Unit5LanguagesAroundTheWorldReadingandthinking-ExploretheChinesewritingsystemTheChineseWritingSystem:ConnectingthePastandthePresentChineseCalligraphyOfficialscriptSealscriptRunningscriptStandardscriptCursivescriptInscriptiononbonesLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTActivity1Readingtip1:PredictingTheChinesewritingsystemTopicConnectingthepastandthepresentMainidea:thepassageismainlyaboutthe

ofthewritingsystem.Focushistory雨火山水picture-basedsymbols(象形符號)simplifiedChinesecharacters(簡體字)Howdidpicture-basedsymbolsdevelopintosimplifiedChinesecharacters?Activity1-GuessingGameCanyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?Whatcharactersarethey?雨水山人馬魚鹿牛人大子止picture-based

symbolssimplifiedChinesecharactersDiscussDoyouknowhowChinesecharacterdevelop?Lookatthetitleandpictureandpredictwhatthetextismainlyabout.Thistext

maybeaboutthe____________________andits_______fromancienttimestothepresentday.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTChinesewritingsystemhistoryLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTActivity1Readingtip1:PredictingTheChinesewritingsystemTopicConnectingthepastandthepresentMainidea:thepassageismainlyaboutthe

ofthewritingsystem.Focushistory3.Skimmingformainideaofeachparagraph.A.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthefactorswhyChinesecivilizationhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.Para2Para3Para1Para5Para6Para4D.WrittenChinesewasapictured-basedlanguageatthebeginning.B.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.E.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedintodifferent

forms.C.WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.F.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.TopicSentenceTopicsentenceusuallyappearsinthefirstandlastsentenceoftheparagraph.Activity2ReadforstructureUnderlinethetopicsentencesandfindoutthestructureofthewholepassage.introductionbodyconclusionTopicItshistoryanddevelopmentItsimportancePart1:________Para.1Part2:_________Para.2-4Part3:_________Para.5-6Atthebeginning

WrittenChinese

wasa_____________________.picture-basedlanguageWhat

happenedateachofthoseimportanttimes?ReadfordetailsAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastySymbols

becamea____________________writingsystem.

well-developedReadfordetailsAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsThesystem

developedinto

__________________.differentformsReadfordetails

StructureofthepassageDevelopment(para.2-4)Importance(para.5-6)Introduction(para.1)ChinesewritingsystemThedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem(focusonPara.2-4)

Amongthosetimes,whichonepalyedthemostimportantrole?Why?AtthebeginingBytheShangDynastyBetweentheShangdynastyandtheQindynastyQinDynastyTodaypicture-basedwell-developeddifferentformsdevelopinonedirectioncommunicateWithoneunifiedwritingsystem,Chinesepeoplecancommunicatewitheachotherthendeveloptheculturetogether.1.WrittenChinesewasofgreatimportancetounitetheChinesepeopleandculture.2.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansto

connecttheChina’spresentwithitspast.

3.Chinesecalligraphyasanartform,hasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.4.WrittenChineseisanimportantpartofChineseculture.MoreinternationalstudentsappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughChinese.Chineseisabridge,whichcanconnect...with...pastpresentpeopleculturelanguageartChinaworldconnectsDiscussionWhy

dowestillneedtopracticehandwriting,evencalligraphy(書法)?DiscussionWhy

dowestillneedtopracticehandwriting,evencalligraphy?WordbankWecanreachaconclusion:oneofthemainfactorsthataffectChinesecivilizationis______________________________________________.theChinesewritingsystemTheChineseWritingsystemConnects_________________________Connects_________________________Connects_________________________Connects_________________________thepastandthepresentpeopleandculturecharacterandartChinaandworld

Cherishourculture.Takeprideinourculture.ConcludingandThinking1.DuringShangDynasty,theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.2.Thesymbolswhichwerecarvedinlonggucannolongerbeseenintoday’shanzi.3.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthemainreasonswhyChineseancientcivilisationcontinuedallthewaythroughmoderntimes.4.Today,notmanyinternationalstudentsarelearningChinesewritingsystem.5.Qinshihuangplaysanimp