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Book 1 Unit 5
Language Around the World
Period 2
Reading and thinking
Can you recognize the following symbols
竹
bamboo
象
elephant
孝
piety
Guess
Lead in
口
水
日
田
月
山
马
鱼
鹿
牛
人
大
子
止
picture-based symbols
simplified Chinese characters
Discuss
Chinese calligraphy
/k 'l gr f /
Do you know how Chinese characters develop
Watch
Look at the title and picture below.
Predict what the text will be about.
THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM:
CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Now, let's read the text to explore the Chinese writing system.
Matching: find the main idea of each paragraph.
A. Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning.
B. The writing system became well-developed, and later developed into different forms.
C. The writing system began to develop in one direction.
F. Written Chinese connects China's present with its
past, and has become an art form.
E. The Chinese language is helping to spread China's culture and history to the world.
D. The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into modern times.
Para 1
Main idea
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Style
Analyze
What’s the writing style of the text
Narration (记叙文)
Argumentation (议论文)
Exposition (说明文)
Description (描写文)
To tell a story
To describe sb./sth.
To convince sb. of one’s views
To explain sth.
Task 2
Scan the text to find the words and phrases that describe a time.
Scanning is looking at the
text quickly to find specific
information,
such as dates
or numbers.
Activity 1: Predict the content
What order is the passage arranged in
Time order.
At the
beginning
By the Shang Dynasty
Over the years
In the Qin Dynasty
Even today
past
present
A picture - based
symbols
Event:
Time:
A well-developed writing system
different forms
develop in one direction
still used in communication
Emperor Qinshihuang
divided geographically
began
developed
unified
develops further
The development of Chinese writing system
Find
the Chinese
Writing System
Part 2
Part 3
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5-6
Introduce the topic
Development
Importance
Structure
Connecting the past and the present
During Shang Dynasty, the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction.
2. The symbols which were carved in longgu can
no longer be seen in today’s hanzi.
3. The Chinese writing system is one of the main
reasons why Chinese ancient civilisation continued
all the way through modern times.
4. Today, not many international students are learning
Chinese writing system.
5. Qinshihuang plays an important role in uniting the
Chinese writing system.
still
Qin
an increasing number of
Possible answers.
1. How did written Chinese unify Chinese
people divided by geography and dialects
It allowed Chinese people, no matter where they lived or what dialect they had, to communicate with each other.
2. How does written Chinese connect Chinese people today with those of the past
Chinese people today can read and understand classic works from ancient times.
Calligraphy
n. 书法；
书法艺术
Seal script
篆书
隶书
Official script
草书
Cursive script
行书
Running script
楷书
Standard script
even 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 and 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)
What other aspects of Chinese culture can you think of
Talk
Chinese food, Chinese poems, Chinese medicine, kong fu, etc.
Homework
Finish the exercise on DaoXueAN.
Thank you!

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