1、Book 1 Unit 5Language Around the WorldPeriod 2Period 2Reading and thinkingReading and thinkingWatch Can you recognize the following symbols?Guess Guess Lead in口口水水日日 田田月月 山山ReadPredict Predict 1.What can we learn from the title?2.Which part do you think is the topic of the text?“The Writing System”o
2、r“Connecting the Past and the Present”?Why?The Chinese Writing System:Connecting the Past and the PresentThe Shenzhen Bay Bridge_ Shenzhen and Hong Kong.The Belt and Road Initiative _ the East and the West.connectsconnectsActivity2：Skimming for main ideasThe Chinese writing system is one of the reas
3、ons why Chinese civilization has continued all the way through into modern times.Written Chinese was a pictured-based language at the beginning.The writing system became well-developed,and later developed into different forms.Para 2Para 3Para 1Para 5Para 6Para 4The writing system began to develop in
4、 one direction.Written Chinese connects Chinas present with its past,and has become an art form.The Chinese language is helping to spread Chinas culture and history to the world.Skim 完成绿色通道完成绿色通道P99 Activity 2 task 2Activity 1:Predict the contentWhat order is the passage arranged in?Time order.At th
5、ebeginningBy the Shang DynastyOver the yearsIn the Qin DynastyEven todaypastpresent A picture-basedsymbols Event:Time:A well-developed writing systemdifferent forms develop in one directionstill used in communicationbegandevelopedunifieddevelops furtherFind Style Analyze Whats the writing style of t
6、he text?A.Narration(记叙文记叙文)B.Argumentation (议论文议论文)C.Exposition(说明文说明文)D.Description(描写文描写文)To tell a storyTo describe sb./sth.To convince sb.of ones views To explain sth.the ChineseWriting SystemPart 2Part 3 Para 1Para 2-4Para 5-6Introduce the topicDevelopmentImportanceStructure Connecting the past
7、 and the presentLead paragraph Para.1 China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times,despite the many ups and downs in its history.There are many reasons why this has been possible,but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing
8、system.Analyze Picture-based symbols the use of longgu carved by ancient Chinese people ancient symbols still in todays hanziSupporting detailsPara.2Supporting point 1 Function:Well-developed writing systemdivided geographically many varieties of dialects and charactersSupporting detailsPara.3Suppor
9、ting point 2 Function:Developed in one directionof great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture.people from different places can all still communicate in writingSupporting detailsPara.4Supporting point 3 Connect people and cultureFunction:connecting the present with its past and becomi
10、ng an art form People in modem times can read the classic works written by Chinese in ancient times.Chinese calligraphy has become an important part of Chinese culture.Supporting detailsPara.5Supporting point 4 Connect the present and the pastConnect language and artFunction:Calligraphyn.书法；书法艺术Seal
11、 script篆书隶书Official script草书Cursive script行书Running script楷书Standard scripteven strokes and beauty of pictograph(笔画均匀，有象形文字之美)short,wide,symmetrical(对称);stretch right and left(短，扁，对称，左右分展)link strokes into short form(连笔画);more flexible,random,lively and dynamic(更灵活随意，活泼及动感)clear and strong,upright a
12、nd foursquare(清晰有力，方正严整)combine the merits of cursive script and standard script,clear and lively(兼具草书和楷书优点，清晰又活泼)Important part of Chinese culture and historyan increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate Chinas culture and history through this amazing language.Supportin
13、g detailsPara.6Supporting point 5 Connect China and the worldFunction:a picture-based language Connecting China and the world a well-developed writing system.in one united directionconnecting the past and the present；becoming an art formopinion234561Supporting pointsTopic Topic the Chinese writing s
14、ystem factsConnecting the past and the presentDistinguish What other aspects of Chinese culture can you think of?Talk Chinese food,Chinese poems,Chinese medicine,kong fu,etc.There are many reasons why this has been possible,but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system.It dates bac
15、k several thousand years to the use of longgu-animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people.By the Shang Dynasty,these symbols had become a well-developed writing system.Over the years,the system developed into different forms,as it was a time when people were divide
16、d geographically,leading to many varieties of dialects and characters.Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction.That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture.Wr
17、itten Chinese has also become an important means by which Chinas present is connected with its past.The high regard for the Chinese characters as an art form,known as Chinese calligraphy,which has become an important part of Chinese culture.As China plays a greater role in global affairs,an increasing number of international students are begining to appreciate Chinas culture and history through this amazing language.Thank you!Thank you!
