Unit 5 Languages Around the World 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

Unit 5 Reading and Thinking Explore the Chinese writing system 1 Warming-up Watch a video of the development of Chinese writing and talk about the Chinese culture and civilization. 课件来源：脑洞英语课堂 对本课件使用有任何疑问， 请联系小助手：naodong12 2 1. Ancient Chinese people _______ symbols onto turtle shells or bones of animals. 2. Many of today’s characters have their _______ in the observations of ancient Chinese people. 3. About 80 percent of Chinese characters are made up of smaller parts, called _______. 4. If you can read Chinese characters, you can read Chinese _______ from thousands of years ago. 5. Chinese characters have been adapted into digital form in the modern _______. After you watch carved classics era origins radicals carved origins radicals classics era 雨 人 山 水 木 鱼 Simplified Chinese characters Guessing game Picture-based symbols 4 Guessing game Lead in rat鼠 ox牛 tiger虎 rabbit兔 dragon龙 snake蛇 horse马 goat羊 monkey猴 rooster鸡 dog狗 pig猪 Jiaguwen (oracle bone inscriptions) 12 Symbolic Animals (十二生肖） THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Look at the title and the picture below. Predict what the text will be about. I guess the text is about the development of Chinese writing system. 6 First reading: read the text quickly and finish the following tasks. 1. What do you think is one of the main factors that has helped Chinese language and culture survive? A. Chinese writing system B. Chinese wisdom C. Chinese hard work D. Chinese spoken language 1. Multiple choice: 2. According to the whole passage, the functions of the Chinese writing system are those EXCEPT__________. A. connecting the past and the present B. connecting environment with nature C. connecting characters with art D. connecting China with the world 7 3. Why did the Chinese writing system begin to develop in one direction? A. People wanted to live in peace. B. emperor Qinshihuang united seven major states into one unified country. C. pe