Unit5LanguagesaroundtheWorldReadingandThinking课件--人教版(2019)高一英语必修第一册.pptx

Unit 5 Languages Around the World
THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM:
CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Reading and thinking
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Acquire new words and expressions related to the topic.
2. Develop their reading strategies, such as prediction, self-questioning and scanning.
3. Have a good understanding of the development of Chinese writing and explore the function and importance of it.
4. Arouse their passion for Chinese and build up their confidence in Chinese culture
They are symbols carved on animal shells or bones.
Ancient Chinese people created them as early as over 3000 years ago.
Warming up
Can you guess what they mean?
日 月 火
象形文字
鱼（甲骨文）
鸟（小篆）
1 Look at the title and picture below. Predict what the
text will be about.
Explore the Chinese writing system
This text may be about the Chinese writing system
and its development from ancient times to the present day.
Before Reading
Main idea
Para1 The Chinese writing system is one of the________ why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times.
Para 2 Written Chinese was a _______________language at the beginning.
Para 3 The writing system became ________________ and later_______________________________.
Para 4 The writing system began to ______________________ .
Para 5 Written Chinese connects China's _______ with its ________.
Para 6 The Chinese language is helping to _______China's culture and history.
While reading
reasons
picture-based
well-developed
developed into different forms
develop in one direction
present
past
spread
If you were given the title and the picture, how will you organise the text?
Past
Present
order
Time
Scan
Scanning is looking at the text quickly to find specific information, such as dates or numbers.
Please find the words and phrases that describe a time in the passage.
At the beginning
By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BCE)
Over the years
In the Qi