Unit 2 Lessons in life 课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化-【金版教程】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第四册作业与测评课件PPT（外研版2019）

WELCOME UNIT Unit 2　Lessons in life 课外拓展阅读—— 用英语传播中国文化 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Chinese language is one of the __1__ (old) written languages in the world. It __2__ (speak) by the Han majority and many other ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language. 2 The varieties of Chinese are usually described by native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, __3__ linguists (语言学家) note that they are as diverse as a language family. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese, of __4__ the most spoken by far is Mandarin (普通话), __5__ (follow) by Wu, Min, Yue, etc. Standard Chinese is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. It is __6__ official language of China, and also one of the six official __7__ (language) of the United Nations. 3 Though many Chinese dialects exist, the written language is still a very common form of communication. If we go to __8__ (difference) provinces, we may not be able __9__ (communicate) with the local people verbally (口头地), but we can understand each other in writing. And the written language can be further divided __10__ different forms, like simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. There is also a form called “pinyin”， which is the Chinese language with a roman spelling. 4 1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________5．________　 6.________　7.________　8.________9．________　10.________ 答案：1.oldest　2.is spoken　3.but　4.which　5.followed　6.the　7.languages　8.different　9.to communicate　10.into 5 Chinese is a very old language, and it is the crystalization of the splendid culture which has developed continuously for over 5，000 years. 汉语是一门很古老的语言，它是五千多年持续发展的灿烂文化的结晶。 6 【持续背记】 ①Aiming to build up our bodies and improve our skills, during these days before the match, we'll have to practice playing after school in the afternoon every day. 为强身健体和提高我们的技能，比赛前的这几天，我们必须在每天下午放学后训练。 ②Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫毅力。 ③Studies have found that exciting or violent video games increase heart rate, make it harder to fall asleep, and impair sleep quality. 研究发现令人兴奋或暴力的电子游戏会提升心率，使人难以入睡，并损害睡眠质量。 7 【持续积累】 8 R $$