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课件网) Unit 5 Languages around the world Reading and Thinking One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. — Frank Smith Guess and share Lead-in It is a mild morning and the sun is shining the green hills and clean water. Guess and share Lead-in The silent forest woke up, and the flying birds greeted the elephant warmly. Chinese Calligraphy Official script Seal script Running script Standard script Cursive script Inscription on bones 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 Activity 1 Skimming the Chinese writing system development importance function connecting the past and the present what how why 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 developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were divided geographically, leading to many varieties of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE). Activity 2 Between the Shang dynasty and the Qin dynasty several thousand years ago Today, ... Activity 1 Scanning Qin Dynasty Between the Shang dynasty and the Qin dynasty By the Shang Dynasty Several thousand years ago Read and fill in what happend at each of the different time. Today Ancient people carved _____ symbols in longgu. The system developed into _____ _____. Foreign people learn Chinese to _____ China’s culture and history. People made the symbols become a _____ writing system. QSH _____ the country, then the WC began to develop in_____ direction. picture-based well-developed different forms united one appreciate development 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 Underlin ... ...
