DesigningabookletProjectWhat’rethey?ChinesecharactersItdevelopedfromdrawingsintostandardforms.ReadthetextandlearnhowChinesecharactersdeveloped.Listentothetapeandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhendidChinesewritingbegin?2.WhofirstinventedChinesewriting?CangJie.Thousandsofyearsago.3.HowwasChinesewritinginvented?4.WhendidtheChinesegovernmentintroducesimplifiedChinesecharacters?CangJiesawthetracksofanimalsinthesnowandhegottheideathathecouldusedifferentshapestostandfordifferentobjects.Inthe1950s.LanguagepointsTheChineselanguagediffersfromWesternlanguagesinthat,insteadofanalphabet,itusescharacterswhichstandforideas,objectsordeeds.inthat在于;原因是TraditionalChinesesportsaresimilartotheWesternsportsinthatbotharemeanttoimprovepeople’shealth.However,asawhole,thecharactershavedevelopedfromdrawingsintostandardforms.asawhole整体来说;总体上Asawholeoureffortsdidnotprovetobefutile.Theprojectwillbegreatforourcityasawhole.Sometimestoexpressideas,somecharactersweremadebycombiningtwoormorecharacterstogether.combinev.使连接,使结合Hecanalwayscombineworkwithpleasure.Weshouldcombinetheorywithpracticeinourwork.Itiseasytodistinguishtheirmeaningsbylookingatthem,…distinguishv.区别,辨别Weshoulddistinguishbetweenrightandwrong.It’sdifficulttodistinguishonefromtheother.Itisnoteasyto______culturedpearlsfromgenuinepearls.A.distinguishB.separateC.identityD.recognize【点拨】distinguish...from辨别,把...和...区别开;separate…from把…隔开。identity辨别;recognize认出,这两个词后面都不跟from。A(2009湖北)Someparentsarejusttooprotective.Theywantto______theirkidsfromeverykindofdanger,realorimagined.A.spotB.dismissC.shelterD.distinguish【点拨】根据上句Someparentsarejusttooprotective.可知下文要说父母们想庇荫孩子们不受到任何伤害。shelter做动词可表示“保护;庇护”。spot“弄脏,认出,发现,定位”,dismiss“开除,使解散”,distinguish“区别”。Cdistinguish的相关短语:bedistinguishedfrom不同于...,与...加以区别distinguish...from辨别,把...和...区别开bedistinguishedby以...为特征bedistinguishedfor因...而著称TownofJingdeisdistinguishedforchina.Heisdistinguishedforhonestyandkindness.Readthepassageagainanddividethepassageintoseveralparts,andthengivethemainideaofeachpart.Para.1.Para.2.Paras.3-4Para.5BriefintroductionofChinesecharacters.TheoriginsofChinesecharacters.FormanddevelopmentofChinesecharacters.SimplifiedChinesecharacters.ReadthesecondpassageaboutthestoryofBrailleandanswerthesequestions.1.Whointroducedblindpeopletoreading?2.Whatdidthesoldierdoforstudentswhenhevisitedtheschool?LouisBraille.Heshowedthestudentsasystemforpassingmessagesatnightduringtimesofbattle.3.AtBraille’stime,whatwerethebooksforblindpeoplelike?Weretheyconvenientforuse?Booksforblinkpeopleusedpaperpressedagainstmetalwiretoformletters.Theyweretooheavyandnotconvenientforuseatall.4.WhatcontributionsdidLouisBraillemakeforblindpeople?Hissystemallowsblindpeopletoreadandwrite.Itenablesthemtodiscovertheworldaroundthemthoughtheycannotsee.LanguagepointsInthosedays,booksforblindpeopleusedpaperpressedagainstmetalwiretoformletters.pressv.挤,压,按;催促Hepressedahandkerchieftohisnose.Pressheretoopen.Theyarepressingustomakeaquickdecision.n.媒体,新闻界【词义辨析】magazine,newspaper,review,press这些名词均有“出版物或定期刊物”之意。magazine:指刊登各种文章、小说、诗歌、评论的杂志。newspaper:一般指每日出版的报纸。review:多指登载评论性文章或讨论重大事件的文章的刊物。press:系报刊总称,也指报界或报业。WorkingroupsandtellthestoryofBraillewithyourownwords.Fillintheblankswiththephrasesfromtheboxbelow.overtimeaccordingtodifferfrominthatthiswayturn…intoasawholedevelop…into1.OldEnglish_______greatly_____theModernEnglishweusetoday.2.Lifeontheislandhaschanged__________becauseofthegrowingnumberoftouristswhovisititeveryyear.differsfromovertime3.______________thetickets,thetrainwillleaveat8:30.We’dbetterhurrytogettothestationontime!4.Shesaiditwastheteacher’spraiseandencouragementthat______her______agoodstudent.5.Installthisspellchecksoftwareonyourcomputer.Youwillavoidmakingspellingmistakes__________.Accordingtoturnedintothisway6.Consideringyouridea____________,Ithinkitwillcontributesignificantlytothedevelopmentofthecompany.However,itmaycausesomeproblemsaswell.7.Iwaslucky_________IwasabletofindwhatIwanted.asawholeinthatDotheChinesecharactersremainthesameforthousandsofyears?