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2019新人教版英语必修第一册
Unit 5 Languages around the world
Reading & Thinking
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Unit 5 Languages around the world
Reading and Thinking
Explore the Chinese Writing System
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shells and bones
3000 years ago
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马
鱼
鹿
牛
Guessing Game
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The Chinese Writing System:
connecting the past and the present
Predict what the text will be about.
Make predictions
Look at the titles and pictures and think about the content before reading.
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Activity 1 Reading for main ideas.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
The writing system began to develop in one direction.
The Chinese writing system is helping to spread China’s culture and history.
The Chinese writing system is one of the factors why
Chinese civilization has survived into modern times.
Written Chinese connects China’s culture with its past.
Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning.
The writing system became well-developed and later developed into different forms.
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the
Qin Dynasty
over the years
by the Shang Dynasty
at the beginning
Activity 2 Reading for details (Para2-4)
today
1. How many periods of time are mentioned ?
What are they?
2.What happened during different periods of time?
picture-based language
became
well-
developed
communicate
in writing
developed in one
direction
developed
into different
forms
the Chinese Writing System
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Activity 2 Reading for details (Para4-6)
Find supporting sentences showing the importance of the Chinese writing system.
That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture.
Written Chinese has also become an important means by which China’s present is connected with China’s past.
The high regard for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese characters as an art form, known as Chinese calligraphy, which has become an important part of Chinese culture.
The system of Chinese characters is still an important part of the Chinese culture.
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connection
connect ______ and ______
connect _