the Bai Nationality.ppt

Unit 2 Lead-in Questions 1. What feelings do you have as Yunnanese? What comments have you heard about Yunnanese? 2. Why do Yunnan have so many nationalities? 3. What do you think are the standards to divide nationalities? Standard to divide nationalities Common language (Hebrew) Common place of living Common economic life; common way of life Common cultural psychology Task Please find out the language that the 15 indigenous ethnic groups use. Please use a more vivid form to present the language relationship of ethnic groups Please find out the distribution pattern of the ethnic groups according to the language group. 民族分布特点 ? How many of you, as ethnic students, speak your own language? Any regrets? Languages are fading out of life of ethnic people. Do you think it necessary to maintain ethnic languages when people can use Chinese to communicate with each other? Why or why not? Functions of Language Communication strengthen solidarity (Xinjiang and Tibet issue) Reflection of culture Shaping of thought Help to carry out anthropological study Characteristics of language Radiating Continuous Borrowing Competitive Deductive Social-linguistic factors influencing languages Natural environment 1.vocabulary Eg: Inuit—snow Arabic—camel, desert (6000 words) English—boats 2. pronunciation North of China—loud, tonal South—restrained, soft 3. grammar English—complicated Chinese--simple Human environment 1. administration (Roman Empire; British Empire) 2. migration 3. economy 4. Tourism… Chinese culture is closed related to eating 问鼎中原 \伏羲又叫庖牺。\“糊口”\教书匠是吃粉笔灰\“吃老本”\喝西北风” \“大锅饭 \“吃豆腐” \“吃耳光”\“吃官司” \吃醋”\吃苦、吃亏、吃不消、吃不准、吃得开、吃里扒外、吃不了兜着走、不吃那一套 \省长要抓米袋子，市长要抓菜篮子” \“治大国者若烹小鲜\人方为刀俎，我为鱼肉 Language and thought English A good friend should ____________. Japanese A good friend should ____________. The Bai Nationality Lead-in Question 1. What do you know about the Bai people? 2. Please sum up the scenic spots where the Bai people live? 3. Please categorize the scenic s