Unit5Languagesaroundtheworld

TheChineseWritingSystem:

ConnectingthePastandthePresentReadingandThinking雨火山水picture-basedsymbolssimplifiedChinesecharacters1.Canyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?2.DoyouknowhowChinesecharactersdevelop?FreeTalkWhatisthekeywordinthetitle?Predictthemainidea.HistoryanddevelopmentoftheChinesewritingsystem.Pre-reading

ReadforstructureIntroductionBodyConclusionTopicItshistoryanddevelopmentItsimportancePart1:________Para.1Part2:_________Paras.2-4Part3:_________Paras.5-6While-readingLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.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.5-6

Task3reading①Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Part1Topicancientcivilisationpasseddown/survivedWhycanChineseancientcivilisationpassdown?3.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.5-6Activity3

Scanforspecificinformation(HistoryandDevelopment)Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatimeandwritedownwhathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes..Readingtip:ScanningScanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumber.Thetextisorganizedin______order.timeTheChinesewritingsystemAtthebeginningtheShangDynastytheQinDynasty1.Itwasa____________language.2.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseof______.3._______werecarvedon_______________________.1.Thesymbolshadbecome____________.2.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedinto_____________aspeopleweredivided____________then,leadingtomanyvarietiesof___________________.1.Qinshihuang______7statesintoone,soitbegantodevelop______________.2.Itwasofgreatimportantinuniting________________________.Today1.Itconnects_____________with_______.2.It'sanimportantpartof______________.3.Anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciate_______________________throughit.picture-basedlongguSymbolsanimalbonesandshellswell-developeddifferentformsgeographicallyunitedinonedirectionChinesepeopleandculturedialectsandcharactersChina'spresentitspastChinesecultureChina’scultureandhistoryoneofthemainfactorsthataffectChina'sancientcivilisationWhile-readingItbegantodevelopinonedirection.

Readfordetails-PartII(Para2-4)BytheShangDynastyEventodayTheQinDynastyOvertheyearsapicture-basedlanguageawell-developedwritingsystemdifferentforms,manyvarietiesofdialectsandcharactersinonedirectionabridgetoconnectpeopleandpeopleConnectthepastandthepresentAtthebeginningAmongthedifferentperiods,whichisthemostimportant?Withoneunifiedwritingsystem,Chinesepeoplecancommunicatewitheachother.While-readingAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsTheQinDynastyEventodayChinesepeoplecanallstill________________inwriting.communicateDevelopmentAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsTheQinDynastyPeoplecanreadthe____________writteninancienttimes,andregard__________________asanartform.ChinesecalligraphyclassicworksEventodayInmoderntimesDevelopmentActivity4ReadforthinkingHowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?AndwhatotherthingsdoesChinesewritingsystemconnect?

NomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChineseCalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazingcu