高一英语知识点：第八单元Food Around The World (世界上的食物)

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　　标题 Mainly Revision (阶段复习)

　　Food Around The World (世界上的食物)

　　章节 第八单元

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　　内容

　　Unit 8 Mainly evision (阶段复习)

　　Food Around The World (世界上的食物)

　　一、教法建议

　　本单元同学们要学习如何用英语表达各种各样的食物名称以及有关“就餐”的日常用语。通过课文阅读“Food Around the World”，了解玉米这种植物是如何传到中国的。中国的许多果子又是如何被引进到世界的其它国度的。下面是一篇有关玉米 (corn)的趣味短文，请你阅读后看看玉米都有那些妙用。

　　Corn is the American name for maize . America is the biggest producer of corn in the world .

　　“Sweet corn”is the sweetest corn . Many people like to eat sweet corn on on the cob . Popcorn is a highly popular snack food in America . It is sold at the entrance of every cinema .

　　There are two expressions that include the word “corn”. A selfish person has little sense of shame about his selfishness as he thinks other people are selfish , too . We call this “measuring another\'s corn by one\'s own bushel ”.

　　An honest person admits the corn frankly if he loses in a game or debate . We think this is a gentlemanly way of talking one\'s own defeat . (corn 是美语对玉米的叫法。美国是世界上最大的生产国。“甜玉米”是最甜的玉米。许多人喜欢吃甜玉米棒子。爆玉米花在美国是很受欢迎的零食。每家电影院的入口处都能买到它。有两个包含 corn 字的习语。自私的人对自己的自私心缺乏羞愧感，因为他认为别人也是自私的。我们就把这个叫做“以自己的标准衡量他人，即以己度人。一个诚实的人，