Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldReadingandThinkingDrawandguess!PredictionWhatcanwepredict?the______________ofChinesewritingsystem.developmentPre-readingActivity1:Readthetitleandfindthetopicandfocusofthepassage.Thenpredictwhatthepassagewillbeabout.TheChinesewritingsystem:connectingthepastandthepresentTopicFocusTheChinesewritingsystemConnectingthepastandthepresentThepassagewillbeabouthowtheChinesewritingsystemconnectthepastandthepresent.Pre-readingAccordingtothetitle,canyouguesshowthetextisorganized?thepastthepresentChinesewritingsystemThetextisorganizedintimeorder.connectWhile-readingAtthebeginning,severalthousandyearsagoBytheShangDynasty,Overtheyears,IntheQinDynasty,Inmoderntimes,Today,Activity2:Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.Atthebeginning,severalthousand_______Russia_______Germany______Spain_________Canada________India__________AtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsIntheQinDynastyInthemoderntimesTodayWhile-readingAtthebeginning1.WhatdidwrittenChinesebeginas?

2.Whendiditbegin?

3.Wherewasitwritten?

4.Whatwerewrittenandhowweretheywritten?Itbeganasapicture-basedlanguage.Itbeganseveralthousandyearsago.Itwaswrittenonanimalbonesandshellscalledlonggu.Symbolswerewrittenbycarving.Summary:Severalthousandyearsago,

writtenChinese

beganas______________________carvedon_______________________________________________.picture-basedsymbolsanimalbonesandshellswhicharecalledlongguReadeachofthoseimportanttimescarefullyandanswerthequestions.Thenfillinthesummaryofeachimportanttime.While-readingAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyWhathappenedtothesymbolsbytheShangDynasty?Ithadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Summary:Bythe

ShangDynasty,

thesymbols

hadbecome______________________________________.

awell-developedwritingsystemReadeachofthoseimportanttimescarefullyandanswerthequestions.Thenfillinthesummaryofeachimportanttime.Activity3-ReadformainideaUnderlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Skill2:skimming（略讀）Readthetextquicklyandfindoutthemainideasofthetext.Thefirstandthelastsentencecanbethetopicsentenceofthetext.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhas

survivedintomoderntimes.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Chinesewritingsystembecamewell-developed

anddevelopedintodifferentforms.Today,theChineselanguageishelpingtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistory.WrittenChinese

connectsChina’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.Chinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.123456ABCDEFActivity3-ReadformainideaIntroductionBodyConclusionPart1:_______Para.1Part2:_______Para.2-4Part3:_______Para.5-6TopicItshistoryanddevelopmentItsimportancegeneral總general總specific分Activity4-ReadforstructureScanthetexttowritedownthewordsorphrasesthatdescribethetime.(frompara.2-para.6)Scanning（掃讀）islookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumbers.Activity5-ReadfordetailsAtthebeginning

WrittenChinese

wasa_____________________.picture-basedlanguageWhat

happenedateachofthoseimportanttimes?Activity5-ReadfordetailsAmongthosetimes,whichonepalyedthemostimportantrole?Why?AtthebeginingBytheShangDynastyBetweentheShangdynastyandtheQindynastyQinDynastyTodaypicture-basedwell-developeddifferentformsdevelopinonedirectioncommunicateWithoneunifiedwritingsystem,Chinesepeoplecancommunicatewitheachotherthendeveloptheculturetogether.FindsentencesthatshowtheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystem(focusonpara.4-para.6)1.WrittenChinesewasofgreatimportancetounitetheChinesepeopleandculture.2.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansto

connecttheChina’spresentwithitspast.

3.Chinesecalligraphyasanartform,hasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.4.WrittenChineseisanimportantpartofChineseculture.MoreinternationalstudentsappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughChinese.Chineseisabridge,whichcanconnect...with...pastpresentpeopleculturelanguageartChinaworldconnectsPost-readingDiscussion:Accordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedtheChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Whatdoyouthinkaresomeoftheotherfactors?Wecanreachaconclusion:oneofthemainfactorsthataffectChinesecivilizationis______________________________________________.theChinesewritingsystemTheChineseWritingsystemConnects_________________________Connects_________________________Connects_________________________Connects_________________________thepastandthepresentpeopleandculturecharacterandartChinaandworld

Cherishourculture.Takeprideinourculture.Activity7-ConcludingandThinking1.DuringShangDynasty,theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.2.Thesymbolswhichwerecarvedinlonggucannolongerbeseenintoday’shanzi.3.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthemainreasonswhyChineseancientcivilisationcontinuedallthewaythroughmoderntimes.4.Today,notmanyinternationalstudentsarelearningChinesewritingsystem.5.QinshihuangplaysanimportantroleinunitingtheChinesewritingsystem.stillQinanincreasingnumberofActivity8-ExercisesFFTFTDoyouthinkourChinesewritingsystemwillkeepdevelopinginthefuture?Whatcanwehighschoolstudentsdotohelpprotectandspreadhanziinthefuture?Activity9-HomeworkAssignmentWriteapassageaboutthehistoryofthedevelopmentoftheChinesewritingsystem.Notes—TheChineseWritingSystem1.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu-animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.在這里，onwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾定先行詞longgu-animalbonesandshells。此定語(yǔ)從句由介詞+關(guān)系代詞(onwhich)導(dǎo)，onwhich定語(yǔ)從句中充當(dāng)?shù)攸c(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，等于where。e.g.ThisisthefactoryinwhichIworkedtenyearsago.這是我十年前工作過(guò)的工廠。datebackto為固定搭配，意為“追溯到…,從…開(kāi)始”在句中做謂語(yǔ)時(shí)，要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)，沒(méi)有進(jìn)行時(shí)和被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)形式。e.g.Thechurchdatesbacktothe13thcentury.

這座教堂從13世紀(jì)就開(kāi)始有了。Notes—TheChineseWritingSystem2.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.在這里，whenpeopleweredividedgeographically為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾限定先行詞time。

此定語(yǔ)從句由關(guān)系代詞when引導(dǎo)，when在定語(yǔ)從句中充當(dāng)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。e.g.Thedayswhenweusedforeignoilweregone.我國(guó)使用洋油的歷史一去不復(fù)返了。句中l(wèi)eadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacte