Unit 5 Reading and Thinking -高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit5LanguagearoundtheWorld

ExploretheChinesewritingsystem

张亚楠Inthisclass,youwill1.findoutthedevelopmentoftheChinesewritingsystemandtheconnectionbetweenwrittenChineseandChineseculture;2.learnaboutreadingskill:scanning;3.buildupconfidenceinChineseculture.LearningObjectives:Warmup

➊DoyoulikeChinesecalligraphy?➋Andhowmanytypesofcalligraphydoyouknow?ChinesecalligraphyhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.

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楷书Officialscript隶书Sealscript篆书

Runningscript行书

Cursivescript草书Pre-reading口水日力田火月山picture-basedsymbolssimplifiedChinesecharacters基于图像的符号汉字Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?JiaguwenboneshellTheyaresymbolscarvedonanimalbonesandshells.MaybetheyaretheearliestChinesecharacters.Predict：Whatthetextwillbeabout?➊➋➊Chinesewritingsystemthepast➋connectionTopic

Focus

thepresentTherearetwopartsinthistitle.thedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem;theconnectionfromthepasttothepresent.While-readingTopic

➊ChinesewritingsystemStep1

What’sthedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem?Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisation

whichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddowns

initshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Task1:Skimtofindthemainideasofeachparagraph.

Tip:1.Topicisinthefirstorlastsentenceeachpara.

2.Underlinekeywordsortopicsentences.3.Payattentiontoconjunction：

butPara.1：TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvived.文明；文化因素Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu——animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday's

hanzi.Para.2:WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).Para.3:Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed

andlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.Para.4:Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinese

writingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Para.5:WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspast

andhasbecomeanartform.方式；方法Today,theChinesewritingsystemisanimportantpartofChineseculure.AsChinaplaysagreaterrole

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globalaffairs,

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international

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amazinglanguage.Para.6:TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.欣赏；感激introductionthedevelopmenttheimportancePart1:_______Part2:_______Part3:_______Para.1Para.2-4Para.5-6TheChinesewritingsystemTip:Scanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumbers.

Task2：Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.Time

orderAtthebeginning1.Itwasa____________language.2.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseof_________.3.__________arecarvedon_____________________.TheShangDynasty1.Thesymbolshadbecome____________.2.Overtheyears,

thesystemdevelopedinto______,leadingtomanyvarietiesof_________________.theQinDynasty1.Qinshihuang______7statesinto______________.2.Itwasimportantinuniting__________________.today1.Itconnects_____________with_________.2.Anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciate_________________.picture-basedlongguSymbolsanimalbonesandshellswell-developeddifferentformsdialectsandcharactersunitedonedirectionChinesepeopleandculturethepastthepresentChina’scultureTask3:Writedownwhathappenedateachimportanttime.Step2

What’stheconnectioninthetext?Focus

➋connectionthepastthepresentThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(Para.4)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.(Para.5)ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Para.5)TheChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs.(Para.6)connect_________