译林英语必修3Unit2 Language Project 课件（共17张PPT）

(共17张PPT)


M3U2 Language
Project Designing a booklet
The development of Chinese characters
1. To learn how to write a booklet about some Chinese characters.

2. To study a passage about the development of Chinese character
Teaching aims:
Free talk


Are there any differences between English and Chinese ?



When did Chinese writing begin ?

Thousands of years.

2. How was Chinese writing invented?


3. When did the Chinese government introduce simplified characters?
Cang Jie saw the tracks of animals in the snow and he got the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects.
In the 1950s.
Scanning
Para.1
Part 1
What makes the Chinese language differ from many Western languages?
It uses characters to stand for ideas, objects or deeds instead of an alphabet.
Para.2
Part 2
仓颉也称苍颉，是传说为黄帝的史官，汉字的创造者。传说中仓颉生有“双瞳四目”。目有重瞳者，中国史书上记载只有三个人，虞舜、仓颉、项羽。虞舜是禅让的圣人，孝顺的圣人，而仓颉是文圣人，项羽则是武圣人。
Who is said to have invented Chinese writing?
木
燕
禾
泉
舟
车
网
鱼








Have a try……
Part 3
How are Chinese characters formed?

drawings of physical objects － pictographs(象形)
combine two or more characters together(会意)
Para.3-4
combine meaning and pronunciation － pictophonetic characters(形声)
蚁
蚂




Part 4
Para.5
When were simplified Chinese characters introduced by the Chinese government?
Where are simplified Chinese characters used?
In the 1950s.
In China’s mainland.
The origin of Chinese characters.

Simplified Chinese characters.

C. Brief introduction of Chinese
characters.

D. Form and development of Chinese
characters.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3-4
Para.5
Skimming: Main idea
C
A
D
B
Tips:
1.Introduction
2.Method
3.Findings
4.Conclusion

How to design a booklet?
The Development
of Chinese Characters
Cover
Introduction:
The Chinese character is one of the oldest and most widely used writing systems in the world. It has a history of five or six thousand years.
Follow us to the next few pages, and you will find more about Chinese characters.
Page 1
Page 2
Character: 木 mu (tree)
Method: the Internet
Findings: It shows a trunk and two leafless
branches of a tree. The bottom half of
the character may be hanging
branches or the roots of a tree. The
character doubles to represent “forest ”
and triples to represent “dense forest.”
Conclusion: People in ancient China used
shapes or pictures to represent
different objects.


Plan and produce your booklet

Homework
1.?Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 99 in workbook.
2.Do Parts D1 and D2 on page 101 in workbook.
3. Finish the booklet with your partners.