鲁教版2025年七年级下册英语新教材Unit 3 — What a Delicious Meal!电子课本课文

Unit 3 — What a Delicious Meal!

Section A 1b & 1c — Listening Script

Peter: Let's make some mashed potatoes for lunch.

Teng Fei: Great idea! How do we make them?

Peter: Well, first, get some potatoes and wash them.

Teng Fei: OK. How many do we need?

Peter: Six. Cut them into pieces.

Teng Fei: OK. Done.

Peter: Next, put the potatoes in the pot and boil them until they are soft.

Teng Fei: Got it.

Peter: Then, we need some milk and butter. Can you get them for me, please?

Teng Fei: Sure. How much do we need?

Peter: One tablespoon of butter and half a cup of milk ... Thanks. Now, let's start mashing the potatoes.

Teng Fei: The potatoes are done.

Peter: Now, add the milk and butter to the potatoes, and mix.

Teng Fei: Like this?

Peter: Great! Finally, add salt and pepper ... OK. We're done! Let's try them!

Teng Fei: Mmm ... How delicious they taste!

Section A 2a & 2c — Listening Script

Peter: Hey Teng Fei, can you teach me how to cook a popular Chinese dish?

Teng Fei: Sure. How about stir-fried eggs and tomatoes?

Peter: Great idea. How do we make it?

Teng Fei: We need eggs, tomatoes, salt, and sugar.

Peter: OK. How many tomatoes and eggs do we need?

Teng Fei: Four tomatoes and three eggs.

Peter: OK. What should we do with the tomatoes and eggs?

Teng Fei: First, cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Next, mix the eggs in a bowl.

Peter: Like this?

Teng Fei: Perfect. Then, heat some oil in a pan and add the eggs to it. Stir-fry for one minute. Then take the eggs out of the pan.

Peter: Got it.

Teng Fei: Next, cook the tomatoes in the pan until they're soft. Then, add some salt and sugar.

Peter: What an amazing smell! What's next?

Teng Fei: Finally, put the eggs back into the pan and mix them with the tomatoes.

Peter: Wow, it looks so good! How simple!

Section B 1b — Reading: Food for Thought

"Cooking is love made visible." That is what my grandmother always told me. Thanks to her, I love cooking. It's a great way for me to share my love with others. Every time I sit at the table, after cooking for my family, we create memories. The smells and the food's taste, along with our conversations, connect us to each other. What wonderful memories I have!

One of my favourite memories is my grandmother's pumpkin pie. She always made it in autumn, when the weather got colder. Her friendly kitchen was the perfect place to warm up and enjoy a taste of the changing seasons. I still remember the days when the smell of cinnamon filled the room with sweetness. Now, every time I smell cinnamon, I think of my grandmother's pumpkin pie.

My grandmother told me about her first pumpkin pie. When she was a college student in the US, she stayed with a host family. One year around Thanksgiving, the hostess taught her how to make a pumpkin pie. Many years later, she taught me how to make it too.

My grandmother loved learning how to make food from other cultures. "It's my way of making friends from around the world," she said. Grandmother taught me the secret to cooking: Cook with love. Thanks to my grandmother, I love to try new food and new recipes from other countries and cultures.

Section B 3a — Reading: My Favourite Dish: Guoqiao Rice Noodles

Long ago, there was a couple living in Yunnan Province, China. The husband studied on an island far from his home. When his wife went a long way to send meals, the food always got cold. One day, the wife boiled some chicken soup and used a large pot to keep it warm. And she kept the ingredients separate. She put the ingredients into the soup when she reached the island, and she found everything still hot. The Guoqiao Rice Noodles was born!

Here's how to make the dish:

First, wash the vegetables and mushrooms.

Next, cut the chicken and pork into thin pieces.

Then, boil the chicken soup and pour it into a large bowl.

After that, put the ingredients into the bowl, one by one.

Finally, add the boiled rice noodles to the bowl.

Telling China’s Story — Tanghulu

Tanghulu is a popular Chinese snack, especially in the winter in northern China. It has different names in different places. However, people make Tanghulu in almost the same way. First, they put hawthorn onto wooden sticks. Then, they put them into hot sugar syrup. As the syrup cools down and hardens, it creates a candy shell. People also use other fruits, like oranges and strawberries, to make different types of Tanghulu.

Tanghulu has a long history in China. About 800 years ago, the emperor's wife was sick and couldn't eat or drink anything. The palace doctors didn't know how to help her. Later, a wise doctor came to the palace. He prepared some hawthorn coated in sugar, and advised the empress to eat some before every meal. A few days later, she felt better. People heard the story and more and more people started making Tanghulu at home.

Reading Plus — The History of Pizza

Do you know pizza is one of the most popular fast foods in the world? In fact, around the world, people eat 5 billion pizzas every year! But where did pizza come from and what makes it so popular? Read on to find out.

Thousands of years ago, the Greeks, Italians, and Persians started putting vegetables, oil, cheese, and other things on flat bread. The ingredients depended on the area, but there was one thing in common: Everyone put the toppings on some type of bread. This was the ancient form of "pizza".

Our modern pizza goes back to the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. They put cheese and olive oil on bread. In the 1700s, a pizza with tomato sauce and cheese became popular in Naples, Italy. Later, Italians brought the pizza to America, and then it became a popular food all over the world, with different pizzas from different places.

Photographs of movie stars and famous athletes with pizza helped it become more and more popular, and that led to competitions. Today, we have the World Pizza Games. There are also all kinds of world records. For example, in 2017, there was a new record for the world's longest pizza. It was over 1.9 kilometres long!

Reading Plus — The Ant and the Grasshopper

(Adapted from Aesop's Fables)

It was summertime. The ant and the grasshopper were in the farmer's field. The ant was busy collecting corn. The grasshopper was relaxing in the sun.

"Hey, Ant, come sit with me," said the grasshopper.

"No, thanks," said the ant. "I have to take this corn home. I'm preparing for the winter."

A few weeks later, summer was almost at an end. The ant continued to take corn home every day, but the grasshopper just played his violin and danced around.

"Come on, Ant!" said the grasshopper. "Dance with me!"

"No," replied the ant. "I'm going to get more corn. Why don't you join me? You should plan for the winter."

"But the winter is so far away! Your work looks so boring! Come with me! Let's have a picnic!"

"No, thanks, Grasshopper. I'm going to continue with my boring work."

The grasshopper was silent for a while, but then he happily danced away. The ant looked tired, but she felt happy when she saw all the food in her kitchen.

The autumn arrived and the weather became cool and windy. The grasshopper ran around the farm singing songs. The poor ant had to fight her way through the wind. She wanted to collect lots of wood.

"Ant, it's too windy to work!" said the grasshopper. "Come and sing with me!"

"No, thanks, Grasshopper. There's just a little bit more work for me to do. I want to be warm in the winter."

And then the cold winter came. The ant sat at home by her fire, enjoying some lovely corn soup. Then she heard a knock at the door.

"Oh, dear Ant," said the grasshopper, "you must help me! I have no food! And no fire to keep me warm!"

"Sorry, Grasshopper, you must learn to look after yourself. Keep dancing and singing through the winter, and work hard when spring comes!"