Unit5 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

水彩风格 JAPAN Unit 5 Reading and Thinking 1 Can you recognise these Chinese characters? How do they develop over time? leading-in The Chinese writing system? Look at the title and picture below. Predict what is the topic of the text. THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT its importance? its function? its development? its history? Task 1 Main Idea Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times. Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning. The writing system became well-developed, and later developed into different forms. The writing system began to develop in one direction. Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past, and has become an art form. The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and history to the world. Tip: Sometimes, the first sentence or the last sentence of a paragraph will give you some clues of the main idea. Activity 1. summarize the main idea of each paragraph Para 1: a leading part ( the opinions) Para 2-6: supporting part ( opinions & facts ) THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT topic para 1: the author states his/her opinion facts to support his/her opinion (para2-6) Task 1:Analysis of the topic expository[ɪkˈspɒzətri] writing(说明文) This passage is an expository text What is expository writing? Expository writing is a type of written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information. One important point to keep in mind for the author is to try to use words that clearly show what they are talking about. Since clarity requires strong organization of a text, some expository organizational patterns are very useful in reading and writing an exposition. Can you guess the writing style of this text? General-deduction 7 Scan para 2-6 to find the words and phrases that describe a time. Scanning is looking