Unit5ReadingandThinkingExploretheChinesewritingsystemWarming-upWatchavideoofthedevelopmentofChinesewritingandtalkabouttheChinesecultureandcivilization.1.AncientChinesepeople_______symbolsontoturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.2.Manyoftoday’scharactershavetheir_______intheobservationsofancientChinesepeople.3.About80percentofChinesecharactersaremadeupofsmallerparts,called_______.4.IfyoucanreadChinesecharacters,youcanreadChinese_______fromthousandsofyearsago.5.Chinesecharactershavebeenadaptedintodigitalforminthemodern_______.Afteryouwatchcarvedclassicseraoriginsradicalscarvedoriginsradicalsclassicsera雨人山水木魚SimplifiedChinesecharactersGuessinggamePicture-basedsymbolsGuessinggameLeadinrat鼠ox牛tiger虎rabbit兔dragon龍snake蛇h(yuǎn)orse馬goat羊monkey猴rooster雞dog狗pig豬Jiaguwen(oracleboneinscriptions)12SymbolicAnimals(十二生肖）THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTLookatthetitleandthepicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.IguessthetextisaboutthedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem.Firstreading:readthetextquicklyandfinishthefollowingtasks.1.WhatdoyouthinkisoneofthemainfactorsthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive?A.ChinesewritingsystemB.ChinesewisdomC.ChinesehardworkD.Chinesespokenlanguage1.Multiplechoice:2.Accordingtothewholepassage,thefunctionsoftheChinesewritingsystemarethoseEXCEPT__________.A.connectingthepastandthepresentB.connectingenvironmentwithnatureC.connectingcharacterswithartD.connectingChinawiththeworld3.WhydidtheChinesewritingsystembegintodevelopinonedirection?A.Peoplewantedtoliveinpeace.B.emperorQinshihuangunitedsevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry.C.peoplewerewillingtocommunicateinthelanguage.D.peopleweredividedgeographically.4.Wherecanyouprobablyfindthepassage?A.anencyclopaediaB.atravalguideC.afashionmagazineD.adictionaryTheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andgraduallydevelopedintodifferentforms.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina'scultureandhistorytotheworld.2.MatchthemainideaofeachparagraphWrittenChineseconnectsChina'spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.123456TheChinesewritingsystemTopicHistoryImportancePart1Part2Part3Para1Para2-3Para4-6ReadformainideaWritingstyle: exposition(說明文)

TimeWhathappenedmoderntimesTheChinesecivilisationstill

.

atthebegining

wasapicture-basedlanguage.Longguappeared.bytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE)Symbolscarvedonlongguhadbecomea

writingsystem.datesbackseveralthousandyearsSecondreading:readthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.Thenfigureoutwhathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes.continuesWrittenChinesewell-developedTimeWhathappenedThewritingsystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,astheChinesepeopleweredivided

,leadingtomanyvarietiesof

.theQinDynasty(201-227BCE)TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinone

.eventodayChinesepeoplecanallstill

in

writing.Chinesepeoplecanreadtheclassicworks

werewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.

todayTheChinesecharactersarestillavitalpartof

.overtheyearsinmoderntimesgeographicallydialectsandcharactersdirectioncommunicatewhichChineseculture7000yearsagotheShangDynastytheQinDynastyInmoderntimesnowApicture-basedlanguageAwell-developedwritingsystemAunitedwritingsystemChinesecalligraphyAgloballanguageSummarizethedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem.

WhatotherfunctionsdoestheChinesewritingsystemhave?Givetheevidence.Connectpeoplewithculture;Connectcharacters/languagewithart;ConnectChinawiththeworld.OnefunctionoftheChinesewritingsystem

1.HowdidwrittenChineseunifyChinesepeopledividedbygeographyanddialects?Thirdreading:readthetextagainanddiscussthequestions.2.HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?ItallowedChinesepeoplenomatterwheretheylivedorwhatdialecttheyhadtocommunicatewitheachother.Chinesepeopletodaycanreadandunderstandtheclassicalworksfromancienttimes.Completethepassagewiththecorrectwords

andphrasebelow.ChinesecalligraphyhasdevelopedalongwithChina’s___________.Itisdifficulttosaywhenexactlycalligraphystarted.Chinesewritingwasfirstdoneby_________symbolsontobonesandshells,butasitdevelopedintoawriting__________,italsodevelopedasaformofartdonewithabrush.ItisbelievedthatChinesecalligraphy___________toatleasttheHanDynasty(202BCE-220CE).Soonafterthat,theideadevelopedthatcalligraphywasnotonlyabeautifulartformbutalsoa_______ofshowingthecharacterofthe"manbehindthebrush".Today,anyonefromsmallchildrentooldpeoplecanenjoypractisingthe__________artofChinesecalligraphy.systemcarvingmeansdatesbackclassiccivilisationcivilisationcarvingsystemdatesbackmeansclassicPost-readingn.方式；方法；途徑adj.

傳統(tǒng)的；最優(yōu)秀的；典型的n.

符號(hào)；象征n.

骨頭；骨(質(zhì))Sealscript篆書Officialscript隸書Cursivescript草書

Standardscript楷書Runningscript行書3LanguagePoints因......廣為人知古代文明起起伏伏主要因素基于圖片的語言追溯到導(dǎo)致一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的國家非常重要與什么相聯(lián)系扮演著更大的角色在文中找出相對(duì)應(yīng)的英文詞組iswidelyknownforancient

civiliastionupsanddownsmainfactorsapicture-basedlanguagedatebackleadtooneunifiedcountryofgreatimportancebeconnectedwithplayagreaterrole1.Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Sentences:中國以其古老的文明而聞名，盡管歷史上有許多起伏，但它一直延續(xù)到現(xiàn)代。despiteprep.

盡管，即使，不管，后面接名詞_______________________________

,shecouldnotfindajob._____________________________________,shecouldnotfindajob._____________________________________,shecouldn'tfindajob.although/though:conj.雖然；盡管；然而；可是；后面接從句DespitetheeffortsshemadeDespitethefactthatshemadeeffortsThough/Althoughshemadeefforts翻譯：盡管她已經(jīng)做出了努力，但是仍然找不到工作。2.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters..多年來，這個(gè)系統(tǒng)發(fā)展成不同的形式，因?yàn)檫@是一個(gè)人們?cè)诘乩砩媳环珠_的時(shí)代，導(dǎo)致了許多不同的方言和字符。Thephonerang,________________(interrupt)t