Unit5LanguagesaroundtheworldPeriod2Readingandthinking_____________________1.Tolearnthereadingskills,includingpredicting,skimmingformainideaandscanning;2.Togetfamiliarwiththewritingorderofanexposition.1.122.12PartOneReading1.Predictionbeforereading.Whatcanyougetfromthetitle?______________________________________________________________Whatcanyoulearnfromthepicture?______________________________________________________________ThispassageisabouttheChinesewritingsystemandthewritingsystemissomethingthatcanconnectthepresentandthepast.Wecanseethehanzidevelopgradually.2.Readformainidea.Para1:______________________________________________________________Para2:______________________________________________________________Para3:______________________________________________________________Para4:______________________________________________________________Para5:______________________________________________________________Mainideaofthewholepassage:______________________________________________________________Para1Chinaiswell-knownforitscivilisation,amongwhichChinesewritingisanimportantpart.Para2:Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Para3:Emperorunitedthestatesintounifiedcountry,makingChinesewritingsystemdevelopinonedirection.Para4:WrittenChineseisawayconnectingthepresentandthepast.Para5:ChinesewritingsystemisplayingamoreandmoreimportantroleinChineseculture.Mainideaofthewholepassage:ThispassagetalksaboutthedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem,whichisaveryimportantpartofChineseculture.topicsentence3.Scanforspecificinformation.Scanthetexttofindthewordsandphrasesthatdecribeatime.Thenwritedownwhathappenedateachoftheseimportanttimes.ImportanttimesduringthedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem.atthebeginning:______________________severalthousandyearsago:______________________ShangDynasty:______________________overtheyears:______________________QinDynasty:______________________today:______________________atthebeginning:apicture-basedlanguageseveralthousandyearsago:theuseoflongguShangDynasty:awell-developedwritingsystemovertheyears:developedintodifferentformsQinDynasty:Qinshihuangunifiedcountryandthewritingsystemtoday:peoplewithdifferentdialectcancommunicateinwritingPartTwoWordfocusTheearthisoneplanetofthesolar()system.systemNooneisquitesureofthemeaningoftheimages()carvedonthewall.carve:Carsareaveryimportantmeansoftransportation()nowadays.transportation:ThisvasedatesbacktoTangDynasty,whichiswhyit'sveryexpensive.datebackto:Thesechildrenfrompoorareasarenotexposedtoclassicmusic.classic:Chinaisoneofthefourcountrieswhichhavegreatandoldcivilisation.civilisation: