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present水山Guessinggame!鹿馬Guessthecorresponding(對(duì)應(yīng)的)Chinesecharactersofthefollowingpictures.馬馬Chinesewritingsystem(漢字體系)PredictingTheChinese

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willbeabout_____________________anditshistoryfromthe________tothe_______.theChinesewritingsystempresent

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A.Narration(記敘文)B.Exposition(說(shuō)明文)C.Argumentation(議論文)Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Readthetextquicklytounderlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.ReadDividethetextinto3partsandsummarizethemainidea.theChinesewritingsystemPart1Part2Part3

Para1Para2-4Para5-6IntroducethetopicDevelopmentImportance2.Thepassageisorganizedintheorderof____________________.timeReadforbasicinformationBytheShangDynastyTodayTheQinDynastyOvertheyearsAtthebeginningFuturepicture-basedwell-developeddifferentformsonedirectionpartofChineseculture?begandividedunified馬DevelopmentdevelopedthepresentthepastconnectedChinesewritingsystemReadingforfurtherinformationConnectionsReadthewholepassagecarefully,findtheconnections.Para.4

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.ConnectpeoplewithculturePara.4

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.ConnectionsReadingforfurtherinformationPara.5 WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithit'spast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.ConnectionsReadingforfurtherinformationPara.5 WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithit'spast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.ConnectcharacterswithartConnectmodernpeoplewithclassicworksConnectionsReadingforfurtherinformationConnectpresentwithpastConnect

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withtheworldPara.6 Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstill

animportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreatroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.ConnectionsReadingforfurtherinformationConnectionsImportance/SignificanceConnect

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withtheworldCanyoufindsomesentencesthatshowtheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystem?ConnectcharacterswithartChinesewritingsystem1.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(Para.4Line2&3)2.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithChina’spast.(Para.5Line1)3.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Para.5Line3-5)4.ThesystemofChinesecharactersisstillanimportantpartoftheChineseculture.(Para.6Line1)Importance/Significance!Para.1 Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Importance/Significance!What’stheimportanceofChinesewritingsystem?vpasseddown/survivedvWiththehelpoftheChinesewritingsystem,ancientChinesecivilizationcoulds