Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit5 Reading and Thinking The Chinese Writing System Learning aims: 1. Learn the development of the Chinese writing system. 2. Improve the skill of skimming, scanning, and analyze the reading materials. 3.Arouse students’ passion for Chinese. How did the writing system develop in the history of China? Predicting Chinese writing system and its development/history. What will be talked about? ： Predict Task 1: Predict time sequence problem and solution Character development cause and effect How is the passage developed? Task 2 d Pay attention to transitional words and pronouns. Tips: China is widely known for its ancient civilization 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. Task 3:Skim for main ideas What does the sentence tell us? What’s the purpose of this sentence? It tells us the Chinese writing system contributes to the survival of Chinese culture. To introduce the topic of the text---The Chinese writing system: Connecting the past and the present. 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. Can we see the ancient symbols today? You can get the main idea by taking a quick look at the title,key words,topic sentence ,conjuctions and repeated words. Tips: Skim for main ideas Skim for main ideas 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 Empe