifying people.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: He was deeply displeased by what had occurred that day.Your success will largely depend upon what you do and how you do it.2. (Blog 1 –Dahai) It was really nice meeting you today at the bar!Analysis: In this sentence, the pronoun is used to stand for the real sentence subject meeting you today at the bar. Meeting can also take the infinitive form to meet , but there is a little difference between the two forms. Using V-ing form as subject usually means the action that has been done, while to-do form means that the action is gong to be done.Translation: 今天在酒吧里遇见你们真是太好了！Example: It was nice meeting so many old friends at the party.It is great to go to attend the international conference in Japan.3. (2 –Para. 1) Fortunately, I was not coming late, just having no time to dabao mylunch.Analysis: In this sentence, just having no time to da bao my lunch is a participial phrase used as an adverbial of result. Da bao is but the transliteration of Chinese word “打包”, meaning put (the food) into a box.Translation: 幸运的是，我并没有迟到，只是没来得及带打包的午餐。