Unit5LanguagesaroundtheworldReadingandThinkingOnelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.—FrankSmithLearningObjectivesHaveabetterunderstandingofthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersanditsimportance.IntroducethedevelopmentofChinesecharactersinEnglish.Improvetheabilityofskimming,scanning,analyzingdiscourseandthinkinglogically.Strengthennationalconfidenceandpride.1.Canyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?馬魚鹿牛人大子止picture-basedsymbolssimplifiedChinesecharactersLeadin2.Whatdowecallthisartform?Chinesecalligraphy3.DoyouknowhowChinesecharactersdevelop?LeadinChineseCalligraphyOfficialscriptSealscriptRunningscriptStandardscriptCursivescriptInscriptiononbonesLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.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.5-6Activity3

Scanforspecificinformation(HistoryandDevelopment)Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatimeandwritedownwhathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes..Readingtip:ScanningScanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumber.Thetextisorganizedin______order.timeAtthebeginningtheShangDynastytheQinDynasty1.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.TheChinesewritingsystempicture-basedlongguSymbolsanimalbonesandshellswell-developeddifferentformsgeographicallyunitedinonedirectionChinesepeopleandculturedialectsandcharactersChina'spresentitspastChinesecultureChina’scultureandhistoryoneofthemainfactorsthataffectChina'sancientcivilisationActivity4ReadforthinkingWhatistheauthor’sattitudetowardstheChinesewriting?HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?AndwhatotherthingsdoesChinesewritingsystemconnect?Accordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Arethereanyotherfactors?Activity4ReadforthinkingWhatistheauthor’sattitudetowardstheChinesewriting?Andwhy？unitingtheChinesepeopleandcultureofgreatimportanceanimportantmeansimportantpartofChinesecultureplayagreaterrole

inimportantconnectingChina’spastwithitspresentChinesecalligraphycanberegardedasanartformappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguageActivity4ReadforthinkingHowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?AndwhatotherthingsdoesChinesewritingsystemconnect?

NomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChineseCalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazingculture.connectspeopledividedbygeographyconnectsthepastandthepresentconnectsthelanguageandartconnectsChinaandtheworldActivity4ReadforthinkingAccordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Areanyotherfactors?

thecontinuousdevelopmentofChina’sagriculture

arelativelypowerfulgovernmentafocusoneducationanopenmindtoembracedifferentculturesActivity5DiscussionDoyouthinkChineselanguagemightbecomeagloballanguagelikeEnglishinthefuture?

Why?Whenweareconnectingwiththeworld,weshouldkeepourcultureandcharacterconfidentandmakeourcivilizationbetterknown.HistoryanddevelopmentImportanceIntroductionwell-developeddifferentformsinonedirectionpicture-basedTointroducethetopic:___________________.theChinesewritingsystemconnectpeopleandcultureconnectlanguageandartconnectChinaandthe

worldconnectthe

pastandthe

presentActivity6SummaryAnimportantpartofChineseculture1:Whatdoes“this”mean?(Para.1)Chineseancientcivilisationhasgoingthroughmoderntimes.2:HowdidwrittenChineseunifyChinesepeopledividedbygeographyanddialects?

ItallowedChinesepeople,nomatterwheretheylivedorwhatdialecttheyhad,tocommunicatewitheachother.3:HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?

Chinesepeopletodaycanreadandunderstandclassicworksfromancienttimes.Post-reading:AnswerthequestionsAsaChineseteenager,whatwillyoudotospreadChineseculture?PostreadingpracticeChinesecalligraphydiligentlyimrpoveourChineseandEnglishlearnsometraditionalartswheninterestedholdapositiveattitudetoChinesecultureintroduceChineseculturetoforeignersifpossible...After-readingPART4SummarizethemainideaDoityourself!orFillintheblanks.TipsofwritingasummaryChoosethekeywordsinthetopicsentences.Keepsomeimportantinformationfromparagraphs.Retellthemonyourown.

ThemainreasonwhyChina'sancientcivilisationhas

continuedallthewaythroughintomodermtimeshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.__________thebeginning,

writtenChinese,which_________(date)

backseveralthousandyearstotheuse

oflonggu,wasapicture-basedlanguage,Atdates

Symbols__________

(carve)onanimalbonesand

shellsbyancientChinesepeople.Overtheyears,therewas___timewhentheChinesepeoplewere

divided

geographically,

leadingtomany__________

(variety)

ofdialectsandcharacters.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry,

makingtheChinesewritingsystembegintodevelopinonedirection.werecarvedavarietiesItwasofgreatimportancein__________(unite)theChinesepeopleandculture.Peopleinmoderntimescan

readtheclassicworks__________(write)byChineseinancienttimes.

Nowadays,

ChinesecalligraphyhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.__________

Chinaplaysagreaterrolein__________(globe)affairs,

alargenumberofinternationalstudentsarebegining__________(appreciate)China'scultureandhistory

throughthisamazinglanguage.unitingwrittenAsglobalto

appreciateChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilizationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomordentimes,despitemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.因...聞名Para.1Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.

“介詞+關(guān)系代詞”引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾前面的animalbonesandshells追溯于Para.2onwhich=where

地點(diǎn)狀語Para.3BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeofraphically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).因?yàn)槌墒斓脑?jīng)有一段時(shí)間...現(xiàn)在分詞短語作結(jié)果狀語Para.4EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.

where引導(dǎo)定語從句，是關(guān)系副詞，修飾表地點(diǎn)的country，在句中作狀語朝著一個(gè)方向beof(great)+抽象名詞=be+形容詞“nomatter+疑問詞”引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，相當(dāng)于“疑問詞+-ever”意為“無論……”Para.5WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.

which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾前面的works，在句中作主語主語：高度關(guān)注謂語:這體現(xiàn)在“作為……而出名”，過