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Unit5Think andDiscuss Discussthe questionswith your partner.
1.Why isChina widely known for its ancient civilisation
2.What doyou knowabout the Chinese writing system
3.Do youlike Chinesecalligraphy Isthere anythingabout Chinesecalligraphy thatattracts youTry toshare withyourpartner.Skim forMain IdeaMatch themain ideawith itscorresponding paragraph.A.The Chinese writing system developed into different forms.B.The earliestwritten Chinesewas apicture-based language.Paragraph1C.As apart ofChinese culture,the Chinesewriting systemhas moreand moreParagraph2international influence.Paragraph3D.Qinshihuang unitedthe sevenmajor statesand theChinesewriting systemdevelopedParagraph4in onedirection.Paragraph5E.The Chinesewritingsystemis oneof themain reasonswhy China is widelyknown Paragraph6for itsancient civilisation.F.Written Chinesehas playedan importantrole inconnecting Chinaspresent andits past,especially Chinesecalligraphy as an art form.Paragraphs1-6Read and Think I.Look atthe pictureon p.62and answerthe followingquestions.
1.Can yourecognise thecharacters onthe upperleft sideof thepicture Why
2.Where didancient Chinesepeople writedown thesymbols
3.How didancient Chinesepeople writedown thesymbols II.Paraphrase thefollowing sentences.
1.Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhich has continued allthe waythrough intomodern times,despite themany upsand downsin itshistory.
2.Over theyears,the systemdeveloped intodifferent forms,as itwas atime whenpeople weredivided geographically,leading tomany varietiesof dialects and characters.Make aSummary Writea summaryof thetext.语篇顺序之时间顺序本文介绍了汉字书写体系的发展史在此类语篇中,作者通常会采用时间顺序来介绍事物的发展历史时间顺序是一种常见的语篇顺序,指的是按照客观事物的本来顺序进行叙述,先发生的事先叙述,后发生的事后叙述在本文中,行文整体采用了时间顺序表示时间的词语At thebeginning、By theShang DynastyOver theyears theQin DynastyToday构成了一条完整的时间链,使全文脉络清晰、自然顺畅此外,作者在按照时间顺序说明汉字书写体系的发展时,并非一味地罗列,也使用了过渡句,使得行文更为流畅如第三段最后一句“This,however,changed underEmperor Qinshihuangof theQin Dynasty221-207BCE”,该句起着承上启下的作用句中的This指代上文的the systemdeveloped intodifferent forms,而changed以及Emperor Qinshihuangof theQin Dynasty自然引出第四段介绍的秦朝时汉字书写体系的发展变化答案Think andDiscuss略Skim forMain IdeaParagraphs1-6EBADFC ReadandThinkI.略II Possibleanswers:
1.From ancienttimes tillnow,Chinas civilisationhascontinuedand iswell-known aroundthe world,despite thegood timesand thebad timesin Chinesehistory.
2.After manyyears,the systemexperienced changesin formbecause atthat timepeople wereliving inseparate areaswith variousdialectsand characters.Make aSummary Thousandsof yearsago,written Chinesewas apicture-based languageconsisting ofsymbols carvedon animalbones orshells calledlonggu.During theShang Dynastyit developedintodifferentforms aspeople weredivided geographically,leading todifferent dialectsandcharacters.Emperor Qinshihuangof theQin Dynastychanged allthat whenhe unitedthe sevenmajor statesas wellas theirwriting systemsso Chinesecould beread byall Chinesepeople.The highregard fortheChinesewritingsystemcan beseen todayin thedevelopment ofChinese charactersasanartformcalled Chinesecalligraphy.As Chinabecomes agreater globalplayer,many internationalstudents arebeginning toappreciate Chinasculture andhistory throughits amazinglanguage.。