1、Period 5: Cultural Corner学习目标：1. 了解不同国家的不同医疗保障制度2. 树立跨文化交际意识3. 掌握重点单词的用法学习重点：了解不同国家的不同医疗保障制度学习难点：掌握重点单词的用法课前预习使用说明与学法指导：1. 树立跨文化交际意识2. 15分钟之内完成教材助读：You are what you eat. Nutrition experts often use this saying to promote better eating habits. What we put in our mouths does become a part of us. But w
2、e can look at this statement another way. What we eat reflects who we are-as people and as a culture. Do you want to understand another culture? Then you ought to find out about its food. Learning about American food can give us a real taste of American culture. What is American food? At first you m
3、ight think the answer is easy as pie. To many people, American food means hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and pizza. If you have a sweet tooth, you might even think of apple pie or chocolate chip cookies. Its true that Americans do eat those things. But are those the only kind of vittles you can
4、 find in America? Except for Thanksgiving turkey, its hard to find a typically American food. The United States is a land of immigrants. So Americans eat food from many different countries. When people move to America, they bring their cooking styles with them. Thats why you can find almost every ki
5、nd of ethnic food in America. In some cases, Americans have adopted foods from other countries as favorites. Americans love Italian pizza, Mexican tacos and Chinese egg rolls. But the American version doesnt taste quite like the original! As with any large country, the U.S.A has several distinct reg
6、ions. Each region boasts its own special style of food. Visit the South and enjoy country-style cooking. Journey through Louisiana for some spicy Cajun cuisine. Take a trip to New England and sample savory seafood dishes. Travel through the Midwest, the breadbasket of the nation, for delicious baked
7、 goods. Cruise over to the Southwest and try some tasty Tex-Mex treats. Finish your food tour in the Pacific Northwest with some gourmet coffee. Americans living at a fast pace often just grab a quick bite. Fast food restaurants offer people on the run everything from fried chicken to fried rice. Mi
8、crowave dinners and instant foods make cooking at home a snap. Of course, one of the most common quick American meals is a sandwich. If it can fit between two slices of bread, Americans probably make a sandwich out of it. Peanut butter and jelly is an all-time American favorite. Americans on the go
9、also tend to eat a lot of junk food. Potato chips, candy bars, soft drinks and other goodies are popular treats. Many people eat too many of these unhealthy snacks. But others opt for more healthy eating habits. Some even go all natural. They refuse to eat any food prepared with chemicals or additiv
10、es.American culture is a good illustration of the saying you are what you eat. Americans represent a wide range of backgrounds and ways of thinking. The variety of foods enjoyed in the U.S. reflects the diversity of personal tastes. The food may be international or regional. Sometimes its fast, and
11、sometimes its not so fast. It might be junk food, or maybe its natural food. In any case, the style is all-American. 预习自测题：1Ask Ss to read the passage individually，and then finish the formHealth care system in three different countries The country Health care Doctors Health insurance Britain America
12、 Canada我的疑问：_课内探究质疑探究：(1)pay vi &vt.支付，交纳 pay sb付钱给某人 E.g. He still hasnt paid me the money he owes me payfor花费买 E.g. She pays$200 a week for this apartment pay for sth付某物的钱 E.g. I11 pay for the tickets (2)own vt属于，拥有 E.g. Do you own your house or rent it? npron.自己的，本人的 E.g. It was her own idea (3)p
13、utinto将投入 E.g. Hes putting a lot work into improving his English (4)become ill生病 E.g. If you dont have healthy habit，you11 become ill one day当堂检测：微写作写作素材1现在很多年轻人超重不健康。2他们对他们的健康很担忧。3为保持健康，他们节食并进行更多的锻炼。4他们希望他们拥有健康的生活方式。提示黑体部分用本单元词汇表达。连句成篇(将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文 课后反思：_课后训练阅读下面短文,并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。C
14、hildhood obesity (肥胖) is a major public health problem worldwide. It is well accepted that unhealthy food is partly responsible for the increase in childhood obesity. However, very little is known about the relationship between fast food and soft drink consumption (消费) and childrens happiness. Two p
15、rofessors in America recently, for the first time, did research on the relationship. They studied the effects of fast food and soft drink consumption on childrens body weight and unhappiness. They looked at the fast food and soft drink consumption, body weight and levels of happiness of 2,366 childr
16、en aged between 2 and 12 years old. A quarter of the children in the survey were overweight or obese and about 19 percent sometimes or often felt unhappy. The studys key finding was that children who ate fast food and drank soft drinks were more likely to be overweight, but they were also less likel
17、y to be unhappy. They also mentioned a number of factors influencing childrens body weight, eating habits and happiness, for example, mothersconsumption of fast food and soft drinks. Their findings suggested that eating fast food and drinking soft drinks can result in a balance between childrens obe
18、sity and unhappiness. Policies and programs that aim to improve childrens overall health should consider these effects to reduce childhood obesity without _.76. List three things the survey mainly studied. (Please answer within 10 words.)_77. Whats the main idea of the last paragraph? (Please answer
19、 within 6 words.)_78. Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words. (Please answer within 5 words.)_79. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one? Childhood obesity is thought by most people to because d partly by unhealthy food._80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese. _
