Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldReadingandThinkingLead-inCanyourecognizethesesymbols?Whatcharactersarethey?口日水力田火月山ChineseCalligraphyOfficialscriptSealscriptRunningscriptStandardscriptCursivescriptInscriptiononbonesLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTActivity1Readingtip1:PredictingTheChinesewritingsystemTopicConnectingthepastandthepresentMainidea:thepassageismainlyaboutthe

ofthewritingsystem.FocushistoryWordsReviewsystemdespiteupsanddownsfactorbasedbasedateback(to…)boneshell

n.

體系；制度；系統(tǒng)prep.

即使；盡管浮沉；興衰；榮辱n.

因素；要素adj.以(某事)為基礎(chǔ)的；以……為重要部分(或特征)的v.

以……為據(jù)點;以……為基礎(chǔ)n.底部；根據(jù)追溯到n.骨頭；骨(質(zhì))n.殼；殼狀物

ReadafterthetapeandspeakouttheChineseimmediately.WordsReviewclassicregardcharactercalligraphyglobalaffairappreciatespecificCEadj.

傳統(tǒng)的；最優(yōu)秀的；典型的n.

經(jīng)典作品；名著n.尊重；關(guān)注v.把……視為；看待n.

文字；符號；角色；品質(zhì)；特點n.書法；書法藝術(shù)adj.全球的；全世界的n.公共事務(wù)；事件；關(guān)系vt.欣賞；重視；感激；領(lǐng)會vi.增值adj.特定的；明確的；具體的(CommonEra)公元Timeline(Para2--4)theChinesewritingsystematthebeginningPara2bytheShangDynastyPara3overtheyearsPara3intheQinDynastyPara3-4todayPara4awell-developedwritingsystempictured-basedlanguagedifferentformsunified--begantodevelopinonedirectionstillcommunicateinwritingWhathappenedateachperiodoftime?Thus,theChinesewritingsystemcanconnectthe

________andthe__________

.TheChinesewritingsystemhasplayedanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofourChineseculture.pastpresentNothinggreatwaseverachievedwithoutenthusiasmThepastThepresentconnectChinesepeopleinmoderntimescanreadandunderstandclassicworksfromancienttimes.Part3(Para.5-6)

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mainlyaboutthe____________and__________ofChinesecharacters.developmentimportanceStyle

What’sthewritingstyleofthetext?Narration(記敘文) Argumentation(議論文)Exposition(說明文)Description(描寫文) TotellastoryTodescribesb./sth.Toconvincesb.ofone’sviewsToexplainsth.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andgraduallydevelopedintodifferentforms.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.Written

ChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.123456Skimming:Readthepassageandmatchthe

mainideaofeachparagraph.Scanning

ReadfordetailsTodayChinaplaysagreaterrolein______________,Chinesecharactershavebeenmorepopularamonganincreasingnumberof_____________________.globalaffairsinternationalstudentsHowdidwrittenChineseunifyChinesepeopledividedbygeographyanddialects?HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?ItallowedChinesepeople,nomatterwheretheylivedorwhatdialecttheyhad,tocommunicatewitheachother.Chinesepeopletodaycanreadandunderstandclassicworksfromancienttimes.ThinkingWhatdoes

each“importance”referto?ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(Para.4)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.(Para.5)ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystem…asanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Para.5)…theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs…(Para.6)connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________peopleculturethepastthepresentlanguageartChinaworldTimeWhathappenedThewritingsystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,astheChinesepeopleweredivided_____________,leadingtomanyvarietiesof___________________.theQinDynasty(201-227BCE)TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinone

.overtheyearsgeographicallydialectsandcharactersdirectionTimeWhathappenedeventodayChinesepeoplecanallstill____________

inwriting.Chinesepeoplecanreadtheclassicworks

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.inmoderntimescommunicatewhichChineseculture定語從句1)Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilization________hascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.2)Therearemanyreasons________thishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.3)Itdatesbackseveralthousandsyearstotheuseoflonggu-animalbonesandshellson________symbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.whichwhywhich根據(jù)reason在句中所作的成分Canyoutellmethegoodreason_________hegaveyou?that4)Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatime_________peopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.5)EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry____________theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.6)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansby______China'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.whenwhe