2020-2021学年高中英语Unit5MeetingyourancestorsSectionⅠWarmingUpPre_reading&Reading教师用书教案新人教版选修8

Unit5MeetingyourancestorsUnit5Meetingyourancestors甲骨文(oraclebonescript)是中国古代的一种文字，被认为是现代汉字的早期形式，有时候也被认为是汉字的书体之一，同时也是现存中国最古老的一种成熟文字。甲骨文引导炎黄子孙走上使图形记号表示意义而不约束其读者的文字发展历程，造就了延绵数千年的统一文化意识。OracleBoneScriptOracleBoneScriptOraclebonescriptreferstotheancientChinesecharactersfoundonanimalbonesorturtleshellsusedindivination(占卜)inBronzeAgeBronzeAgeChina.ThevastmajorityrecordisthedivinationbyfireoftheroyalhouseofthelateShangDynastyatthecapitalofYin(modernAnyang，HenanProvince)．Becauseturtleshellsaswellasboneswereused，theoraclebonescriptisalsosometimescalledshellandbonescript.AsthemajorityoforaclebonesbearingwritingdatetothelateShangDynasty，oraclebonescriptessentiallyreferstoShangscript.ItiscertainthatthewritingoftheShangDynastyexperiencedaperiodofdevelopmentbeforetheAnyangoraclebonescript;however，nosignificantquantityofclearlyidentifiablewritingbeforeorduringtheearlytomiddleShangculturalperiodhasbeendiscovered.TheoraclebonescriptofthelateShangappearspictographic(象形文字的)，asdoesitscontemporary，theShangw