Unit 5 Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高一上学期英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

人教版（2019）必修一 Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking Explore the Chinese writing system Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: learn and grasp the new words in this section, such as symbol, means, character and so on; practice reading skills such as skimming and scanning to understand the text better; sort out the development of the Chinese writing system; analyze the role the Chinese writing system plays in Chinese culture. L e a d - i n What can you see in the picture? The picture shows jiaguwen. Some symbols were carved on longgu by ancient Chinese people. Maybe they are the earliest Chinese characters. Predict what the text will be about. THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Pre-reading Topic The Chinese writing system Focus connecting the past and the present Detail The Chinese writing system in the past how the Chinese writing system makes this connection ... THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this has been possible, but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system. 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 call still be seen in today’s hanzi. By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BCE), these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were divided geographically, leading to many varieties of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE). While-reading Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one uni