Do you know what characters they are These

Do you know what characters they are? 龟 鹿 鸟 马 These drawings are used to stand for/ represent different objects(物体). 代表

How did Chinese characters develop?

As a whole, the characters have developed standard forms from drawings ______ to ________.

Read the article on Page 38 and answer questions. 1. When did the Chinese writing begin? Thousands of years ago. 2. Who first invented Chinese writing? Cang Jie.

3. How was Chinese writing invented? Cang Jie saw the tracts of animals in the snow and he got the idea that he could use different shapes to stand for different objects. 4. When did the Chinese government simplified characters? In the 1950 s.

Read the passage again and find out the main idea of each part.

Fast reading: find out the main idea of each part Para. 1. Form and development of Chinese characters. Para. 2. Simplified Chinese characters. Para. 3 -4 Para. 5 Brief introduction of Chinese characters. The origin(起源) of Chinese characters.

Part One Features of Chinese language: from Western Chinese language differs _____ in that/ because language _______ it uses for ideas, objects characters to stand _______ or deeds.

As a whole, the characters have developed standard forms from drawings ______ to ________.

Description 山 three peaks together one peak and three lines 1. The character for "山" was originally three mountaintops ___________ together. Over time it developed into one mountaintop and three linesand finally __________ turned into the word we are using today.

2. Some characters were made to express idea by combining two or more characters together. was formed by "休“ ______ combining the characters ____ man a_____ tree for a_______and together，indicating rest. 休— rest

3. Some characters indicate what it means by its shape, which is easy to distinguish.

shàng up zhōng middle xià down

consists___ of two parts. 4. Character “花” ______ indicatesmeaning, and the other One part ______ suggests the pronunciation. _______ indicates meaning suggests pronunciation

Discussion: What do you think of the Chinese language today?