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课件网) Reading and Thinking Unit 5 Languages Around the World What did you get from the video？ Pre-reading 口 日 水 力 田 火 月 山 Can you recognize these symbols What characters are they 1. Can you recognize another “马” in the picture 2. Where did people write down the symbols 3. How did people write down the symbols on animal shells The symbols were carved on animal shells. Look and answer. 4. What will be talked about The development of the Chinese writing system. 5. What may be the author’s intention of writing the passage Look and answer. Read the text to know more. While-reading The Chinese writing system Topic History Importance Part1 Part2 Part3 Para 1 Para 2-3 Para 4-6 Read for main idea Writing style: exposition (说明文) Find the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1: The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times. Para 2: Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning. Para 3: The writing system became well-developed, and later developed into different forms. Para 4: The writing system began to develop in one direction. Para 5: Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past, and has become an art form. Para 6: The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and history to the world. 1. What are the key words of the second part of the title 2. Scan the text and find the words and phrases that describe a time (past and present) Read for details Scanning is looking at the text quickly to find specific information, such as dates or numbers. 1). China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, ... but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system. (Para. 1) 2). 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. (Para. 2) 3). 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). (Para. 3) At the beginning By the Shang Dynasty Summary: Over the years, the system developed into _____ because people lived in different parts of the country, leading to _____. many different forms varieties dialects and characters Summary: In the Qin Dynasty, the Chinese writing system began to develop_____because Emperor Qinshihuang united _____. At the beginning By the Shang Dynasty In the Qin Dynasty in one direction the seven major states Summary: In modern times, the development of Chinese characters as_____, known as_____. At the beginning Chinese calligraphy By the Shang Dynasty In the ... ...
