内容正文:
新人教版高中英语必修第一册
Unit 5 Languages Around the World
Reading and Thinking
学习目标
1.To acquire the basic usage of the new words and expressions concerning the writing system of Chinese characters and learn to use them flexibly.
2. To have a good understanding of development history of the writing system of Chinese characters.
重点难点
1.To learn the reading strategies, such as prediction, self-questioning and scanning.
2. To sort out the topic language about Chinese character writing system, and understand the narrative characteristics of "time-event" in illustrative style.
3. To explore the function and importance of Chinese character writing system.
学习过程 (Warming up)
Step 1 Predicting the content of the passage.
Look at the title and the picture, and then predict what the passage will be about.
Q1: What will be talked about?
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Q2: What may be the author’s intention of writing the passage?
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Step 2 Read to deal with questions concerning the Chinese writing system.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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2. What is the main idea of the following paragraphs?
Para 1: The Chinese writing system is one of the__________why Chinese civilization has survived into modern times.
Para 2: Written Chinese was a_________________language at the beginning.
Para 3: The writing system became_____________________.
Para 4: The writing system became_______________________________.
Para 5: Written Chinese connects China's__________________with its __________.
Para 6: The Chinese language is helping to_______________China's culture and history.
Step 3 Lead students to focus on the development of the Chinese writing system. First, ask students to scan the passage to find the words and phrases that describe a time and what happened to the characters at those important times with