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What’rethey?ChinesecharactersStep1:Lead-inpictographDotheChinesecharactersremainthesameforthousandsofyears?NO!Chinesecharactersarealwayschanging!WhofirstinventedChinesewriting?WhendidtheChinesegovernmentintroducesimplifiedChinesecharacters?CangJie.Inthe1950s.Step3:Listenandanswerthequestions.1.HowoldistheChinesewriting?2.HowdidCangJieinventChinesewriting?3.WhatdowecallthefirstrealChinesecharacters?4.Howdidthecharacterof“mountain”developovertime?Canyougiveanyotherexamples?Answerthefollowingquestions.1.HowoldistheChinesewriting?2.HowdidCangJieinventChinesewriting?Thousandsofyears.CangJiesawthefootprintsofbirdsandanimalsinthesnowandhegottheideahecouldusedifferentshapesorpicturestorepresentobjects.3.WhatdowecallthefirstrealChinesecharacters?Wecallthempictographs,whichmeanlinedrawingsofphysicalobjects.4.Howdidthecharacterof“mountain”developovertime?Canyougiveanyotherexamples?Thepictographforamountainwasoriginallythreepeakstogether.Thenthisbecameonepeakandthreelinesandfinallyturnedintothecharacterweusetoday.Therearesomeotherexamplessuchas‘eye’,‘sun’,and‘moon’.BriefintroductionofChinesecharactersOriginsofChinesecharactersDevelopmentofChinesecharactersCharactersusedtoexpressideasCharactersusedtoexpressdirectionsandnumbersPictophoneticcharactersSimplifiedChinesecharactersExamplesofpictographsdividethepassageintoseveralparts,thengivethemainideaofeachpart.Para.1.Para.2.Para.3-7Para.8BriefintroductionofChinesecharacters.TheoriginsofChinesecharacters.FormsanddevelopmentofChinesecharacters.SimplifiedChinesecharacters.仓颉,汉字的创始人,是古代神话传说中黄帝的史官。据说刻在兽骨和龟甲上的文字也是由他发明的.他被尊为“造字圣人”。CangJie,whoisbelievedtohaveinventedChinesecharacters,usedtoworkasahistoryofficialundertheYellowEmperorinancientChina.Itissaidthattheinscriptionsonbonesandtortoiseshellswerealsoinventedbyhim.HehasbeentakenasalegendaryfigureinChinesehistoryandculture.FormsanddevelopmentofChinesecharactersPictographs象形字Ideographs会意字Indicatives指事字pictophonetic形声字CharactersmadebycombiningtwoormoreelementstogetherTheformofthecharacterswhichareusedtoindicatedirectionsandnumbersCharactersconsistingofthesemantic(语意的)radicalandphonetic(语音的)radicalThefirstrealChinesecharactersPictographApictographisadepiction(描绘)ofamaterialobject.SunMoonMountainSheepBull象形字HumanWomanIdeographs会意字composedoftwoormoreexistingcharacters.Amanleansagainstatree,whichmeansthatheisresting.土PleasemovetheboxesaroundtomakeacharactertomatchtheEnglishword.sitmanrestgoodforest木木木人木人人子田力女IndicativesorSelf-ExplanatoryCharacters指事字OnthetopBeneathTheleftsymbolmeansasword.Putapointonthecharacter“sword”,thenitreferstotheblade.上下Pictophonetic形声字帽、洋、姥、驶、材、枝、钢、侣、铜、洲Whichdoyouprefer?•漢字擁有悠久的歷史，它是中國文化的象徵，是中國勞動人民智慧的結晶。•汉字拥有悠久的历史，它是中国文化的象征，是中国劳动人民智慧的结晶。ChinesesimpleChinesecomplexVs.1.Thewayawrittenlanguagedevelopedcantellusjustasmuchaboutacultureasthehistoryofaspokenlanguage.(p38)一种书面语言的发展方式,能告诉我们关于一种口语的历史,同样也告诉我们文化方面的东西。1.我不喜欢他对待孩子的方式。Idon’tlikethewayhetreatshischild.2.他解决问题的方式很奇特。Thewayhesolvedtheproblemswasstrange.[2007湖南]Realityisnotthewayyouwishthingstobe,northewaytheyappeartobe,_________thewaytheyactuallyare.A.asB.orC.butD.and2.TheChineselanguagediffersfrommanyWesternlanguagesinthatitusescharacterswhichhavemeaningsandcanstandaloneaswords.(p38)differfrom不同于;有区别=bedifferentfromMenarealikeintheirpromises.Itisonlyintheirdeedsthattheydiffer(fromeachother).人在许诺时都一样,不同之处在于他们的行动。汉语与很多西方语言不同,区别在于汉语使用的基本单位汉字本身就具有意义。differfrom/withsb.on/aboutsth.与某人在某事上意见不一致I’msorrytodifferfrom/withyouaboutthatquestion.相关链接:makea/no/some/littledifference有一点/没有/有些/几乎没有作用/关系/影响inthat因为;原因是;在于Hedifferedfromotherpeopleinthathealwayslookedfartheraheadinhiswork.他和别人不同的是他在工作中比别人都看得远些。对我来说,你走或留都没有关系。Itdoesn’tmakeanydifferencetomewhetheryougoorstay.1.[2007上海]Leavesarefoundonallkindsoftrees,buttheydiffergreatly________sizeandshape.A.onB.formC.byD.in2.[2007重庆]Humanfacialexpressionsdifferfromthoseofanimalsinthedegree______theycanbecontrolledonpurpose.A.withwhichB.towhichC.ofwhichD.forwhichstand⑴.站立,站着Herlegsweresoweakthatshecouldhardlystand.Hestoodtheladderagainstthewall.Standup,please.⑵.忍受,容忍(doing)sthIjustcan‘tstandthecold.(3).standsfor代表；象征GNPstandsforgrossnationalproduct.⑹.standingroom立足之地⑺.Therestand+subjectTherestandsatalltreebeforethehousemadeofstones.相关高考试题1.Inthedarkforests________,somelargeenoughtoholdseveralEnglishtowns.(2005辽宁卷)A．standmanylakesB．liemanylakesC．manylakeslieD．manylakesstand2.Modernplasticscan____veryhighandverylowtemperatures.(2005山东卷)A.standB.holdC.carryD.support答案：BA3.Chinesepeopleinventednumerouscharacterstorepresentideas,objectsoractions.(p38)representvt.1.表现；描写Thispaintingrepresentsastorm.这幅画描绘暴风雨。2.代表Wechoseacommitteetorepresentus.我们选出一个委员会来代表我们。中国人发明了无数的汉字来表达思想,物体或动作。4.Chinesewordsareoftenformedbycombiningdifferentcharacters.(p38)combinev.使联合/结合常与with连用这两个党不可能联合在一起。It’simpossibletocombinethetwoparties.Weshouldcombinetheorywithpractice.我们必须使理论与实践相结合。Thetwosmallshopscombinedtomakealargeone.这两个小店合并起来成为一个大商店。combination结合；联合；合并Hischaracterisacombinationofstrengthandkindness.他的性格是刚与柔的结合。5.However,notallcharactersareusedtodescribeo