Unit 5 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语（人教版2019必修第一册）

Unit5Languagesaroundtheworld

ReadingandThinking:ExploretheChinesewritingsystemLearningObjectives

Masternewwordsandexpressionsofrelatedthetopic.Analyzethemainideaofeachparagraphandsummarizethestructureofthepassage.LearnthedevelopmentandhistoryofChinesewriting,strengtheningnationalrecognitionandpride.Arousestudents’passionforChineseandbuilduptheirconfidenceinChineseculture.Lead-in

EvolutionofChineseCharactersChinesecharacters,alsoknownasHanzi(漢字)areoneoftheearliestformsofwrittenlanguageintheworld,datingbackapproximatelyfivethousandyears.Nearlyone-fourthoftheworld’spopulationstilluseChinesecharacterstoday.Asanartform,ChinesecalligraphyremainsanintegralaspectofChineseculture.汉字，也被称为汉字(漢字)，是世界上最早的书面语言形式之一，可以追溯到大约五千年前。如今，世界上仍有近四分之一的人口在使用汉字。作为一种艺术形式，中国书法是中国文化不可分割的一部分。EvolutionofChineseCharacters

Thereare47,035ChinesecharactersintheKangxiDictionary(康熙字典),thestandardnationaldictionarydevelopedduringthe18thand19thcenturies,buttheprecisequantityofChinesecharactersisamystery;numerous,rarevariantshaveaccumulatedthroughouthistory.StudiesfromChinahaveshownthat90%ofChinesenewspapersandmagazinestendtouse3,500basiccharacters.《康熙字典》是18、19世纪制定的标准国家词典，全书共47035个汉字，但汉字的确切数量一直是个谜;历史上积累了大量稀有的变种。来自中国的研究表明，90%的中国报纸和杂志倾向于使用3500个基本汉字。EvolutionofChineseCharactersChinesecharactershaveevolvedoverseveralthousandsofyearstoincludemanydifferentstyles,orscripts.Themainformsare:OracleBoneInscriptions(JiaGuWen甲骨文),BronzeInscriptions,(JinWen金文),SmallSealCharacters(XiaoZhuan小篆),OfficialScript(LiShu隸書),RegularScript(KaiShu楷書),CursiveWritingorGrassStrokeCharacters(CaoShu草書),andFreehandCursive(XingShu行書).汉字经过了几千年的演变，包含了许多不同的风格或文字。主要形式有:甲骨文、金文、小篆、隶书、楷书、草書和行書。WatchsomepicturesofChinesewritingPre-reading

PredictionThetextmaybeabouttheChinesewritingsystemanditshistoryfromancienttimestothepresentday.LookatthetitleandpictureandpredictwhatthetextwillbeaboutWhile-reading

listenReadingforthemainideaWhat’sthemainideaofthetext?ThewritingsystemofShangDynastyThehistoryoftheChineselanguageThedifferencesbetweenoldChineseandmodernChineseThewideuseofChineseallovertheworldFindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph

Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6A.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.B.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilisationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.C.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms.D.WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.E.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopintoonedirection.F.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.Readingfordetails

Findthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.Thenwritedownwhathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes.TimeEventmoderntimes……WhathasbecomeanimportantpartofChinesecultureinthedevelopmentofChinesecharacters?

Chinesecalligraphy.Post-reading

Readthetextagainanddiscussthequestions1.HowdidwrittenChineseunifyChinesepeopledividedbygeographyanddialects?2.HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?3.Accordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Whatdoyouthinkaresomeoftheotherfactors?Answer1.ItallowedChinesepeople,nomatterwheretheylivedorwhatdialecttheyhad,tocommunicatewitheachother.Answer2.Chinesepeopletodaycanreadandunderstandclassicworksfromancienttimes.Answer3.ExceptforthewritingsystemofChineselanguage,thecontinuousdevelopmentofChina’sagriculture,arelativelypowerfulgovernment,distinguishedphilosophicalschooldeveloped,andanopenmindtoembracedifferentculturesarea