2. Project Designing a booklet The development of Chinese characters

3. Fast reading Read the text quickly and try to answer the following questions Who first invented Chinese writing? When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? Cang Jie 1950s

4. Interview Suppose your partner is Cang Jie and you are a magazine reporter. Ask Cang Jie some questions about his invention of Chinese characters.

5. Careful reading Listen to the tape: How many kinds of Chinese characters are involved in the passage? And how were they invented ?

6. Pictographs Ideographs Indicatives Pictophonetics Use drawings to describe objects Combine elements to express ideas Directions and numbers Combine parts of meaning and sound 象形 会意 指示 形声

7. Simplified Chinese Characters 週周 甞 層 鞏 嚮 尝 层 巩 向 岡冈

8. Presentation Have a group discussion. Try to introduce the development of Chinese characters with examples.

9. Cang Jie, who is believed to have invented Chinese characters, used to work as a history official under the Yellow Emperor in ancient China. It is said that the inscriptions( 刻字 ) on bones and tortoise shells( 龟壳 ) were also invented by him. He has been taken as a legendary figure in Chinese history and culture.

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13. 1 上形下声形旁在上，声旁在下。例如：字、岗 2 下形上声形旁在下，声旁在上。例如：慕、烈 3 左形右声形旁在左，声旁在右。例如：钢、词 4 右形左声形旁在右，声旁在左。例如：颂、翎 5 外形内声形旁在外，声旁在内。例如：围、阔 6 内形外声形旁在内，声旁在外。例如：闷、问 7 形占一角形旁处于一角。如：栽、疆 8 声占一角声旁处于一角。如：甸、糜