M3U2Project石小萍.pptVIP

Who first invented Chinese writing? When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? * Unit 2 project What’re they? Chinese characters Do the Chinese characters remain the same for thousands of years? NO! The development of Chinese characters The development of Chinese characters Fast reading Cang Jie. In the 1950s. It is said that Cang Jie created characters on bones. He has been taken as the father of Chinese characters in history. Cang Jie Read the passage again and divide the passage into several parts, then give the main idea of each part. Para. 1. Para. 2. Para.3-6 Para. 7-8 Brief introduction of Chinese characters. The origins of Chinese characters. Form and development of Chinese characters. Pronunciation of Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters. Thousands of years. Cang Jie saw the footprints of birds and animals in the snow and he got the idea he could use different shapes or pictures to represent objects. Answer the questions 1.How old is the Chinese writing? 2. How did Cang Jie invent Chinese writing? 3. What do we call the first real Chinese characters? 4. How did the character of “mountain” develop over time? Can you give any other examples? We call them pictograghs, which mean line drawings of physical objects. The pictograph for a mountain was originally three peaks together. Then this became one peak and three lines and finally turned into the character we use today. There are some other examples such as ‘eye’, ‘sun’, and ‘moon’. What can you see from the pictures? A man leans against a tree, which means that he is resting. Up 上 Down 下 Do you know the meanings of the characters in the pictures? 1. The Chinese language _________ many Western languages ______ it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words. 2. Chinese words are often ______ by ________ different characters. 3.The first real Chinese characters were 4.There are many other examples _______ t