;1;calligraphy?/k?l?gr?f?/
书法;dynasty/?da?n?sti/
n.王朝；朝代;various/?veri?s/
adj.各种各样的；
n.variety
v.vary;Activity2:Predictthecontent
;2.Howwillthetextbeorganized?;Activity3：Skimming(略读)formainideas
;TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.;Activity4：Scanning(细读)fordetails
;1.Scanthetexttofindthewordsorphrasesthatdescribeatime.(frompara2-para6).;TheQinDynasty;Activity5：Thinkanddiscuss
;Activity5：Thinkanddiscuss
;Inparagraph4:ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.;WeallknowthatwrittenChineseisourroot,whichcarriesourcultureandhistory.
;冲浪达人;Whatdoyouthinktheuseofcyberwords（网络用语）andemojis（表情包）?
;Thankyou!;LANGAGEPOINTS;;6.Guessthemeaningoftheunderlinedwordsinthesentences.Thenlookinthetextforthewordstheyarerelatedto.;从六年级开始，一直到高学毕业，我都是第一名。
Iwasthetopstudentfromsixthgradeallthewaythroughhighschool.
;despite=inspiteofprep.介词;3.upsanddowns
浮沉；兴衰；荣辱;4.factorn.因素；要素;Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilizationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimesdespitethemanyupsanddownsinthehistory.
;Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.
;base底部，基础；（军事）基地
basis指支持某事物并构成其发展的基础
foundation
;2.如果你有坚实的地基，你的房子会更坚固。
Ifyouhaveastrongfoundation,yourhouseismorelikelytobesolid.;6.dateback(to...)/datefrom
gobackto追溯到;7.bone;symbol象征;mark
n.记号，标记
指写下来或印在物体上的记号。
Makeamarkatthemargin.
在页边做个记号。;Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu---animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.
;9.dialect;Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically，leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharac