人教版高中英語必修一unit5LanguagesaroundtheworldLesson2ReadingandThinking

UNIT

5

LANGUAGESAROUNDTHEWORLDLesson

2:

ReadingandThinking(1)

高一—人教版—英語—必修一第五單元

Reading:

THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENTLearningobjectivesAttheendofthelesson,youwillbeableto:workoutthestructureofthetextbyskimmingforthegistofeachpartandscanfordetailedinformationthatsupportsthemainidea.haveagoodcommandofthehistoryoftheChinesewritingsystemandunderstanditsroleinthesurvivaloftheChinesecivilization.Whatdoyouthinkthemanisdoing?Ishedancing?IshepractisingKungfu?HeisshowingtheChinesecharacter“天”.Canyouguesswhattheseare?雞龜虎牛山Do

theChinesecharacterslooklikethepicturesabove?Lookatthetitleandthepicture.

Howmanypartsdoesthetitlehaveandwhichpartisthetopicofthetext?WhatinformationabouttheChinesewritingsystemwouldyouliketoknow?e.g.what,how,why

Doyouthinkyourcuriositywillbesatisfiedafterreadingthetext?Skimming:

Read

the

text

quicklytofindthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1:TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhas_______intomoderntimes.Para.2:WrittenChinesewasa___________languageatthebeginning.Para.3:Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedinto_____________.Para.4:Thewritingsystembegantodevelop______________.Para.5:WrittenChinese__________China’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.Para.6:TheChineselanguageishelpingtospread_____________________totheworld.

picture-basedsurviveddifferentformsinonedirectionChina’scultureandhistoryconnectsHowmanypartscanthetextbedividedinto?Skimming:

Summarizethethreepartsbasedonthemainideas.Part1(Para.1)TheChinesewritingsystem:amain_______inthe_________oftheChinesecivilizationPart2(Para.2-4)The___________oftheChinesewritingsystemPart3(Para.5-6)The__________oftheChinesewritingsystem

developmentimportancefactorsurvivalUnderstandingthetextandcheckingyourpredictions.Let’sfindouthowthemainideaissupportedineachpart.ReadPart1andanswerthefollowingquestions.(2minutes)1.Howarethetwosentencesconnected?2.Whichpartofthesecondsentenceismoreimportantforthemainidea,“manyreasons”or“oneofthemainfactors”?Andwhy?3.What’s

the

purposeofthisparagraph?ReadPart1andanswerthefollowingquestions.(2minutes)1.Howarethetwosentencesconnected?Thepronoun“this”linksthesurvivalofitsancientcivilizationinthefirstsentencewiththereasoninthesecond.2.Whichpartofthesecondsentenceismoreimportantforthemainidea,“manyreasons”or“oneofthemainfactors”?Andwhy?Thesecondone.3.What’s

the

purposeofthisparagraph?Itisusedtointroducethetopicofthetext(theChinesewritingsystem)bytellinguswhatitis(areasonforthesurvivaloftheChinesecivilization).Theuseof“but”directsustothemainideabecausetherealintentionoftheauthoroftencomesaftersuchwordsasbut,however,etc.

Part2:Observethechangesofthecharacter“馬”andanswer:WhatorderdoesthetextfollowtointroducethedevelopmentofwrittenChinese?Theorderoftime

Part2:Pleasedecidewhichofthesestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F);thenputtheTruestatementsinthecorrectorderastheyarementionedinthetext.(3minutes)1.ThewritingsystemdevelopedinonedirectionaftertheShangDynasty.2.TheShangDynastywasatimewhencarvedsymbolswerefullydeveloped.3.EmperorQinshihuangplayedanimportantroleinchangingwrittenChinese.4.WrittenChinesecamefromthepicture-likecharactersonlonggualongtimeago.5.Intoday’shanzithepicture-basedinfluencehasbeenlost.6.OvertimedifferentpeoplewroteandspokeChinesedifferentlybecauseofgeographicaldivision.

1.ThewritingsystemdevelopedinonedirectionaftertheShangDynasty.2.TheShangDynastywasatimewhencarvedsymbolswerefullydeveloped.3.EmperorQinshihuangplayedanimportantroleinchangingwrittenChinese.4.WrittenChinesecamefromthepicture-likecharactersonlonggualongtimeago.5.Intoday’shanzithepicture-basedinfluencehasbeenlost.6.OvertimedifferentpeoplewroteandspokeChinesedifferentlybecauseofgeographicaldivision.Order:4,2,6,3

(F)(T)(T)(T)(F)(T)Acloserlook:ScanParagraphs2-4tofindmoreinformationaboutthedevelopmentofwrittenChinese.

TimephrasesEvents(Whathappened)Atthebeginning/____________________agoPicture-based_________thatwere________onanimalbonesandshellsBytheShangDynastyA_____________writingsystemOvertheyears/________theQinDynastyDifferent________and__________TheQinDynastyDevelopmentinonedirectionafterallthestateswere___________.________Easy_____________inwritingseveralthousandyearsbeforeTodayunitedcharactersdialectswell-developedcarvedsymbolscommunicationSincethesecondpartfollowsthetimeorder,it’snaturaltoseefarmoretimephrasesinParagraphs2-4thaninParagraphs5-6.Paragraphs2-4:Atthebeginning,dateback,severalthousandyears,BytheShangDynasty,Overtheyears,atimewhen,theQinDyansty,Eventoday;Paragraphs5-6:inmoderntimes,inancienttimes,Today;

How:developmentoftheChinesewritingsystemHowdoesthetextmovefromthesecondparttothelast?ByusingasentencethatpointstotheimportanceofwrittenChineseinthepast.DoyourecognizethewritingdatingbacktotheHanandTangdynasties?

TheChinesewritingsystemplaysanimportantroleinconnectingustothepast.Part3:ReadParagraphs5-6andfindallthesentencesabouttheimportanceofthewritingsystem.(1minute)

Whyisthesystemimportant?

Whyisthesystemimportant?Ithelpspeopleread___________It’sledtothecreationof__________.Ithelpsforeigners____________Chinesecultureandhistory.Readagainandfillintheblanks.(1minute)classicworks.calligraphyappreciateTheChinesewritingsystemWhat(Reason)How(Development)Why(importance)Inconclusion,SummaryOnemainfactorinthe________(延續(xù))ofChina’sancientcivilization,despitethe______________(起起落落)

initshistory,hasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.WrittenChinesestartedasa___________________(圖畫文字),withancientpeopleusinganimalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarved.BytheShangDynasty,thesesymbolshadformeda__________________________(高度成熟的書寫體系),which,duetogeographicaldivision,graduallydevelopedinto_______________(不同種類).However,thischangedunderEmperorQinshihuang,whounitedthemajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry,makingthewritingsystemdevelop______________(朝一個方向).survivalupsanddownspicture-basedlanguagewell-developedwritingsystemdifferentvarietiesinonedire