Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Reading & Thinking The Chinese Writing System Chinese Zodiac 十二生肖 Lead-in Learning objectives 1. To master the key words such as: character, symbol, calligraphy etc. 2. To sort out the timeline to retell the development of the Chinese writing system. 3. To get to realize the relationship between Hanzi and Chinese culture. Pre-reading Predict: What will the text talk about? Look at the title and picture below. Pre-reading What will the text talk about? B. The history of Chinese characters A. The influence of Chinese characters C. The difference between Chinese characters and others While-reading Para Main idea 1 The Chinese writing system is one of the why Chinese civilization has survived into modern times. 2 Written Chinese was a language at the beginning. 3 The writing system became . 4 The writing system became . 5 Written Chinese connects China's with its past. 6 The Chinese language is helping to China's culture and history. main factors pictured-based well-developed important present spread Scan the text to find the words and phrases that describe a time. While-reading Time order At the beginning By the Shang Dynasty In the Qin Dynasty Today Timeline A language. well developed and in ________forms. developed in one_________ we can in writing. communicate direction different picture-based At the beginning By the Shang Dynasty In the Qin Dynasty Today Timeline ancient civilisation picture-based bone carve words and phrases symbol character calligraphy appreciate of great importance Grammer point " be + of + 形容词 + 名词 " 该结构中的名词多为抽象名词。 常见的名词有：importance\help\use\significance\value. That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture. important Post-reading Chinese calligraphy has developed along with China's . lt is difficult to say when exactly calligraphy started. Chinese writing was first done by symbols onto bones and shells, but as it developed into a writing , it also developed as a form of art done with a brush. lt is believed that Chinese calligraphy to at least the Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE). Soon after that, the idea developed that calligraphy was not only a beautiful art form but also a showing the character of the “man behind the brush”. Today, anyone from small children to old people can enjoy practising the art of Chinese calligraphy. civilisation carving system dates back means classic Are you proud of being Chinese ? Thank you ! $$