高中英语课件madeofcanruohanxingUnit2projectWhat’rethey?ChinesecharactersDotheChinesecharactersremainthesameforthousandsofyears?NO!ThedevelopmentofChinesecharactersThedevelopmentofChinesecharactersFastreadingWhofirstinventedChinesewriting?WhendidtheChinesegovernmentintroducesimplifiedChinesecharacters?CangJie.Inthe1950s.ItissaidthatCangJiecreatedcharactersonbones.HehasbeentakenasthefatherofChinesecharactersinhistory.CangJieExamplesofpictographsCharactersusedtoexpressideasDevelopmentofChinesecharactersOriginsofChinesecharactersPictophoneticcharactersSimplifiedChinesecharactersBriefintroductiontoChinesecharactersCharactersusedtoexpressdirectionsandnumbersReadthepassageagainanddividethepassageintoseveralparts,thengivethemainideaofeachpart.Para.1.Para.2.Para.3-6Para.7-8BriefintroductionofChinesecharacters.TheoriginsofChinesecharacters.FormanddevelopmentofChinesecharacters.PronunciationofChinesecharactersandsimplifiedChinesecharacters.1.HowoldistheChinesewriting?2.HowdidCangJieinventChinesewriting?3.WhatdowecallthefirstrealChinesecharacters?4.Howdidthecharacterof“mountain”developovertime?Canyougiveanyotherexamples?Readthearticlecarefullyandanswerthequestions:Thousandsofyears.CangJiesawthefootprintsofbirdsandanimalsinthesnowandhegottheideahecouldusedifferentshapesorpicturestorepresentobjects.Answerthequestions1.HowoldistheChinesewriting?2.HowdidCangJieinventChinesewriting?3.WhatdowecallthefirstrealChinesecharacters?4.Howdidthecharacterof“mountain”developovertime?Canyougiveanyotherexamples?Wecallthempictograghs,whichmeanlinedrawingsofphysicalobjects.Thepictographforamountainwasoriginallythreepeakstogether.Thenthisbecameonepeakandthreelinesandfinallyturnedintothecharacterweusetoday.Therearesomeotherexamplessuchas‘eye’,‘sun’,and‘moon’.Whatcanyouseefromthepictures?Amanleansagainstatree,whichmeansthatheisresting.Up上Down下Doyouknowthemeaningsofthecharactersinthepictures?1.TheChineselanguage_________manyWesternlanguages______itusescharacterswhichhavemeaningsandcanstandaloneaswords.2.Chinesewordsareoften______by________differentcharacters.3.ThefirstrealChinesecharacterswere_________(linedrawingsofphysicalobjects).4.Therearemanyotherexample_______thedevelopmentofChinesewriting,e.g.,’eye’,’sun’andmoon.5.Thecharactersfor‘up’and‘down’,whichare_______ofeachother.6.Amethodwasdevelopedtocombineoneofthecharacter_______meaningandtheothershowingsound.differsfrominthatformedcombiningpictographsreflectingoppositesindicatingListentothetapeandfillintheblanksThanksforcoming!Fillintheblankswiththephrasesfromtheboxbelow.overtimeaccordingtodifferfrominthatthiswayturn…intoasawholedevelop…into1.OldEnglish_______greatly_____themodernEnglishweusetoday.2.Lifeontheislandhaschanged__________becauseofthegrowingnumberoftouristswhovisititeveryyear.3.______________thetickets,thetrainwillleaveat8:30.We’dbetterhurrytogettothestationontime!differsfromAccordingtoovertime4.Shesaiditwastheteacher’spraiseandencouragementthat______her______agoodstudent.5.Installthisspellchecksoftwareonyourcomputer.Youwillavoidmakingspellingmistakes__________.6.Consideringyouridea____________,Ithinkitwillcontributesignificantlytothedevelopmentofthecompany.However,itmaycausesomeproblemsaswell.7.Iwaslucky_________IwasabletofindwhatIwanted.turnedintothiswayasawholeinthatHomework:DifferentformsCharactersmadebycombiningtwoormoreelementstogetherTheformofthecharacterswhichareusedtoindicatedirectionsandnumbersCharactersconsistingofthepartsofsoundandmeaningpictographsIdeographsIndicativespictophoneticSummary:ThefirstrealChinesecharacterIndicativeCharacters指示字※easytoguesstheirmeaningsbylookingattheirforms※usedtoindicatethedirectionsornumbersPictophoneticcharacters:形声字※onepartindicatingthemeaningandtheothershowingthesound※oftenhavesimilarparts&soundsbutdifferentmeaningsTypesofcharactersPictographs:linedrawingsofphysicalobjects(象形)Characters:madebycombining2ormoreelementstogether(形声)Characters:developedfordirectionsandnumbers(会意)目休上