SkimthroughthearticleandanswerthefollowingquestionsWhatisthearticleabout?WhoinventedChinesecharacters?HowmanytypesofChinesecharactersbetalkedinthearticle?whatarethey?WhatdidChinesegovernmentdointhe1950s?ThedevelopmentofChinesecharacters.CangjieTwo,pictographsandpictophoneticcharacters.TheChinesegovernmentintroducedsimplifiedChinesecharacters.ReadthearticlecarefullyanddivideitintoseveralpartsParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3-6Paragraph7-8BriefintroductionofChinesecharacters.TheoriginsofChinesecharacters.FormanddevelopmentofChinesecharacters.PronunciationofChinesecharactersandsimplifiedChinesecharacters.ListentothetapeanddoT/FTheChineselanguagediffersfrommanyWesternlanguagesbecauseWesternlanguagesusecharacterswhichhavemeaningsandcanstandaloneaswords.CangjieinventedthefirstChinesecharacterswhichusedshapesorpicturestorepresentdifferentobjects.ThefirstrealChinesecharacterswerepicture-wordswhichturnedintostandardformsandbecamemorecomplexovertime.Pictographsindicatemeaningswhilepictophoneticcharactersindicatepronunciation.Themethodofcreatingpictophoneticisstillusedtoday.(F)(T)(F)(F)(T)Languagepointsdifferfrominthatovertimeasawhileturnintonotbethesame/unlikeforthereasonthat/becausepastalongtimeingeneralbecome/changeintoFillintheblankswiththephrasesfromtheboxbelow.overtimedifferfrominthatturn…intoasawhole1.OldEnglish_______greatly_____themodernEnglishweusetoday.2.Lifeontheislandhaschanged__________becauseofthegrowingnumberoftouristswhovisititeveryyear.3.Shesaiditwastheteacher’spraiseandencouragementthat______her______agoodstudent.differsfromovertimeturnedinto4.Consideringyouridea____________,Ithinkitwillcontributesignificantlytothedevelopmentofthecompany.However,itmaycausesomeproblemsaswell.5.Iwaslucky_________IwasabletofindwhatIwantedasawholeinthatUsethefollowingwordsandphrasestoretellthearticleChineselanguage,differfrom,represent,ideas,objects,actions,Cangjie,shapes,picture,pictographs,drawingstandardforms,pictophoneticcharacters,indicating,meaningshowing,sound,inthe1950s,Chinesegovernment,simplified,widelyusedFillintheblankswithproperwordsorphrasesTheChineselanguage_________manyWesternlanguages_____itusescharacterswhichhavemeaningsandcanstandalone__aword.Chinesepeopleinventednumerouscharacterstorepresent____,_____or_____.ItissaidthatCangJieinventedChinesewritingwhichuseddifferent______or_______torepresentdifferentobjects.thecharactershave__________fromdrawings___standardforms.__________indicatemeaningswhile__________________arecomposedofthemeaningpartandthesoundpart.differsfrominthatasideasobjectsactionsshapespicturesdevelopedintoPictographspictophoneticcharactersCangjieCangjie,whoisbelievedtohaveinventedChinesecharacters,usedtoworkashistoryofficialundertheYellowEmperorinancientChina.Itissaidthattheinscriptions(题字)onbonesandtortoise(龟)shells(外壳)werealsoinventedbyhim.Hehasbeentakenasalegendaryfigure(人物)inChinesehistoryandculture.PictographsPictographsareanotherfromofnotation(符号,标志)intranscribing(转录,抄写)linguistic(语言上的)meaning,andtheyarewheremostChinesecharacterscanfindtheirorigins(起源).AnotherexampleisEgyptianhieroglyphics(象形文字).PictophoneticcharactersChineseisapictophoneticlanguage.Pictophonesarecomposedoftowparts,themeaningpartandthesoundpart.Theformerparttellsreadersitsmeaningwhilethelatterparttellsreadersitspronunciation.Itisestimated(估计)thataround90percentofthesecharacterstodaydisplaythissymbolism(象征意义).So,bylookingatthetwocomponents(成分),thereaderisfrequentlygivenahintastoeitherthepronunciation,meaning,orboth.Throughthismethod,theChineselanguagehasevolved(进化)intoaricherandmorediverse(多种多样的)language.