Unit5LanguagesaroudtheworldReadingandthinkingExploretheChinesewritingsystemGuessingGamepicture-basedlanguagesomesymbolscravedonanimalbonesandshellsperhapstheearliestChinesescharactersjiaguwenDevelopmentPredictionLookatthetitle.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTTopicFocusTopicFouseDetailsThechinesewritingsystemconnectingthepastandthepresentThechinesewritingsysteminthepast;Thechinesewritingsystematpresent;Howtheconnectionismade;...Skimformainideaofeachparagraph.Readthetextquicklytocheckyourpredictionandfindthemainideaofeachparagraph..TIPS:1.Underlinethetopicsentenceorthekeywords;2.Circletheadversativeconjunction（轉(zhuǎn)折連詞).Skimformainideaofeachparagraph.①Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.A.Chinaisfamousforitsancientcivilisation.B.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthemainreasonwhyChinesecivilisationhassurvivedintomorderntimes.Skimformainideaofeachparagraph.②Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.WrittenChinesewasa___________________languageatthebeginning.picture-basedSkimformainideaofeachparagraph.TheChinesewritingsystembacame___________________,andlaterdeveloped__________________________.well-developedintodifferentformsSkimformainideaofeachparagraph.TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelop_______________________.inonedirectionSkimformainideaofeachparagraph.connectionanartformSkimformainideaofeachparagraph.⑥Today,theChineseWritingSystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.TheChineselanguageishelpingto__________China’s___________and___________totheworld.speardculturehistoryTopicThechinesewritingsystemFouseconnectingthepastandthepresentDetailsThechinesewritingsysteminthepast;Thechinesewritingsystematpresent;Howtheconnectionismade;...StructurePart1(para1):IntroductionPart2(para2-4):DevelopmentPart3(para5-6):ImportanceScanforspecificinformationWhatarethemostimportanteventsinthedevelopment?Andwhendidithappen?Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.Thenwritedown

whathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes.ScanScanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumbers.

picture-basedQSHunited...itbegantodevelopinonedirection.2.Whathappenedateachoftheimportanttimes?ancientpeoplecarvedsymbolsonlonggumanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters1.Findthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.peoplemadethesymbolsawell-developedwritingsystem

⑥Today,theChineseWritingSystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.2.Whathappenedateachoftheimportanttimes?animportantpartofChinesecultureforeignpeoplelearnChinesetoappreciatecultureandhistoryDevelopmentBytheShangDynastyTodayTheQinDynastyOvertheyearsapicture-basedlanguageawell-developedwritingsystemdifferentformsinonedirectionapartofChineseculture;foreignpeoplelearnChineseConnectthepastandthepresentAtthebeginningWithoneunifiedwritingsystem,Chinesepeoplecancommunicatewitheachotherthendeveloptheculturetogether.Scanforspecificinformation1.HowdidwrittenChineseunifyChinesepeopledividedbygeographyanddialect?2.HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?Chinesepeopletodaycanreadandunderstandclassicworksformancienttimes.Posting-readingTHECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTTheRoadtoMordernChineseWhichtitleisbetterandwhy?importancedevelopmentConnectpeoplewithcultureConnectcharacters/languagewithart

ConnectChinawiththeworld

importanceWhatotherimportancedoestheChinesewritingsystemhave?Givetheevidence.Posting-readingConnecting____________________________Connecting___________________________Connecting_______________