VideoTimeChineseCharactersUnit5Languagesaroundtheworld1.Usestrategiestoguessthecontentofthevideo;2.TalkaboutthewrittenChinese.Haveyouheardthissong?CouldyourecognizetheseChinesecharacters?Lead-inTheChinesewritingsystemhasevolvedfromancienttimes.LearningChinesecharacterscanconnectuswithpeoplefromlongago.WrittenChinesehasalsobeenadaptedsoitcanbeusedbyfuturegenerations.ChineseCharacters?WhatistheearliestformofwrittenChinese??

Howwasjiaguwencreated??WhoplayedanimportantpartintheunificationoftheChinesewritingsystem??Why

dowesayChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspastbymeansofwrittenChinese??

WhyaresomanyinternationalstudentscomingtoChinatolearnChinese?Beforeyouwatch1.AncientChinesepeople_________symbolsontoturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.2.Manyoftoday’scharactershavetheir_______intheobservationsofancientChinesepeople.Task1:Completethesentenceswiththewordsbelow.carvedclassicseraoriginsradicals3.About80percentofChinesecharactersaremadeupofsmallerparts,called________.4.IfyoucanreadChinesecharacters,youcanreadChinese_______fromthousandsofyearsago.5.Chinesecharactershavebeenadaptedintodigitalforminthemodern_______.carvedclassicseraoriginsradicals1.AncientChinesepeople_________symbolsontoturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.2.Manyoftoday’scharactershavetheir_______intheobservationsofancientChinesepeople.carvedclassicseraoriginsradicalscarvedoriginsCheckyouranswers.3.About80percentofChinesecharactersaremadeupofsmallerparts,called________.4.IfyoucanreadChinesecharacters,youcanreadChinese_______fromthousandsofyearsago.5.Chinesecharactershavebeenadaptedintodigitalforminthemodern_______.carvedclassicseraoriginsradicalsradicalsclassicsera1.AncientChinesepeople_______symbolsontoturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.carved2.Manyoftoday’scharactershavetheir_______intheobservationsofancientChinesepeople.origins3.About80percentofChinesecharactersaremadeupofsmallerparts,called_______.radicals4.IfyoucanreadChinesecharacters,youcanreadChinese_______fromthousandsofyearsago.classicsTask2:Watchthevideoandchoosethecorrectanswers.1.HowmanytalesorlegendsabouttheoriginofChinesecharactersarementionedinthevideo?A.Three.B.Four.C.Five.2.Today,writtenChineseisthe______systemofwritingintheworld.A.mostcomplicatedB.oldestcontinuouslyusedC.hardest3.Thecharacterjiaprobablyoriginatedfromtheideathat____.A.animalsshouldliveinfamilyhomesB.agoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffoodC.ancienthomesalwayskeptpigs4.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinking_______.A.ChinawiththerestoftheworldB.Asia,Africa,andEurope

C.thepresentandthepast5.WrittenChinesespreads________whereveritgoes.A.ChinesecultureB.ChineseclassicsC.talesandlegendsWhileyouwatch1.HowmanytalesorlegendsabouttheoriginofChinesecharactersarementionedinthevideo?A.ThreeB.FourC.Five2.Today,writtenChineseisthe______systemofwritingintheworld.A.mostcomplicatedB.oldestcontinuouslyusedC.hardest3.Thecharacterjiaprobablyoriginatedfromtheideathat____.A.animalsshouldliveinfamilyhomesB.agoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffoodC.ancienthomesalwayskeptpigs√√√Checkyouranswers.4.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinking_______.A.ChinawiththerestoftheworldB.Asia,Africa,andEurope

C.thepresentandthepast5.WrittenChinesespreads________whereveritgoes.A.ChinesecultureB.ChineseclassicsC.talesandlegends√√1.HowmanytalesorlegendsabouttheoriginofChinesecharactersarementionedinthevideo?A.ThreeB.Four

C.Five2.Today,writtenChineseisthe___systemofwritingintheworld.A.mostcomplicatedB.oldestcontinuouslyused

C.hardest3.Thecharacterjiaprobablyoriginatedfromtheideathat____.A.animalsshouldliveinfamilyhomes

B.agoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffoodC.ancienthomesalwayskeptpigs4.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinking___.A.ChinawiththerestoftheworldB.Asia,Africa,andEurope

C.thepresentandthepast5.WrittenChinesespreads________whereveritgoes.

