THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:

CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENT

Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughinto

moderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Paragraph11.which引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾和限定ancientcivilisation2.despite+名詞短語(yǔ)，作讓步狀語(yǔ)

Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughinto

moderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythis

hasbeenpossible,

butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Paragraph11.why引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句①找-reasons②代-thishasbeenpossibleforthesereasons③判定-先行詞帶進(jìn)去作原因狀語(yǔ)，引導(dǎo)詞用why(構(gòu)成有介詞for的搭配關(guān)系，引導(dǎo)形式也可用forwhich)Thereasonwhy...isthat...

Atthebeginning,

writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.

Itdatesbackseveralthousand

yearstotheuseoflonggu-animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.Paragraph2

Atthebeginning,

writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.

Itdatesbackseveralthousand

yearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbones

andshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarved

byancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.Paragraph21.onwhich引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾和限定bones和shells

Atthebeginning,

writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.

Itdatesbackseveralthousand

yearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbones

andshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarved

byancientChinesepeople.Someofthe

ancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday's

hanzi.Paragraph2

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomea

well-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).Paragraph3

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomea

well-developedwritingsystem.Overthe

years,

thesystemdevelopedintodifferent

forms,asitwasatimewhenpeople

weredividedgeographically,

leadingto

manyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).Paragraph31.as引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句2.when引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句對(duì)time就行修飾和限定Itis/wasatimewhen...3.leadingto...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomea

well-developedwritingsystem.Overthe

years,

thesystemdevelopedintodifferent

forms,asitwasatimewhenpeople

weredividedgeographically,

leadingto

manyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,

however,changedunderEmperor

QinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207

BCE).Paragraph3

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinese

writingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.Paragraph41.where引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾和限定country

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinese

writingsystembegantodevelopinonediection.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportancein

unitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.

Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.Paragraph41.beofgreatimportance=veryimportant

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinese

writingsystembegantodevelopinonediection.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportancein

unitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.

Eventoday,

nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhat

dialecttheyspeak,

theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.Paragraph41.nomatterwhere引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnected

withitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Paragraph51.nomatterwhere引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句1.bywhich引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，對(duì)means進(jìn)行修飾和限定

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnected

withitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChinese

inancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Paragraph5

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnected

withitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChinese

inancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopment

ofChinesecharactersasanartform,

knownasChinesecalligraphy,

whichhasbecomean

importantpartofChineseculture.Paragraph51.nomatterwhere引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句1.knownas...為過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作后置定語(yǔ)，