Unit5ReadingandThinkingVocabularyAfewweeksintothisschoolyear,LisaandIhadco－authoredaplaybasedonourfavoritenovel,LittleWomen.ThevolunteerwasanativeofBeijingandmajoredinhistoryatcollege.Mikehadhighregardforhisoldlawprofessor.Histalentsaren'tappreciatedbyhisboss,whichmadehimannoyed.Chinesechessdatesbacktoancienttimes,throughwhichwepossesstheopportunitytodeveloppatienceaswellaswisdom.Wecanorganiseavarietyofactivitiesinournewstadium.VocabularyLeadinWhatcanyouknowfromthevideo?LeadinHowmanytypesofcalligraphydoyouknow?calligraphySealscript篆書隸書Officialscript草書Cursivescript行書Runningscript楷書StandardscriptPre-PeadingLookatthetitleandphotosbelowandguesswhatisthetextabout?Thenreadandcheckifyouareright.Thetextmaybeaboutthe_____________________anditshistoryfrom_______to____________.topicfocusChinesewritingsystemthepastthepresentAccordingtothetitle,canyouguesshowthetextisorganized?ChinesewritingsystemconnectthepastthepresentThetextisorganizedin______order.timePre-ReadingPre-ReadingFindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.

Time

orderWhat’sthewritingstyleofthetext?Narration B.ArgumentC.ExpositionWhile-ReadingThemainideaofeachparagraphA.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms.F.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina'scultureandhistorytotheworld.B.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.C.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopintoonedirection.E.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.D.WrittenChineseconnectsChina'spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?Why?While-ReadingIntroductionBodyConclusionPart1:_______Para.1Part2:_______Para.2-4Part3:_______Para.5-6TopicDevelopmentImportancegeneralgeneralspecificWhile-ReadingChinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.定語從句定語從句定語從句

WrittenChinese

wasa_____________________.picture-basedlanguageAtthebeginningBytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).While-Reading時間狀語從句現在分詞作結果狀語Symbols

becamea_____________writingsystem.

well-developedBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsThesystem

developedinto

______________.differentforms1.Whatdoestheword“these”refertointhethirdparagraph?A．Pictures. B．Symbols.C．Longgu.

D．Shells.2.

Whatdoesthethirdparagraphmainlytalkabout?A．TheShangDynastyendedin1600.B．Thesesymbolsdidn'tdevelopintheShangDynasty.C．TheChinesepeopleweredividedgeographically,whichledtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.D．VarietiesofdialectsandcharactersbegantoformintheQinDynasty.While-ReadingWhile-ReadingEmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.定語從句讓步狀語從句TheQinDynastyChinesewritingsystem

beganto____________________.develop

inonedirectionEventodayChinesepeoplecanallstill________________inwriting.communicateWrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.定語從句定語從句定語從句時間狀語從句InmoderntimesTodayPeoplecanreadthe____________writteninancienttimes,andregard__________________asanartform.ChinesecalligraphyclassicworksChinesewritingsystemisstillan_____________________.

importantpartofChinesecultureWhile-ReadingWhile-ReadingAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyTheQinDynastyTodayOvertheyearsthepresentthepastconnectedFuture馬picture-basedwell-developeddifferentformsonedirectionpartofChineseculture?begandevelopeddividedunified1．Readthetextcarefullyandfindoutthesentencesincludingadverbialsoradverbialclausesofconcession.①Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.②Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.2．Readthetextcarefullyandfindouttheexpressionsincludingadverbialsoftime.①atthebeginning②bytheShangDynasty(around1600—1046BCE)③overtheyears④todayWhile-ReadingWhatexpressions

about“important”arementionedinthetext?While-ReadingWhile-ReadingWhatdoes

each“importance”referto?ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(Para.4)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.(Para.5)ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystem…asanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Para.5)…theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs…(Para.6)connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________connect_____________