Module3-Unit2-Project-高中英语-高一英语课件.ppt

1、Unit 2 LanguageProject Whatre they?Chinese characterspictograph囚 伐 仙 众 男 休 明 鸣 孬 森 炎 歪.Read the text and learn how Chinese characters developed.1.How old is the Chinese writing?Read the article at p.38 and answer questions.2.Who invented Chinese characters?3.How was Chinese writing invented?4.When d

2、id the Chinese government simplified characters?Read the article at p.38 and answer questions.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

3、idea that he could use different shapes or pictures to represent objects.4.When did the Chinese government simplified characters?In the 1950s.Skim the text and discuss the structure of the text with your partner.Think about how many parts we can divide the whole text into.Para.1Para.2 Para.3-4Para.5

4、Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Read the passage again and give the main idea of each part.Para.1.Para.2._of Chinese characters._of Chinese characters.Para.3-4Para.5_of Chinese characters._Chinese characters.Brief introductionThe originsForm and developmentSimplifiedPart 3How are Chinese characters formed?d

5、rawings of physical objects pictographs(象形象形)combine two or more characters together(会意会意)Para.3-4combine meaning and pronunciation pictophonetic characters(形声形声)Useful expressionsdiffer fromin thatover timeas a wholedevelopintoturn intothis wayin the 1950sRead the second passage about the story of

6、Braille and answer these questions.1.Who introduced blind people to reading?2.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.3.At Brailles time,what were the books for blind people lik

7、e?Were they convenient for use?Books for blink 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

8、the world around them though they cannot see.Fill in the blanks with the phrases below.over time,according to,differ from,in that/this way,turninto,as a whole,develop into1.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.Wed better hurry to get to the station on time!differsfromAccording toover time