高中英语 mdule 3 unit2 project课件 译林牛津版必修3.ppt

Our task today is to learn how to write a booklet about the way several Chinese characters developed. We will first read a report about the way written language developed in China. The information in the report will help you to complete your booklet. You must have previewed the report. I want to know how well you’ve understood the text first. Now,listen and say ‘True’ or ‘False’. Who first invented Chinese writing? When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? Forms and development of Chinese characters * * Designing a booklet Cang Jie. In the 1950s. Answer the following questions. 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? Answer the following questions: How old is the Chinese writing? 2. How did Cang Jie invent Chinese writing? 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. 3. What do we call the first real Chinese characters? We call them pictograghs, which mean line drawings of physical objects. 4. How did the character of ‘mountain’ develop over time? Can you give any other examples? 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’. Brief introduction to Chinese characters Origins of Chinese characters Development of Chinese characters Characters used to express ideas Characters used to express directions and numbers Pictophonetic characters Simplified Chinese characters Examples of pictographs The first real Chinese characters pictographs Ideographs 会意字 Indicatives 指事字 pictophonetic 形声字 Characters made by combining two or more elements together T