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Module 3
Unit 2 Language
The development of Chinese characters
What’re they?
Chinese characters
pictograph
万
How did Chinese characters develop?
Read the article at p.38
And answer questions.
1.How old is the Chinese
writing?
2.Who invented Chinese
characters?
3.How was Chinese writing
invented?
4.When did the Chinese gover
nment simplified characters?
1.How old is the
Chinese writing?
Thousands of years.
2.Who invented
Chinese characters?
Cang Jie
3.How was Chinese writing
invented?
Cang Jie saw the footprints
of birds and animals in the
snow and he got the idea he
could use different shapes or
pictures to represent objects.
When did the Chinese government simplified characters?
In the 1950s.
True or Flase
1.The history of many
Chinese words can be seen
by looking at how their
characters developed. T
2.All the characters have been
simplified F
Some characters have been
simplified and others have been
made more complex over time.
3.All the characters are used
to describe objects. F
Not all
4.Pictographs indicate
meanings and pronunciation. F
but they do not show how
they should be pronounced.
Please read the text carefully
and find the answers to the
questions
1.What does the Chinese
language differ from western
languages in?
In that Chinese language uses
characters which have meanings
and can stand alone as a word.
2.Why did Chinese people
invent numerous characters?
They invented numerous
characters to represent ideas,
Objects or actions
3.What were the very first
Chinese characters?
The shapes or pictures.
4.Are the first real characters
pictographs?
Yes
5.How did the Chinese character
‘mountain’ develop from drawings
into standard forms?
The pictograph for a mountain
was originally three peaks
together.
This became one peak and three
lines and eventually turned into
the character used today.
6.How was the Chinese
character ‘rest’ was made ?
by putting the characters for a
man and a tree together.
7.how was the character
‘prisoner’ formed?
The character ‘prisoner’ was
formed with the symbol for a
man inside a square.
8.How did pictophonetic
characters combine?
They combined part of the
character indicating meaning
and the other showing sound.
Tick out the pictophonetic
characters .
绘 画
drawing
山峰
peak
符 号
象 征
symbol indicate
阶 级
走 廊
肌肉
惊 慌
class
corridor
muscle
panic
Read the passage again and divide
the passage into several parts,
then give the main idea of each part
Para. 1. Brief introduction of
Chinese characters.
Para. 2. The origins of Chinese
characters.
Para.3-6 Form and development
of Chinese characters.
Para. 7-8 Pronunciation of
Chinese characters and
simplified Chinese characters.
Useful expressions
differ from
in that
over time
as a whole
develop…into
turn …into
this way
in the 1950s
Fill in the blanks with the phrases from the box below.
over time
in that
as a whole
according to
differ from
this way
turn…into
develop …into
1. Old English _______
from the
differs greatly _____
modern English we use today.
2. Life on the island has changed __________
over time
because of the growing number of tourists
who visit it every year.
3. According
______________
to the tickets, the train will
leave at 8:30. We’d better hurry to get to
the station on time!
4. She said it was the teacher’s praise and
encouragement that turned
______ her ______
into
a good student.
5. Install this spell check software on your
computer. You will avoid making spelling
mistakes__________.
this way
as a whole I
6. Considering your idea ____________,
think it will contribute significantly to the
development of the company. However, it
may cause some problems as well.
in that I was able to find
7.I was lucky _________
what I wanted.
Starting the project--How to design a booklet
•Planning
•Preparing
•Producing
•Presenting
Planning
• Work in small groups and
discuss and choose what
characters the group would
like to research.
• Discuss the layout of the
booklet.
• Divide the work each group
member will do.
•Collect the information neede
Preparing
Look for information as many
sources as you can find.
Tips (organizing information)
1.Introduction
2.Method
3.Findings
4.Conclusion
Producing
• Everyone writes a section
of the booklet. Then put what
has been written together. Add
photos or illustrations where
necessary.
• Proofread the draft to correct
mistakes if there are any.
• New ideas can be added.
• Now the booklet is finished.
Presenting
Present the
booklet to
the whole
class by
taking turns
to talk about
each section
of their 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.Review words and
phrases in this unit.
Goodbye,
everybody !