译林牛津版高一英语必修3学案Unit2LanguageProject

Teaching aims:

1. Get to know the development of Chinese characters.

2. Get informed of the formation of Chinese characters.

3. Learn to explain the Chinese character by the way it forms.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Leadin

Development of Chinese characters

Get the class to think of these questions

1. When did the Chinese writing begin ?

2. Who invent the Chinese writing ?

3. Can you tell something more about the Chinese writing?

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Step 2 Reading （the development of Chinese characters）

1) Fast reading

Skim the text and discuss the structure of the text between partners. Think about

how many parts we can divide the whole text into.

Part 1: Para 1 ________ of Chinese characters.

Part 2: Para 2 ________of Chinese characters.

Part 3: Para 34 ________ of Chinese characters.

Part 4: Para 5 _________of Chinese characters.

A.The origin of Chinese characters.

B.Simplified Chinese characters.

C.Brief introduction of Chinese characters.

D. Form and development of Chinese characters.

2) Careful reading

Part1

What makes the Chinese language differ from many Western languages?

_____________________________________________________________________ Part 2

Who is said to have invented Chinese writing? _______________________________

What fired his idea of inventing Chinese characters?

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Part 3

How are Chinese characters formed?

1.___________________________________________________________________

2.___________________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________________

Part 4

When were simplified Chinese characters introduced by the Chinese government?

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Where are simplified Chinese characters used? _______________________________

Step 3 Reading(The story of Braille)

Read the second passage and answer the questions:

(1) Who introduced blind people to rreading?________________________________

(2) At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like?

__________________________

(3) What happened to him when he was three years old?______________________

(4) What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school?

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(5) What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people?

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Step 4 Language points

见基础训练P4650

Step 5 语法填空

The Chinese language ________(differ) from western languages. It uses

characters to stand ________ ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are often formed

by ________(put )together different characters. We can see the history of the Chinese

language by looking at how these characters developed. Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. It is said that Cang Jie invented

Chinese writing. He had the idea ________he could use different ________(shape) to

represent different objects at the sight of the tracks of animals in the show. The

first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters________

(simplify) and others have been made more difficult over time. However,

as________whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard form.

Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Some characters were

made by bing two________more characters together eg. ‘rest’ and ‘prisoner’.

Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. ________is easy to

distinguish their meanings by looking at them, eg. ‘up’ and ‘down’. Many other

Chinese characters were made by having one part of a character indicate the meaning

and the other suggested the pronunciation.

In 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters, which

are ________(wide) used in China’s mainland now.