Unit5LearningandSpeaking&ReadingandThinkingUnit5LearningandSpeaking&DoyouknowtheChinesecharacter?DoyouknowtheChinesecharacLookatthepictureonpage62andanswerthefollowingquestions:Q1:DoyouknowthisChinesecharacter?Q2:Canyourecognizeanother“馬”inthepicture?Why?Q3:Wheredidpeoplewritedownthesymbols?Q4:Howdidpeoplewritedownthesymbolsonanimalshells?Lookatthepictureonpage62IntroducingthedevelopmenttheChinesewritingsystemTimeeventIntroducingthedevelopmenttheFocusingonthefunctionQ1:Whatarethekeywordsofthesecondpartofthetitle?Q2:Couldyoufindsomesentencesincludingwordsindicating“thepastandthepresent”?FocusingonthefunctionQ1:Whconnection①Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,...butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.(Paragraph1)②Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu―animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.(Paragraph2)③Eventoday,nomatterwherepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanstillcommunicateinwriting.(Paragraph4)④WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.(Paragraph5)⑤Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Paragraph6)connection①ChinaiswidelyknBesidesconnectingthepastandthepresent,whatotherfunctionsdoestheChinesewritingsystemhave?Givetheevidence.Besidesconnectingthepast①ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.→connectpeoplewithculture②ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture→connectcharacters/languagewithart③AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.→connectChinawiththeworld①ThatwritingsystemwasofgThefunctionsoftheChinesewritingsystemThefunctionsoftheChinesewCanyoufindsomesentencesshowingtheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystemdirectly?①ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.②WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithChina’spast.③ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.④ThesystemofChinesecharactersisstillanimportantpartoftheChineseculture.CanyoufindsomesentencesshIntentionTheauthorwantstoarouseourawarenessoftheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystemandtryourbesttodevelopitbecauseitisrelatedtocultureandcivilisation.IntentionTheautho