Unit5LanguageAroundtheWorldOnelanguagesetsyouinacorridorforlife.Twolanguagesopeneverydooralongtheway.一种语言带你迈入人生旅途，两种语言就打开了你人生旅途的每一扇门。——弗兰克.史密斯
ReadingforstyleWhatisthestyleofthetext?Narration(记叙文)Exposition(说明文)Argumentation(议论文)2.Thepassageisorganizedintheorderof________________.time/development
PartItopicPartIIHistoryPartIIIImportance
Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,?despite?themanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemain?factors?hasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.PartItopic（para1）Topicsentence：TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilisationhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.汉语体系是中华文明传承至今的原因之一。
2.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.3.BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).PartIIHistory（para2-3)书面汉语以图画为基础。书面汉语体系逐渐完善，并发展成不同的形式。
4.EmperorQinshihuangunitedtheseven?major?statesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.5.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.Peopl