英语演讲：汉字发展.pptVIP

Goals of this lesson: Demonstrate the bible is not just an English book but refers to their history as well. It applies to them. Tie the two languages together. Give them a foundation of understanding and build their faith Build their faith in the Bible as God’s word Ensure the Chinese people read the bible in their language and work with them on the English as appropriate * 大展鸿图，食 * 中 国 汉 字 Chinese Characters Producted by Liu Tongxin The Chinese Character ?The Chinese Character is the oldest, continuous written language in the World. ?The inventors of the written language drew pictures to express words or ideas, simple pictures were combined to make more complex thoughts. ?The Chinese Character is square-shaped. 1st 2nd 3rd contents Bief-introduction Invention Development Chinese characters were initially meant to be simple pictures use to help people remember things. After a long period of development, it finally became a unique character system that embodies sound, image, idea, and rhyme at the same time. 音，形，意，韵 Chinese characters are usually round outside and square inside, which is rooted in ancient Chinese beliefs of an orbicular sky and a rectangular earth. orbicular: a. globose rectangular: a. having the shape of a rectangle The invention of the Chinese characters Keep records by tying knots The Eight Diagrams Cang Jie created the characters diagram: n. a symbolic and simplified representation 结绳说 八卦说 仓颉造字说 In legend, there was a figure in remote antiquity named Cang Jie who was an official historian of Huangdi(known as the Yellow Emperor). It was said that he had 4 eyes, and the upper 2 were for watching the sun, the moon and the stars while the lower 2 for watching mountains, rivers, beasts and birds. And it was he, as the legend goes, who had created the Chinese characters according to the shapes of all things. Cang Jie created the characters So he has the title