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Living the light life (P4-5)
烟台第二中学  李欣桐

Lead in
If you are offered the two dishes above, which one would you choose?
What is your concern?

hearty, fat-filled dishes and sugar-charged desserts, which are not easily cooked at home.
light meal
low-calorie, low-fat and high-fiber meals

Lead in
The meat-free lifestyle:
a typical light dish avoids oily, salty and spicy food.
Vegetarianism

Fast reading
Answer the following questions.
1. What changes in eating behavior have taken place in China?
Light meals have become popular in China’s restaurants and online delivery platforms.

2. How do people live a light life?
They eat things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Healthy nutrients are the _____ of the light meal.

Detailed reading
Answer the following questions.
1. What kind of food are people used to choosing?
They are used to choosing hearty, fat-filled dishes and sugar-charged desserts.
= “charged with sugar” or “full of sugar”

2. How can you tell light meals have become popular in China’s restaurants and online delivery platforms?
The country saw a rapid expansion of restaurants ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿in light meals, from just 600 in 2017 to more than 3,500 in 2018.
According to a report released by Meituan, a major online food delivery platform, the number of light meals ＿＿＿＿ online also rose 75 percent from the previous year.

3. What does having a light meal mean? What is benefit of having a light meal?
______ a light meal doesn’t mean eating only vegetables. It contains things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Healthy nutrients are the theme of the light meal.
It is useful for keeping healthy and controlling your weight. That’s probably why so many people, especially millennials, are into them.

4. What do these changes in people’s eating behavior show?
These changes in eating behavior are connected to deeper changes in how people think about food. “_____  _____ , not quantity is important for both weight control and long-term well-being.”
 It will satisfy not only your stomachs but maybe also your hearts.

Post-reading
After learning about the light life, what kind of life would you like to live? Why?
I prefer life flavors due to the fact that…
They are the  latest trend.
Healthy nutrients help me keep healthy and control weight.
The light life is important for long-term well-being.
They satisfy not only stomach but (also) hearts. 

Language point
1. Many of us like to dine out and treat (v.) ourselves to delicious food.
treat n./v. 请客

2. We are used to＿＿＿＿＿(choose) hearty, fat-filled dishes and sugar-charged desserts, ＿＿＿ are not easily cooked at home.
charge v. （使）充满

3. The recent rise of light meals, ＿＿＿, gives diners a smarter choice.
a recent rise (n.) 增长
The sun rises. (vi.)  升起

4. ＿＿＿＿＿＿ (根据) Economic Daily, low-calorie, low-fat and high-fiber meals have become popular in China’s restaurants and ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (在线外卖平台).

5. The country ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿(见证了迅速的扩张)of restaurants＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ (specialize) in light meals, from just 600 in 2017 to more than 3,500 in 2018.
6. According to a report released by Meituan, a major online food delivery platform, the number of light meals ordered online also rose 75 percent from the previous year.

6. ＿＿＿＿ (have) a light meal, however, doesn't mean eating only vegetables.

7. Different from the meat-free lifestyle, a _____(典型地) light dish avoids oily, salty and spicy food. _____ (相反地) , it contains things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
和素食的生活方式不同，轻食一般都少油、少盐、少辣，而且包含熟食、全麦、水果和蔬菜。

8. These dishes are useful for keeping healthy and _______________ (控制体重).

9.That’s probably ____ so many people, especially millennials, _____ (喜欢) them.

10. Diners ____ it ___ (把……看做)“a great way to avoid bloating ” wrote the Telegraph.
 
11. The next time you have a party with friends, try a light meal.
The first time I came here, I fell in love with the new campus.
I came to the Forbidden City for the first time in my life. (副词短语，作时间状语）

Homework
Write a short piece about light life eating behavior.
No less than 80 words.

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A taste of Earth in outer space (P6)
吉林毓文中学  王荟娟

Lead-in
Do you know what astronauts eat in space?

While-reading
Fast  reading
Read the text and answer the question.
What’s the main idea of the article?
A new technology will probably help astronauts bake cookies in space.

Detailed-reading
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What kind of food do astronauts eat in space?
Food in space has to be dehydrated or pre-cooked.

2. What makes baking cookies difficult in space?
Microgravity prevents heat from circling inside ovens the same way it does on Earth.

3. Will the baked cookies be tested in space or on Earth?
They will be sent back to Earth for safety testing.

4. According to the article, what are the reasons for the cookie project?
   One of the main driving forces behind this project has been NASA’s 2018 research into the effects of “confinement and isolation”. When traveling out of Earth’s orbit, astronauts can’t speak to their loved ones, which could lead to negative feelings. Baking cookies in space could offer a small comfort in the difficult and unfamiliar environment of space travel.

Post-reading
Discussion 
If you were a scientist, what other improvements would you like to make for astronauts in space?

Understanding-sentences
Analyze the following sentences and pay attention to the words in red.
1. However exciting space travel sounds, astronauts must still suffer with bad food.
本句中however为_____,引导_________，相当于________.
eg.
However hard she tried, nothing seemed to work.

2. Engineers also have to overcome the challenge of microgravity, which prevents heat from circling inside ovens the same way it does on Earth.
本句中which为______,引导_____________;
eg. These apple trees，which I planted three years ago, have not borne any fruit.

3. If successful, this will be the first oven to bake food in space.
  本句中 if引导_________，但该从句省略了主语和be动词，即this/it is。当主句和从句的主语一致，且从句的动词为be动词时，从句可以省略主语和be动词。
eg. Once (you are) told how to do it, you will feel it is very easy.
While (she was) walking along the river bank, she was singing a pop song.

4. It’s hoped that the chance to bake and sense familiar smells can bring joy to space crews.
  本句中 it是________，that引导______, 常见类似句型还有：it's believed/said/reported … that等。
eg. It is believed that he robbed the bank with help from employees.

5. Baking cookies in space would mark an important step, offering a small comfort in the difficult and unfamiliar environment of space travel.
  本句的主语是___________，offering ….是现在分词短语作状语，相当于定语从句__________。

Word Study
1.suffer (v.) -- _______
2.overcome (v.) -- _________
3.game-changing(adj.) -- ______
4. negative(adj.) -- _____
6. comfort (n.) -- _______
5. surprise(v./n) -- ______

Phrase Study
1. prevent … from  
2. safety testing
3. driving force
4. lead to
5. feel at home

Homework
   Surf the Internet to find more information about astronauts in space.