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Unit5LanguagesaroundtheworldExploreChineseWritingSystem游文字博物館

學中國漢字史THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENT“Hello,boysandgirls!WelcometoHolly’sclass!Todaywe’regoingtolearnthehistoryofChinesewritingsystembyplayingagame.Areyouready?”ENTERInvitationletterWelcometotheNationalMeseumofChineseWriting.HereinthemeseumarevariousdisplaysaboutChinesecharacters.Explorethemeseumandgaintheticketforthecalligraphyexhibitionattheendoftheexploration...“Look!It’saninvitationlettertoacalligraphyexhibition!Let’stryourbesttogettotickettotheexhibition!”/Szzb“Wow!Howmagnificentthemuseumis!Nowlet’sexplorethemuseumtogether!”鼎鳥兔家日貓豬LeadinNEXTView&Guess“Well,it’saguessinggame.CanyoumatchtheinscriptionswiththeChinesecharactersbelow?”“Oh,thereissomethingflyingintheair.Let’sseewhatitis.”“Great!Itseemedthatyou’requitefamiliarwithChinesewritingsystem.Now,let’senterthemeseumandexploremore.”Task1View&Predict“Now,we’regoingtoreadapassagetoknowmoreabouttheChinesewritingsystem.Canyoupredictthemainideaofthepassagefromthetitleandthepicture?”NEXTPre-readingTheCHINESEWRITINGSYSTEMCONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENT“Iappreciateyourprediction.ThepassageisaboutthehistoryofChinesewritingsystem.Now,let’senterthehallsandfinishmoretasks.”Task2Match&Identifypara.1para.2para.3para.4para.5para.6reasontomakeitswaytothemoderntimesthedevelopmentofChinesewritingthesignificanceofChinesewriting“BeforeweentertheFirstExhibitionHall,IwouldliketoknowyourbasicunderstandingofChinesewriting.”CHECK“Now,let’sentertheFirstExhibitionHallandlearnmoreaboutChinesewriting.”“Howcleveryouare!Youarerewardedwithabrush!”NEXTWhile-reading“Pleasematchthemainideasofthethreepartsofthetext.”“Let’schecktheanswers.”Task3Scan&Complete“ItissaidthatittookalongtimeforChinesecharacterstodevelop.Canyoucirclethetimemarkersandcompletethefishbonediagram?”NEXTWhile-reading“Well,apparentlythepassagementionedspecifictimeindicatorswhenthesystemdeveloped,includingthebeginingororigin,bytheShangDynasty,theQinDynastyandtoday.”“Usually,whenyouintroducethehistoryofanitem,inadditiontotheoriginanddevelopment,youshouldalsointroducetheimpactofeachchange.ThatisthepatternofOrigin-Evolution-Impact.”O(jiān)riginEvolutionImpactTask3Scan&CompleteNEXTWhile-readingImpactofdifferentformsoncommunication“Forexample,thedevelopmentbyShangDynastyledtorichvarietiesofChinesedialectsandcharacters.Pleasereadthepassageagainandfindoutmoreimpact.”Task3Scan&Complete“Nowlet’scheckwhetheryou’vefoundtheimpactineachstage.”NEXTWhile-readingImpactoftheunifiedcharactersoncommunicationandcultureImpactonmoderntimesImpactontheworld“Youreallydidagoodjob!Hereisaninkstickforyou!”“Now,let’scontinuetoexplorethenextexibitionhall!”Readtheparagraph5andanswerthequestion:Howdoesthewritingsystemconnectthepresentandthepast?NEXT“Well,don’tyouthinkthecharactersintheQinDynastyarestilldifferentfromthosewe’reusingtoday?”“Doyouknowwhy?”“IntheHanDynasty,thecalligraphychangedfromthesealscripttoofficialscript(隸書),thentocursivescript(章草),regularscript(楷書)andrunningscript(行書).”“ThenaftertheP.R.C.wasestablished,theChinesegovernmentlaunchedanlanguageandcharacterreform,traditionalcharacters(繁體字)werereplacedbysimplifiedcharacters(簡體字),whichwereeasiertoreadandwrite.”YESNO“Now,let’shaveafurtherunderstandingabouttheChinesewritingsystem.”“Iagreewithyou.Thedevelopmentinthewritingsystemcloselyconnectsthepastandthepresentthroughitsform.”“Evenweweren’tborninthepast,westillcanappreciatethebeautyoftheancientworks,suchasLantingPreface(蘭亭序).”“Howamazingitis!”While-readingTask3Scan&CompleteTask4Think&ShareDiscussthequestion:Whyhasthewritingsystemcontinuedallthewaythroughintothemoderntimes?“Doyouknowthatsomeotherpicture-basedlanguagessuchastheEgyptianoneandMayanonearenolongerinuse?”“PleasethinkofthereasonsforChinesewritingsystemtocontinuetosurviveinmoderntimes.”“However,Chinesewritingsystemhasnowbecometheonlypictographbeingused.”Post-readingEgyptianpictographMayanpictograph“Youranswersoundsreasonable!That’swhywesaytheChinesewritingsystemconnectsthepastandthepresent.You’vegottheprizeofaninkstone!”“Well,westilllackonemorematerial,Xuanpaper,toattendthecalligraphyexhibition.Let’sgobacktothereceptionhall.”NEXTTask5Internalize&CreateRetellthedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystemtotheforeigntourists.NEXT“SomeforeigntouristswanttoknowtheevolutionofChinesewritingsystem.Canyouintroduceittothem?”Post-readingEvaluationCard□

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