高中英语牛津译林版必修三Unit2Project课件(共24张)

1、M3U2 Language ProjectLearning goalsBy the end of this lesson, you are supposed to know how Chinese characters and Braille developed; learn some new words and expressions. I. Lead-in What are the following two written languages?尖旦ChineseBrailleThe development of Chinese charactersAnswer the questions

2、:When did Chinese writing begin?Who first invented Chinese writing?How was Chinese writing invented?When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters?What makes the Chinese language differ from many Western languages?How are Chinese characters formed?II. Prevision work check (

3、Report 1)1. When did Chinese writing begin? Thousands of years ago. 2. Who first invented Chinese writing? Cang Jie.3. How was Chinese writing invented? Cang Jie saw the tracks of animals in the snow and he got the idea that he could use different shapes to stand for different objects. 4. When did t

4、he Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? In the 1950s.5. What makes the Chinese language differ from many Western languages? The Chinese language uses characters instead of alphabet and Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters rather than letters. Answe

5、r the questions:Cang Jie, who is believed to have invented Chinese characters, worked as an official under the Yellow Emperor in ancient China. It is said that the inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells were also invented by him. He hasbeen taken as a legendary figure in Chinese history and cultu

6、re.II. Prevision work check ( Report 1)6.How are Chinese characters formed? Answer the question: drawings of physical objects pictographs (象形字) pictographic charactersa combination of two or more characters ideographic characters (会意字)a combination of meaning and pronunciation pictophonetic characte

7、rs (形声字)III. Prevision work check ( Report 1)pictographs /pictographic characters ideographic characters pictophonetic characters SkimmingFind out how many parts the text can be divided into and summarize the main idea for each part. Part 1 (Para 1) _Part 2 (Para 2) _ Part 3 (Paras 3-4) _Part 4 ( Pa

8、ra 5) _III. Get a general idea of Report 1 A brief introduction of Chinese characters. The origin of Chinese characters.Forms and the development of Chinese characters.Simplified Chinese characters. I. Get a general idea of Report 1 Brief introduction The Chinese language uses characters to (3) idea

9、s, objects or deeds.The (1)_of Chinese characters An idea (4) Cang Jie after he observed the (5)_ of animals in the snow.The (2) _of Chinese characters As a whole, the characters developed from drawings into (6)_ forms. Some characters were made by (7)_ two or morecharacters together, whose meanings

10、 are easy to (8)_ Many Chinese characters consist of two parts, one (9)_ the meaning and the other suggesting the pronunciation. Now, (10)_ Chinese characters are used widely in Chinas mainland.origindevelopmentrepresentsymbolizehit/ strucktracksstandardcombiningdistinguishindicatingsimplifiedThe st

11、ory of BrailleAnswer the questions:Who introduced blind people to reading? At Brailles time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use?What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school? What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people? IV. Previs

12、ion work check (Report 2) 1. Who introduced blind people to reading? Louis Braille.2. At Brailles time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use? Books for blind people used paper pressed against metal wire to form letters. They were too heavy and not convenient for us

13、e at all. 3. What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school? He showed the students a system for passing messages at night during times of battle.4. What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people? His system allows blind people to read and write. It enables them to disco

14、ver the world around them though they cannot see. Answer the questions:IV. Prevision work check (Report 2) V. Get a general idea of Report 2Louis Braille (1)_ blind people to reading. Braille lost his (2)_at 3 and went to a school for the blind in Paris at the age of 10. In those days, the books for

15、 the blind were heavy and (3) _. Then in 1821, a soldier who visited Brailles school showed them a (4) _ for passing messages at night during times of war. His system used paper with small, (5) _dots to be felt with the (6) _, which inspired Braille to take the idea and work on it. At the age of 15,

16、 he created a system with (7) _ of six raised dots (8)_ each other, leading to the (9) _ of the system for reading used today by the blind around the roducedeyesight inconvenientsystemfingerspatternsrepresentingraised birthVI. Language focusdiffer v. 不同； different adj. 不同的； difference n. 不同

17、；差异A differs from B (in sth.) A与B在某方面不一样A be different from B (in sth.) A与B在某方面不一样the difference(s) between A and B A与B 之间的差别This city differs from that one in the size of the population. stand for 代表；象征represent/ symbolize vt. 代表；象征stand out (from) 从中脱颖而出/ distinguish from stand by 袖手旁观；支持；主张 PRC s

18、tands for the Peoples Republic of China. PRC represents/ symbolizes the Peoples Republic of China. To succeed you must stand out from the crowd. To succeed you must distinguish yourself from the crowd. Dont just stand by! Please give me a hand. I wouldnt break the law for a friend, but I would stand

19、 by her if she did.袖手旁观支持VI. Language focus4. Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. (P38, L17)并非所有的汉字都从物体的图画演变而来。not all表部分否定。在英语中与not连用表部分否定的词语还有:the whole, both，every, always, entirely及复合词everybody, everything, everywhere 等。 He hasnt paid the whole amount. Not everybody can w

20、ork out the problem. He is not always here in the morning. Not all of them are teachers. = All of them are not teachers. VI. Language focus5. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. (P38, L17)combine vt. & vi. 组合;(使)联合combine A with B 把A和B结

21、合起来combination n. c./ u. 结合；组合Efforts and confidence combine to make a full man. We cant always combine work with pleasure. Some Chinese characters are a combination of meaning and pronunciation.VI. Language focus6. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them. (P38, L21)通过研究它们的字形,很容易

22、区分它们的意思 distinguish vt. 区分,辨别;使具有某种特征 distinguish A from B 把A 与B区分开来 distinguish between A and B 把A与B区分开来 distinction n. 区别；差异 distinctive adj. 有特色的独特的She can distinguish them by their voices.Color-blind people have difficulty distinguishing between blue and green. Color-blind people have difficulty

23、 distinguishing blue from green. VI. Language focus7. Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. (P38, L23)虽然这些类型的汉字能够表示意义,但是它们的缺点之一是其字形不具有表音的功能。 indicate vt. 显示,表示;象征,暗示 indication n. 表明；表示 The snow indicates the coming of winter. He indicated to me that we could never be good friends again. They gave no indication of how the work should be done.表明暗示暗示；表明VI. Language focus8. The