Unit 2 Project
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。—— J. Ruskin 鲁斯金
Step 1: 读一读：Read the article on p.38 and answer the following questions.
1. How old is the Chinese writing?
2. Who invented Chinese characters?
3. How was Chinese writing invented?
4. When did the Chinese government simplified characters?
Step 2: 连一连： Read the passage again and divide the passage into several parts, then give the main idea of each part.
1. Para. 1. The origins of Chinese characters.
2. Para. 2. Pronunciation of Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters.
3. Para. 3-6 Brief introduction of Chinese characters.
4. Para. 7-8 Form and development of Chinese characters.
Step 3: 填一填：Fill in the following blanks:
Some information about Chinese characters
Facts
Examples
Describing objects1
Shapes or pictures
Pictographs
Square characters
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日、月
Describing ______ideas3______
Combining two or more elements together
4 人 + 木 休
Describing ____directions5___ and _____forms6_____
Different or opposite forms
7 up
and down
How to pronounce 8 some Chinese characters
One part indicating ___meaning9____, the other showing ____sound10_____
财、肝 11
Step 4: 拓展与延伸：中国造字四法：
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_________象形___pictograph_____ 指事 self-explanatory characters
_______________会意semasiography
______________形声pictophonetic characters
Step 5: 测一测你的实力：请指出下列字分别属于哪种造字法
末 邮 水 鱼 护 小
semasiography
Self-explanatory characters
Pictophonetic characters
pictograph
肤 凶 八 尘 鸟 从
Step 6: 找一找：
l Find out the English phrases from the text.
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1. 与…不同 ____________________4. 在20世纪50年代_______________
2. 简化字______________________5. 总体上 ______________________
3. 在于，原因是________________
l Fill in the blanks with the phrases below.
over time, according to, differ from, in that this way, turn…into,
as a whole, develop …into
1.Old English __differs _____ greatly ___from__ the 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_______.
6. Considering your idea ___as a whole___, I think it will contribute significantly to the development of the company. However, it may cause some problems as well.
7.I was lucky __in that_______ I was able to find what I wanted.
Step 7:学一学： language points
l L1: The Chinese language differs from many Western languages in that it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.
² Differ from ____________________
译：I’m sorry to differ from you on that question.
法语与英语有很大不同。
French differs greatly from English.
扩充：
同义词组：____be different from___________________
² In that ______________________
译：我喜欢乡村因为那里的空气很清新。
人与动物不同因为人能思考和说话。
扩充：同义词：____because_________________________
L15: However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.
As a whole _______________
译：总的来说，你的作文很好。
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扩充：同义词组：_______________________________________________________________
L17: This became one peak and three lines and eventually turned into the character used today.
Turn into ___________________
译：我需要把我的美元换成法郎(francs)。
_________________________________________________________________
请把这篇文章译成英文。
Step 8: Quiz (练一练)
1.You have made a few spelling mistakes in your composition , but it is well written_______.
A. on a whole B. as a whole C. general speaking D. as the whole
2.Eating too much fat can______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A. result from B. contribute to C. attend to D. lead in
3. The audience was _____ very young children so there was a lot of noise while the concert was going on.
A. made up from B. made up for C. made up into D. made up of
4. The Blacks had a wonderful holiday in the UK______ the bad weather.
A. in spite B. despite C. though D. although
5．China ___________ the USA _____ politics and culture.
A. different from; on B. differ from; on
C. differs from; in D. different from; in
6. I’ve been lucky ________ I have never had to worry about money.
A. that B. because of C. in that D. when
7. ---I hear John refused to tell the truth and was taken away by the police.
--- Where did you _______?
A. pick that up B. put that up C. make that up D. take that up
8. Eating too much fat can______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A. result from B. contribute to C. attend to D. lead in
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