Unit5LanguagesAroundTheWorldReadingandThinking课件-人教版高中英语

ReadingandThinkingUnit5Languagesaroundtheworld

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山Canyouguesswhattheymean?WarmingupLead-inCanyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?竹bamboo象elephant孝pietyCanyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?马鱼鹿牛simplifiedChinesecharactersLead-inpicture-basedsymbolsItdatesbacktonearly3,600yearsago.Theywereusuallycarvedonanimalbonesorshells.WarmingupLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.ExploretheChinesewritingsystemPre-readingThe

text

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mainlyaboutthe__________and__________ofChinesecharaters.developmentimportancePastPresent

Inwhatorderdidthewriterwritethepassage?________A.inorderofimportanceB.inorderofplaceC.inorderoftimeD.inorderofpositionPredictionLookatthetitleandpicture,andpredictwhatthetextwillbeabout.topicfocusChinesewritingsystemdevelopmentandhistory

JiaguwenMaybetheyaretheearliestChinesecharacters.

ReadingforStructureDividethetextinto3partsandfindthemainidea.theChinesewritingsystemPart1Part2Part3

What’sthewritingstyle?Narration B.Argument C.Exposition记叙文

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说明文Para1Para2-3Para4-6TopicHistoryImportanceFastreading1．What'sthemainideaofthetext?A．ThewritingsystemofShangDynasty.B．ThehistoryoftheChinesewrittenlanguage.C．ThedifferencesbetweenoldChineseandmodernChinese.D．ThewideuseofChineseallovertheworld.A.TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirectionunderEmperorQinshihuang.C.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.D.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.F.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.n.

体系；制度；系统Para1:

Para2：Para3：Para4：Para5：Para6：Task2:Analyzethestructureofthepassage.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage..TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.historyanddevelopmentimportanceReadforthestructureToday,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthemainfactorswhyChinesecivilizationcontinnuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.introduction

Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.

Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu--animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207ВСЕ).

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.

Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChinascultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.Completethepassagewiththecorrectwords

andphrasebelow.ChinesecalligraphyhasdevelopedalongwithChina’s___________.Itisdifficulttosaywhenexactlycalligraphystarted.Chinesewritingwasfirstdoneby_________symbolsontobonesandshells,butasitdevelopedintoawriting__________,italsodevelopedasaformofartdonewithabrush.ItisbelievedthatChinesecalligraphy___________toatleasttheHanDynasty(202BCE-220CE).Soonafterthat,theideadevelopedthatcalligraphywasnotonlyabeautifulartformbutalsoa_______ofshowingthecharacterofthe"manbehindthebrush".Today,anyonefromsmallchildrentooldpeoplecanenjoypractisingthe__________artofChinesecalligraphy.system

carving

meansdatesback

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civilisationcivilisationcarvingsystemdatesbackmeansclassicPost-reading1connectthepastand/withthepresent2bewidelyknownfor3ancientcivilisation4upsanddowns5atthebeginning6apicture-basedlanguage7datebackto8awell-developedwritingsystem9manyvarietiesofdialects因……广泛著名古代文明浮沉；兴衰；荣辱起初；首先以图片为基础的语言；象形语言追溯到一种发达的书写体系LanguagePoints:Importantphrases(P62~P63)连接过去与现在种类繁多的方言10unite...into...11inonedirection12beofgreatimportance13animportantmeans14thehighregardfor15Chinesecharacters16Chinesecalligraphy17globalaffairs18anincreasi