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

THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT M1U5 Reading and Thinking Shengzhou Senior High School Chen Shujun What do you expect to read from the passage? 1 Title analysis Task 1 Predict the content Prediction: The passage is about the ___________and ________of . The Chinese Writing System: Connecting the Past and the Present function development the Chinese Writing System 1 2 3 4 6 5 Video appreciation Development oracle bone(甲骨） Chinese characters, the____________ continuously used system of writing in the world, have a _________ of several thousand years. It began as picture-based ________ carved on the animal bones. Over thousands of years, Chinese characters ______________(演变为) a variety of different forms and developed into a more stable means, giving modern Chinese insight into the thoughts and _____________ of ancient Chinese. oldest history symbols evolved into observations the thoughts and observations of ancient Chinese. 1．Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. (1)Para.1: The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times. (2)Para.2 Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning. (3)Para.3 The writing system became well-developed，and later developed into different forms. (4)Para.4 The writing system began to develop in one direction. (5)Para.5 Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past，and has become an art form. (6)Para.6 The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and history to the world. What is the function of Para.1? Para.1 is the lead paragraph which introduces the topic of the text—Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times. 2．What is the text mainly about?A．The development of Chinese writing system.B．The effect of Chinese writing system.C．The important role of Chinese