Lesson 8

Ban-Doh
The Most Authentic Taiwanese Eating Experience

2025.05.20

Open Ended

Based on your experience, what might take place during a wedding banquet?

Open Ended

What kind of thought or feelings will you have when you are going to attend a wedding banquet?

Read from the 1st to the 3rd paragraph
Write down the main idea of each paragraph.

Multiple Choice

How does the story develop?

• The story develops through a sequence of events and character interactions.
• The story develops without any conflict or resolution.
• The story develops through a single character's experience.

• The story develops only in the final chapter.

Multiple Choice

What is the nationality of the author?

• Australian

• Canadian
• British
• American

Multiple Choice

At which location was the banquet held?

• Miaoli

• Tainan

• Kaohsiung

• Hualian

Multiple Choice

In what ways does the author compare the wedding banquet in Taiwan to the one in the States?

• food and dining style

• traditional custom

• the cultural meaning

• the location

例: Put up to shelter all the guests from the fierce sun, a huge tent occupied nearly half the street.

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Use Participle Phrase to describe the picture.

Open Ended

Guests sat at large round tables, chatting cheerfully.

Open Ended

There were cooks and assistants working energetically to prepare platters of delicious-looking food.

Open Ended

Summary of the 1st paragraph

1. The student exchange program has opened the author's eyes to Taiwanese traditional culture in the celebration of wedding.

Summary of the paragraphs

2. The author distinguish the difference between the banquet in Taiwan and the one in the States by comparing its location.

3. Traced back to the past, the host father explained the origin, and the cultural meaning of the banquet.

The feature of the bandoh

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​Traditional Dishes

​Social Function

Seeing lines of people strolling back home with torches and bags in their hands is what the older folks remembered.

Summary of the paragraphs

4. Some aspects of the ban-doh have changed the passage of time, but the spirit of togetherness remains the same.

5. The exchange student considerd the ban-doh the most special experience that he could share with others back home.

Banquet in the old days

​​Banquet in modern times

Open Ended

What factors have attributed to the gradual disappearacnce of ban-doh?

Key words for the prompt

What factors have attributed to the gradual disappearacnce of ban-doh?

Wh-word: How/ Why/ In which
S(Noun)​: factor/ reason/ aspect
Verb: attribute to/ lead to/ cause
N: the gradual decline/ the decrease