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课件网) Unit 5 Languages aroud the world Reading and thinking Explore the Chinese writing system One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. 一门语言能带你进入人生旅途，两门语言则为你开启人生旅途中的所有大门。 Lead-in Can you recognize these symbols What characters are they 口 日 水 力 田 火 月 山 2.What do we call this art form Chinese calligraphy 3.Do you know how Chinese characters develop Free Talk Look at the title and picture below. Predict what the text will be about. THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Prediction Topic Focus Task2 Skimming Divide the text into TWO parts and find the main idea of each part. Part1(Para.1) Part3(Para.2-6) Topic Development & Importance What’s the writing style A.Narration(叙述文) B.Description(描述文) C.Exposition (说明文) The Chinese Writing System Look at the title and picture below. Predict what the text will be about. THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Activity 1 Reading tip1:Predicting The Chinese writing system Topic Connecting the past and the present Main idea: the passage is mainly about the of the writing system. Focus history 3.Skimming for main idea of each paragraph. A. The Chinese writing system is one of the factors why Chinese civilization has continued all the way through into modern times. Para 2 Para 3 Para 1 Para 5 Para 6 Para 4 D. Written Chinese was a pictured-based language at the beginning. B. The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and history to the world. E. The writing system became well-developed, and later developed into different forms. C. Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past, and has become an art form. F. The writing system began to develop in one direction. Topic Sentence Topic sentence usually appears in the first and last sentence of the paragraph. Activity2 Read for structure Underline the topic sentences and find out the structure of the whole passage. introduction body conclusion Topic Its history and development Its importance Part 1 :_____ Para. 1 Part 2 :_____ Para. 2-4 Part 3 :_____ Para. 5-6 Task3 reading ①China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this has been possible, but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system. Part1 Topic ancient civilisation passed down/survived Why can Chinese ancient civilisation pass down At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu—animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's hanzi. By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600—1046 BCE), these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system deve ... ...
