译林英语必修3Unit2 Language Project课件（共22张PPT）

(共22张PPT)
What distinction do Chinese have?
I. Brainstorming:
Chinese
vocabulary
pronunciation
grammar
handwriting
length
basic element
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
（不胜荣光）
ART!
The development of Chinese characters
Unit 2 Project
How Chinese characters came into being. Also some examples.


Simplified Chinese characters.


C. A brief introduction of Chinese characters.


D. Form and development of Chinese characters, with more examples.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3-4
Para.5
II. Fast reading: main idea
What makes the Chinese language differ from many Western languages?
Para 1
The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that it uses _________ which stand for ______, _______ or ________ instead of _________.
III. Detailed reading:
characters
ideas
objects
deeds
alphabet
Who is said to have invented Chinese writing?
Para 2
What gave him the inspiration to invent Chinese charaters?
Cang Jie.
While he was hunting, he saw the tracks of animals.
Judging from this, what might be the first character he invented?
爪 (paw)?
maybe
Oracle (甲骨文)?
—pictograph
(象形文字)?
How were the first Chinese characters formed?
drawing physical objects
木
燕
禾
泉
舟
车
网
鱼
Examples:
spring
car
wood
net
boat
seeding
fish
swallow
How are Chinese characters formed?
drawing physical objects － pictographs (象形字)
combining two or more characters together — ideographs (会意字)
using directions or numbers directly — indicatives (指事字)
combining meaning and pronunciation
－ pictophonetic characters (形声字)
Para 3-4
囚
Examples:
— ideograph
Examples:
一 二 三 四 五
— indicative
Examples:
鸭
duck
This type overcomes the shortcomings of the other types because it can show the __________.
pronunciation
— pictophonetic
characters
Describe and guess:
Work in groups of four. Each student chooses one character to describe and let others guess what it is.
student A: 人 man (draw a man)
student B: 森 three trees growing near each other
student C: 上 the line above a base line (or draw a picture)
student D: 桐 It’s a kind of tree. And it’s pronunciation is tong.
pictographs
(象形字)
ideographs
(会意字)
indicatives
(指事字)
pictophonetic
(形声字)
What did the Chinese government do in the 1950s?
They simplified Chinese characters.
Para 5
Do they have something in common?
只 双 获 罗 奋 进
隻 雙 獲 羅 奮 進
隹
bird
(Oracle)
(Jin)
(Zhuan)
Agree:
Disagree:
too complicated
Are you go or against the simplification of Chinese characters?
IV. Debate:
V. Watch and think:
Why is it important to study the origin and development of Chinese characters?
They are more than just written characters. Each Chinese character makes a world. These characters show Han people’s s_____, and keep their m_______ and h_____. They can not only record h______ of the nation, but also present their way of _________(think).
Today Chinese characters are still alive, still function as cultural symbols. They are also new blood in Chinese civilization and a new eye-catching image of modern art.
thinking
pirit
emory
ope
istory
Assignment
Writing: how to promote(推广) Chinese characters?
possible structure:
para. 1: necessity of learning Chinese
para. 2: difficulties of promotion
Para. 3: suggestions to promote characters
Para. 4: conclusion

Thank You!