A.Chineseculture

B.ChineseclassicsC.talesandlegendsdatebacktoancientoraclebonespracticeofknot-tyingcontinuouslyusedsystempicture-basedwritingsystemsexpresstheirobservationsinternationalcommunityknownasradicalstalesandlegendsinseparablylinkedTask3：Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.Task3：Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.ThehistoryofChinesecharacters_____________ancienttimes,withahistoryofatleastseveralthousandyears.Therearemany_____________abouttheoriginofhanzi,Chinesecharacters:thereisChangjie,thelegendaryinventorofChinesecharacters;theancient_____________;theeighttrigrams;andancientpaintinglegends,tonameafew.Itisgenerallyagreedthathanzibeganassimplepictures,imagesthattheancientChinesepeopledrew,painted,orcarvedtodescribenatureortheirlives.Otherancientculturesdeveloped_____________aswell,suchasthehieroglyphsofancientEgyptorthescriptoftheancientMayancivilisation.Hanzi,however,istheonlyoneoftheseancientwritingsystemstosurvive.Today,Chinesecharactersaretheoldest_____________ofwritingintheworld.ResearchersgenerallyagreethattheoldestsymbolsrecognisableasChinesecharactersarethosefoundon_____________.These3,000-year-oldsymbols,knownasjiaguwen,werecarvedonturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.ThejiaguwencangiveallofusinthemodernerainsightintohowancientChinesesawtheworldaroundthemandintotheirgreatcreativityin_____________.Take,forexample,themoderncharacterjia,meaninghomeorfamily.Thejiaguwencharacterlookslikeahousewithanicepiginside,originatingfromtheancientideathatagoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffood.Overthousandsofyears,thisHanzievolvedintoavarietyofdifferentformsbutfinallydevelopedinamorestablemanneraftertheunificationofChinaunderEmperorQinshihuang.WhenyoufirstlookatChinesecharacters,youwillmostlikelyfeelthattheyareverycomplicated.However,ifyouknowjustalittleabouthowthesecharactersareformed,youwillfindthattheyarenotnearlyasdifficultastheyseem.About80%ofChinesecharactersarecomposedofsmallerparts,_____________,whicharecombinedinmanydifferentwaystoformtensofthousandsofhanzi.Fortunately,youneedtoknowonlyabouttwoorthreethousandcharactersforuseindailylife!ChinesecharactersandChinesecultureare_____________.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinkingtheChinesepeopleandcultureofthepresentwiththoseofthepast.Nomatterwhenorwhereyoulive,ifyoucanreadChinese,youcanreadancientChineseclassics.Itistrulyanamazingthingtobeabletohearthethoughtsandobservationsofpeoplefromthousandsofyearsago.AsChinatakesitsplaceinthe_____________,theChinesewritingsystemhasspreadtoothercountries.Today,manyinternationalstudentsarestudyingChinese,boththespokenandwrittenlanguage,andarecomingtoappreciateChine’sfascinatingculture.And,asChina’scultureandsocietyhavecontinuedtodevelop,theamazinglyversatileinChinesecharactershavebeenadaptedforuseindigitalformatoncomputersandotherdevices.AndsowrittenChineseliveson,spreadingChineseculturewhereveritgoes.ThehistoryofChinesecharactersdatesbacktoancienttimes,withahistoryofatleastseveralthousandyears.Therearemanytalesandlegendsabouttheoriginofhanzi,Chinesecharacters:thereisChangjie,thelegendaryinventorofChinesecharacters;theancientpracticeofknot-tying;theeighttrigrams;andancientpaintinglegends,tonameafew.Itisgenerallyagreedthathanzibeganassimplepictures,imagesthattheancientChinesepeopledrew,painted,orcarvedtodescribenatureortheirlives.Otherancientculturesdevelopedpicture-basedwritingsystemsaswell,suchasthehieroglyphsofancientEgyptorthescriptoftheancientMayancivilisation.Hanzi,however,istheonlyoneoftheseancientwritingsystemstosurvive.Task4:Readtogether.Today,Chinesecharactersaretheoldestcontinuouslyusedsystemofwritingintheworld.ResearchersgenerallyagreethattheoldestsymbolsrecognisableasChinesecharactersarethosefoundonancientoraclebones.These3,000-year-oldsymbols,knownasjiaguwen,werecarvedonturtleshellsorbonesofanimals.ThejiaguwencangiveallofusinthemodernerainsightintohowancientChinesesawtheworldaroundthemandintotheirgreatcreativityinexpressingtheirobservations.Take,forexample,themoderncharacterjia,meaninghomeorfamily.Thejiaguwencharacterlookslikeahousewithanicepiginside,originatingfromtheancientideathatagoodfamilyhomehasplentyoffood.Overthousandsofyears,thisHanzievolvedintoavarietyofdifferentformsbutfinallydevelopedinamorestablemanneraftertheunificationofChinaunderEmperorQinshihuang.WhenyoufirstlookatChinesecharacters,youwillmostlikelyfeelthattheyareverycomplicated.However,ifyouknowjustalittleabouthowthesecharactersareformed,youwillfindthattheyarenotnearlyasdifficultastheyseem.About80%ofChinesecharactersarecomposedofsmallerparts,knownasradicals,whicharecombinedinmanydifferentwaystoformtensofthousandsofhanzi.Fortunately,youneedtoknowonlyabouttwoorthreethousandcharactersforuseindailylife!ChinesecharactersandChinesecultureareinseparablylinked.China’sunifiedwritingsystemformsastrongbridgelinkingtheChinesepeopleandcultureofthepresentwiththoseofthepast.Nomatterwhenorwhereyoulive,ifyoucanreadChinese,youcanreadancientChineseclassics.Itistrulyanamazingthingtobeabletohearthethoughtsandobservationsofpeoplefromthousandsofyearsago.AsChinatakesitsplaceintheinternationalcommunity,theChinesewritingsystemhasspreadtoothercountries.Today,manyinternationalstudentsarestudyingChinese,boththespokenandwrittenlanguage,andarecomingtoappreciateChine’sfascinatingculture.And,asChina’scultureandsocietyhavecontinuedtodevelop,theamazinglyversatileinChinesecharactershavebeenadaptedfo