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Chinese characters
M3U2 Project
The development of
木
燕
禾
泉
舟
车
网
鱼
Can you make out these Chinese characters?
甲骨文
金文
战国文字
小篆
Oracle Bone Inscriptions
Bronze Inscriptions
Lesser Seal Characters
Warring States script
王曦之《兰亭序》
行书
楷书
Formal Script
Running Script
The development of Chinese characters
Fast reading
How does Chinese language differ from Western languages?
Who first invented Chinese writing?
3. When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese
characters?
Cang Jie L7
In the 1950s L27
Instead of an alphabet, Chinese uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. L1-L2
Find out the whole structure
para1
p2
p3
p4
p5
p5
p1
p2
p3
p4
p5
p1
p2
p3
p4
p1
p2
p3
p4
p5
A
D
C
B
Part1 (1) Brief introduction of_________________
Part2 (2-4) A story about_______________________ and ____ types of Chinese characters.
Pare3 (5) ________ Chinese characters.
four
Simplified
Chinese characters.
Main ideas of each part
Cang Jie inventing Chinese writing
Detailed reading
Part1(para1)
How can we study the history of the Chinese language?
The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed. L4
What are the three ways in which Chinese characters developed?
Careful reading(paras2-4 )
drawings of physical objects - pictographs(象形)
What are the three ways in which Chinese characters developed?
drawings of physical objects - pictographs(象形)
combining two or more characters together to express ideas— ideographic(会意)
What are the three ways in which Chinese characters developed?
众
孬
炎
歪......
Explain the following characters and give more examples.
drawings of physical objects - pictographs(象形)
combining two or more characters together to express ideas—ideographic(会意)
combining meaning and pronunciation - pictophonetic (形声)
What are the three ways in which Chinese characters developed?
Can you give more examples of pictophonetic characters(形声字).
砖 编 聆 骂
Examples:
Pictograph
Sun
Moon
Mountain
Sheep
象形字
Human
Woman
Ideographs
会意字
combine two or more characters.
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Pictophonetic
形声字
帽、洋、姥、驶、材、枝、钢、侣、铜 、洲
Discussion
Why should we do research on the development of Chinese characters?
Chinese characters
1. Chinese history is recorded by…
2. … represent Chinese culture …
3. …represent our nation and country…
4. … communicate with other cultures…
… …
Some possible answers
Useful expressions
和…不同(L1)
2. 在于,因为(L1)
3. 代表(2)
4. 通过…形成(L2)
5. 在很多情况下(L3)
6. 组成,捏造(L3)
7. 考虑,研究(L4)
8. 根据(L6)
9. 渐渐地(L12)
10. 作为整体,总得说来(L13)
11. 由A发展成为B (L13-14)
12. 变成(L15)
13. 与…相反(L22)
14. 广泛运用(L28)
differ from
In that
stand for
be formed by…
in many cases
make up/ be made up of
look at
according to
over time
as a whole
develop from A into B
turn into
be opposite of
have widespread use
Fill in the blanks with the phrases below.
over time, according to, differ from, in that/this way, turn…into, as a whole, develop …into
Old English _______ greatly _____ the modern English we use today.
2. Life on the island has changed __________ because of the growing number of tourists who visit it every year.
3. ______________ the tickets, the train will leave at 8:30. We’d better hurry to get to the station on time!
differs
from
According to
over time
4. She said it was the teacher’s praise and
encouragement that ______ her ______
a good student.
5. Considering your idea ____________, I
think it will contribute significantly to the
development of the company. However, it
may cause some problems as well.
6. I was lucky _________ I was able to find
what I wanted.
turned
into
as a whole
in that
Difficult sentences
1.The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.
Phrases: A differ from B in sth = A is different from B in sth
Clauses: that引导的为________, which引导的为________,
先行词为___________ .
宾语从句
定语从句
characters
Eg:英语和法语在读音和拼写方面都有很大的不同。
English greatly differs from French both in pronunciation
and spelling.
=English is greatly different from French both in …
2. Not all characters were developed from
drawings of objects.
Not all…表示部分否定,翻译成 并非所有的……
此句可转换成:
All characters were not developed from drawings of objects.
英语中部分否定表达的惯用语:
两者: Not both…或 Both…not…
三者或三者以上:Not all/ every/ the whole…或
All/ every/ The whole…not…
英语中全盘否定表达的惯用语:
两者 neither 三者 none
Eg:
这两姐妹并非都喜欢吃甜食。
Not both of the sisters are fond of desserts.
Both of the sisters are not fond of desserts.
并非所有的学生都去看电影了。
Not all the students/ every student/ the whole class went to the movies.
All the students did not go to the movies.
3. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation.
Phrases: have sb/sth do 使某人/某物做某事
have sth done 使某物被…
have sth to do 有某事要做
Translate the following sentences:
Tom 让他哥哥帮他修车子。
Tom 将他的车子送去修了。
今天晚上我有很多作业要做。
I have a lot of homework to do tonight.
Tom had his car repaired.
Tom had his brother repair his car.
Who introduced blind people to
reading?
What did the soldier do for students when
he visited the school?
Louis Braille.
He showed the students a system for passing messages at night during times
of battle.
The story of Braille
3. At Braille’s time, what were the books for
blind people like? Were they convenient
for use?
Books for blind people used paper pressed
against metal wire to form letters. They
were too heavy and not convenient for
use at all.
4. What contributions did Louis Braille
make for blind people?
His system allows blind people to read
and write. It enables them to discover
the world around them though they
cannot see.
Useful expressions
考虑,想到(L1)
为某人介绍某物(L4)
作为…的结果(L5)
太…而不能(L16)
有实际用处(L17)
从事,研究(L18)
think of
introduce sb to sth
as a result of
too + adj + to do
be of practical use
work on
1. In those days, books for blind people used paper pressed against metal wire to form letters. (L6-7)
2. The soldiers would drag their fingers over the raised dots to read the message. (L15)
3. While the students found the soldiers' idea interesting, the system was too difficult to be of practical use. (L16-17)
Sentences
压在….上,压住
拖,拉
尽管
4. While the students found the soldier’s idea interesting, the system was too difficult to be of practical use.
Phrases: find sth interesting
too+adj. +to do
be of practical use=be practically useful
While: 在此句中词性为_______,意思为_______。
连词
尽管
Translate the following sentences:
Tom is good at music, while his brother is hopeless.
While I am willing to help, I don’t have much time.
You can go swimming while I am having lunch.
然而
尽管
与…同时