老师：Hello everyone, welcome to this unit. Today we will start a new unit. And in this unit we are going to talk about food and culture. I hope you will like it.
老师：Now look at the picture and answer the following questions. Question No. 1, what are the people doing? Question No. 2, why do you think we are gathering together? Now? Let's check the answers together. About the first question, the guests are sitting at the tables sharing the food. There are other people walking on the street. About the second question, they are probably celebrating a festival. In fact, the photo is of a 1000 person long table banquet in the Male Stocky village of 1000 households in Leshan Guizhou. This feast has a tradition dating back over 1000 years and is usually held for marriage celebrations and festivals. Well, traditionally, it is a local family affair. In modern times, this feast has sometimes been held on national holidays so that tourists can take part and enjoy the male culture. now we know that people in leshan。
老师：贵州。
老师：Celebrate their culture and tradition through food. And food brings people together. In our daily life, we also celebrate culture and tradition through food, right? Well, after seeing the picture, I know you will be interested in knowing more about food and culture. And today we're going to read a passage about it. Here are two pictures from the passage we are going to read.
老师：What can you see in the pictures? Yes? Food or different dishes? Do you know the names of the two dishes? Actually, this is general sauce chicken and this is Dimsa. Now, please read after me.
老师：General Sauce Chicken. General sauce chicken, dim sum. Dim sum. Well, I guess some of you may have tasted one of the two dishes. And they are really delicious and mouth watering.
老师：Well, the title of the passage we're going to read is culture and cuisine. Do you know the word cuisine? It means food cooked in a certain way. So we can say general sauce, chicken and dim sum are different Chinese cuisine.
老师：Now, with the help of the pictures and the title, what do you think the passage is about? Yes, maybe it is about the relation between food and culture. By the way, do you know other Chinese cuisine? Let me show you some pictures. Do you know the names of this cuisine? Let's get to know them one by one. The first one is boiled dumplings served with vinegar. And the second one is dim sum. It is a cantonous cuisine which is mild and slightly sweet. The third one is lamb kebab. And I believe most of you have tasted this cuisine.
老师：Next one is stewed noodles. And this is Sichuan cuisine. Sichuan cuisine is hot from chillies and from Sichuan peppercorns. Here is the larger picture of peppercorns. Please read after me.
老师：Peppercorns. Peppercorns. Nice. And the l
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