Unit 6 Food
Part One Viewing, Understanding and Speaking
Video Script
Topic: Food Likes and Dislikes Setting: In a restaurant
Characters: James, Laura, Charlie, Lisa and a Waitress [Four young people are talking about food in a restaurant.]
Waitress: Good evening, sir. Good evening, madam.
James: Good evening. Do you have a table for four, please?
Waitress: Certainly. Would you like to sit by the window or further back? James: By the window, please. I think it‘s much quieter. Waitress: Sure. This way please.
James, Laura, Charlie, Lisa: Thank you.
(The Waitress shows the customers to a table by the window.) …
Waitress: Is this all right?
James, Laura, Charlie, Lisa: All right. Wonderful, thank you. Thanks.
(After all are seated, the Waitress hands them each a menu.) Waitress: Hello, I‘ll give you a few minutes to look at the menus.
James: Thank you. Yeah, we should be ready in a few minutes… Thank you. Waitress: I‘ll be back then.
(The Waitress leaves.)
James: So, should I just order for every one? Is there anything particular that anyone does not
want to eat?
Laura: Well, yea, I don‘t eat lamb. My family influenced me. My parents never eat lamb. They
think it smells. So I don‘t eat it either. I don‘t even know how lamb tastes like. Maybe it doesn‘t taste so bad, but we won‘t just try it.
Charlie: Oh, I see. I thought that had something to do with religious beliefs.
Laura: Oh, no, not in my case. But you know religion plays an important roles (此处的 “s” 音多余，编辑时请去掉。) in people‘s choice of food. For example, Muslims don‘t eat pork.
Charlie: Yeah, and in China devout Buddhists think it‘s sinful to eat animals.
James: Oh, Charlie, I almost forgot. You just got back from China. What was the food like in
Sichuan where you were working?
Charlie: It‘s very spicy. People in Sichuan won‘t eat food without chilies and hot peppers. Lisa: Do you like spicy foods?
Charlie: I didn‘t at the very beginning. But I remember at first I could only eat a little bit of it.
Then gradually I got used to it and realized it‘s quite good, and now I like it.
James: Lisa, you were in China for several years. Which part were you in? Lisa: The southeast part.
Charlie: I heard people there are brought up on sweet, not so spicy food. Is that so? Lisa: Yes, everything fixed there is sweet. People even add sugar to meat.
James: That sounds interesting. Were you worried about putting on weight when you were there?
Some women, in order to keep their figures slim, do not eat sweet food even though they like chocolate and dessert very much.
Lisa: No, I actually love eating sweet food. I don‘t care whether it‘s fattening or not. For me, taste
is more important than my figure.
Laura: Yeah. Sometimes, people‘s likes and dislikes of food are related to one‘s opinions about
health and nutrition. For instance, some people like rich food, while others prefer vegetables, green food and salads.
James: Sure, and nowadays with the development of sciences, people know more about food.
Something that used to be thought of as disgusting now seems delicious and nutritious.
Charlie: I think it‘s also related to the cultures and traditions of the country. The Chinese people
like food with… that smells good good, tastes good, looks good. Oh, they also like food to have a pleasant, nice sounding name. (The Waitress comes again.)
Waitress: Excuse me. Are you ready to order?
James: Yes. Erm…can I get the 24-ounce porterhouse? Try to get that done medium rare please. Waitress: Certainly.
James: And can I just get a Miller Light to go with that … Waitress: Miller Light, that‘s right. OK.
…
(The voices fade away.)
Exercise 1
Directions: You’re going to watch a video in which a group of people talk about food likes and
dislikes. Read the following part carefully, which will make it easy for you to understand the video.
Exercise 2
Directions: Now watch the video and pay attention to how the speakers talk about food likes and
dislikes and their relevant causes. Then decide whether the following descriptions about food likes and dislikes are true. Put a tick in front of the letter you choose. Food likes and dislikes are related to: Key to Exercise 2: A, B, D, F, G, H
Exercise 3
Directions: Watch the video again and fill in the missing words in the incomplete lines of the
speakers’.
Key to Exercise 3:
1) plays an important role 2) eat animals
3) got used to, like it 4) brought up on 5) slim, even though 6) be thought of
7) with the development of
8) pleasant, nice sounding
Exercise 4
Directions: Watch the video a third time. This time you are required to repeat a few important
lines. What you have said will be recorded so that you can compare your pronunciation and intonation with the speakers’. Try to imitate their pronunciation and intonation.
Exercise 5
Directions: Now you know the food likes and dislikes discussed by the speakers in the video.
Please describe the foods YOU like and dislike. Your description will be recorded so that your teacher will be able to know your performance. If you want to improve your work, try again before you submit your recording.
Part Two Listening, Understanding and Speaking
Listening I
Words You Need to Know:
grapefruit西柚 bacon 咸猪肉 toast 烤面包片 marmalade 柑橘酱 preserves 果酱
Tapescript
Guest: Hello, Room Service. This is Room 226. We‘d like to order breakfast for tomorrow. Floor Waitress: Yes, sir. What would you like?
Guest: We‘d like to start with fruit juice, orange for me and grapefruit for my wife. Fresh juice,
please. Not canned or frozen.
Floor Waitress: Right, sir. One fresh orange and one fresh grapefruit.
Guest: Good. And then bacon, eggs, and tomato for me and two soft-boiled eggs for my wife, and
toast, butter, and marmalade. Do you have different marmalades?
Floor Waitress: Yes, sir. We‘ll put a selection of preserves on your tray. And is it tea or coffee? Guest: Tea, please, but with lemon, not milk. Floor Waitress: Very good. And when is it for? Guest: Oh, about 7.30 would be fine.
Floor Waitress: Fine, and could you give me your name, sir? Guest: It‘s Sands. Mr and Mrs Sands, Room 226. Floor Waitress: Thank you, sir. (152 words)
Exercise 1
Key to Exercise 1: 1) B 2) D 3) A 4) C 5) B
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the order list below with the information you
get from it.
Key to Exercise 2:
1) 226 2) 7:30a.m. 3) orange 4) grapefruit 5) bacon, eggs, tomato