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

ExploretheChinesewritingsystemDoyoulikeChinesecalligraphy?Howmanytypesofcalligraphydoyouknow?calligraphyn.

书法；书法艺术Sealscript篆书隶书Officialscript草书Cursivescript行书Runningscript楷书Standardscriptevenstrokesandbeautyofpictograph(笔画均匀，有象形文字之美)Sealscript篆书Officialscript隶书

short,wide,symmetrical(对称);stretchrightandleft(短，扁，对称，左右分展)Cursivescript草书linkstrokesintoshortform(连笔画);moreflexible,random,livelyanddynamic(更灵活随意，活泼及动感)

Standardscript楷书clearandstrong,uprightandfoursquare(清晰有力，方正严整)Runningscript行书combinethemeritsofcursivescriptandstandardscript,clearandlively(兼具草书和楷书优点，清晰又活泼)Title：TheChineseWritingSystem:ConnectingThePastAndThePresent1.Thistext

willbeabout_____________________anditshistoryfromthe________tothe_______.theChinesewritingsystempresent

Predictionpast2.What'sthestyleofthepassage?

A.Narration(记叙文)B.Exposition(说明文)C.Argumentation(议论文)ReadforgeneralideaReadthetextquicklytounderlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Para1Therearemanyreasonswhythis

hasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.contributionbeginningdevelopmentunification统一

importanceroleAtthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.Chinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspastandhasbecomeanartform.Para2Para3Para4Para5TheChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.Para6Chineseancientcivilisationhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.Chinesewritingsystemcontributesalottocivilisationfromancienttomoderntimes.

Summarizethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Para2Para3Para4theunificationofChinesecharactersthebeginningofwrittenChinesethedevelopmentofChinesecharactersPara1thecontributionofChinesewritingsystemPara5theimportanceofwrittenChinese

Para6theroleoftheChineselanguageinglobalaffairsTheChineseWritingSystem(time&event)ReadfordetailsPara2-6Readthetextcarefullytofinishthetimeline.atthebeginningseveralthousandyearsagointheQinDynastyovertheyearsApicture-basedlanguagewell-developeddevelopinonedirectionanimportantpartofcultureTheChineseWritingSystem(time&event)WhathappenedtoChinesecharactersateachimportanttimesbelow?bytheShangDynastysymbolscarvedonlongguinmoderntimesdifferentformstodayChinesecalligraphyChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.It

datesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancient

symbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.Readthewholepassagecarefully,findsomesentencesincludingwordsindicating(表明,暗示)“thepast

andthe

present”.(Paragraph2)(Paragraph1)Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.Focusingonthefunction(作用)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.connectingReadthewholepassagecarefully,findsomesentencesincludingwordsindicating(表明,暗示)“thepast

andthepresent”.(Paragraph5)(Paragraph4)(Paragraph6)DeepthinkingWhatotherconnectingfunctions(作用)doestheChinesewritingsystemhave?Findthesupportingsentences.P4ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.connectpeoplewithcultureP5ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.P6AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnu