Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking 课件 2023-2024学年高中英语人教版必修第一册

Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking Lead in 山 水 木 羊 虎 Can you recognize these pictures? What do they represent? Lead in Oracle bone inscriptions are symbols carved on turtle shells and animal bones during the Yin and Zhou dynasties, mostly containing divination records. Maybe they are the earliest characters. Pre-reading Look at the title and picture below. Predict what the text will be about. Topic Focus the Chinese writing system in the past how the Chinese writing system makes this connection …… While Reading Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. 01 02 03 The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times. Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning. The writing system became well-developed, and later developed into different forms. 04 While Reading Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. 06 05 The writing system began to develop in one direction. Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past, and has become an art form. The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and history to the world. While Reading Scan the text to find the words and phrases that describe a time. Then write down what happened at each of those important times. at the beginning dates back several thousand years by the Shang Dynasty the Qin Dynasty in modern times even today over the years While Reading modern times The Chinese civilisation still continues. While Reading At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu—animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today’s hanzi. at the beginning Written Chinese was a picture-based language. dates back several thousand years Longgu appeared While Reading by the Shang Dynasty Symbols carved on Longgu had become a well-developed writing