Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldReadingandThinking一二三四LearningObjectivesObtainnewwordsandexpressionsofrelatedthetopic.HaveagoodunderstandingofthedevelopmentofChinesewritingandexplorethefunctionandimportanceofit.Arousestudents’passionforChineseandbuilduptheirconfidenceinChineseculture.OurfriendsfromNewYorkaregoingtovisitus.TheyareveryinterestedinChineseculture.Canyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?Whatcharactersarethey?雨水山人馬魚鹿牛人大子止picture-based

symbolssimplifiedChinesecharactersDiscussDoyouknowhowChinesecharacterdevelop?ChineseCalligraphyOfficialscriptSealscriptRunningscriptStandardscriptCursivescriptInscriptiononbonesLookatthetitleandpicturebelow.Predictwhatthetextwillbeabout.THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTActivity1Readingtip1:PredictingTheChinesewritingsystemTopicConnectingthepastandthepresentMainidea:thepassageismainlyaboutthe

ofthewritingsystem.FocushistoryPara1:

Para2：Para3：Para4：Para5：Para6：ReadandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraphTheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthemainfactorswhyChinesecivilizationcontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.TheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirectionunderEmperorQinshihuang.BytheShangDynasty,thesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystemandlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms.WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspastandhasbecomeanartform.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.

StructureofthepassageDevelopment(para.2-4)Importance(para.5-6)Introduction(para.1)ChinesewritingsystemThedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem(focusonPara.2-4)

Activity3

Scanforspecificinformation(HistoryandDevelopment)Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatimeandwritedownwhathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes..Readingtip:ScanningScanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation,suchasdatesornumber.Thetextisorganizedin______order.timeTheChinesewritingsystemAtthebeginningtheShangDynastytheQinDynasty1.Itwasa____________language.2.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseof______.3._______werecarvedon_______________________.1.Thesymbolshadbecome____________.2.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedinto_____________aspeopleweredivided____________then,leadingtomanyvarietiesof___________________.1.Qinshihuang______7statesintoone,soitbegantodevelop______________.2.Itwasofgreatimportantinuniting________________________.Today1.Itconnects_____________with_______.2.It'sanimportantpartof______________.3.Anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciate_______________________throughit.picture-basedlongguSymbolsanimalbonesandshellswell-developeddifferentformsgeographicallyunitedinonedirectionChinesepeopleandculturedialectsandcharactersChina'spresentitspastChinesecultureChina’scultureandhistoryoneofthemainfactorsthataffectChina'sancientcivilisationActivity4ReadforthinkingWhatistheauthor’sattitudetowardstheChinesewriting?HowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?AndwhatotherthingsdoesChinesewritingsystemconnect?Accordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Arethereanyotherfactors?FindsentencesthatshowtheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystem(focusonpara.4-para.6)Activity4ReadforthinkingHowdoeswrittenChineseconnectChinesepeopletodaywiththoseofthepast?AndwhatotherthingsdoesChinesewritingsystemconnect?

NomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanstillcommunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChineseCalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazingculture.connectspeopledividedbygeographyconnectsthepastandthepresentconnectsthelanguageandartconnectsChinaandtheworldActivity4ReadforthinkingAccordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Areanyotherfactors?

thecontinuousdevelopmentofChina’sagriculture

arelativelypowerfulgovernmentafocusoneducationanopenmindtoembracedifferentculturesActivity5DiscussionDoyouthinkChineselanguagemightbecomeagloballanguagelikeEnglishinthefuture?

Why?Whenweareconnectingwiththeworld,weshouldkeepourcultureandcharacterconfidentandmakeourcivilizationbetterknown.1.WrittenChinesewasofgreatimportancetounitetheChinesepeopleandculture.2.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansto

connecttheChina’spresentwithitspast.

3.Chinesecalligraphyasanartform,hasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.4.WrittenChineseisanimportantpartofChineseculture.MoreinternationalstudentsappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughChinese.Chineseisabridge,whichcanconnect...with...pastpresentpeopleculturelanguageartChinaworldconnectsDiscussionWhy

dowestillneedtopracticehandwriting,evencalligraphy(書法)?Post-reading

Completethepassagewiththecorrectwords&phrasebelow.system carving means datesback classic civilizationChinesecalligraphyhasdevelopedalongwithChinese