2.Tochoosetherightwordorphrasetofillintheblanksandpayattentiontotherightform.systemcarvingmeansdatesbackclassiccivilisationChinesecalligraphyhasdevelopedalongwithChina's_________.Itisdifficulttosaywhenexactlycalligraphystarted.Chinesewritingwasfirstdoneby________symbolsontobonesandshells,butasdevelopedintoawriting_______.Italsodevelopedasaformofartdonewithabrush.ItisbelievedthatChinesecalligraphy________toatleasttheHanDynasty(202BC-220AD).Soonafterthat,theideadevelopedthatcalligraphywasnotonlyabeautifulartfrombutalsoa_______ofshowingthe

characterofthe“manbehindthebrush”.Today,anyonefromsmallchildrentooldpeoplecanenjoypractisingthe______artofChinesecalligraphy.civilisationcarvingdatesbackmeansclassicsystemChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,

despite

themany

upsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemain

factorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.BytheShangDynasty,thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwriting

system.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeoplewere

divided

geographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.聞名于世盡管跌宕起伏因素begindatecarvebecomewritedivideleadvarietyEmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersas

anartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.unifyimportant方式connectsee隨著中國在全球事務(wù)中扮演著越來越重要的角色越來越多的欣賞M1U5ReadingforWritingWhostartsthisblog?Whorespondstoit?Whatistheblogmainlyabout?BlogReadingProblems

AdviceolderHowisitwritten?Hi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighremarksinEnglish,butnowI’mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?TSSDHi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighremarksinEnglish,butnowI’mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?Hi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighremarksinEnglish,butnowI’mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?TSHowdoesLiuWenexpresshisproblem?Topicsentence+supportingdetailsListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!

Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!!!Howare

theproblemspresented?ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!

Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!!!ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammeshelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomucheasiertojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”–ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger–andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem–therearejustSOMANYnewwords!

Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!Howisadvicegiven?PairWork:Expressproblemsandofferadvice.mybiggestheadacheis.myprimaryconcernis.mytopchallengeis.isabigdifficutly/challenge/struggle/obstacleforme.havealotoftroublewith.havedifficulty/troubledoing.havenoideahow/what.Icanonly….Icanneverquite….I(certainly)can’t….Iamcompletely/totallyunableto….Ijustfailto…SDTS.Myadviceis….It’shighly/stronglyadvised/suggestedthat….It’sveryimportantto.Itwouldbeofgreathelp/benefitto.Itwouldhelp/benefittodo.doingsthwouldbeawisechoice..Thisworksforme./.doin