Self-assessment.doc

M3unit 2 Project Designing a booklet
一．Read the booklet quickly and answer the questions.
1. When did Chinese writing begin ?
2. Who first invented Chinese writing?
3. How was Chinese writing invented ?
4. When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters ?
二．根据Project课文The development of Chinese characters完成下面的表格，每空一词
Paragraph
Main idea
1
The Chinese language is (1)________ from many Western language because it uses(2)________ which have meanings and stand alone as words.
2
Chinese writing has a (3)________ of thousands of years.
Cang Jie was said to be the (4)________of Chinese writing.
The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects, which later(5)________ into standard forms.
3
Some characters were made by(6)________ two or more elements together to express ideas.
Other characters were developed to indicate (7)________ and numbers.
4
Some characters have two parts: one part indicates the meaning and the other shows the (8)________.
5
In the 1950s, simplified Chinese characters were (9)________ by the Chinese government and they are now used all over China’s (10)________.
三．选择适当短语，并用适当形式填空。
as a whole, stand for, differ from, combine…with…, turn into, over time, make up, in that
1. Self-criticism is necessary ________________ it helps us correct our mistakes.
2. The festival will be great for our city and for the country_____________________.
3. Life on the island has changed __________ because of the growing number of tourists who visit it every year.
4. Do you know what the letters UN_____________?
5. They’ll do all they can to ______________ the economic losses.
6. With the help of his teacher, he ________________ a model student now.
7. The orange _____________________ the potato in nearly every way.
8. They have successfully _____________ the old ____________ the new in this room.
四．Find the main idea of each paragraph and find the connections between them.
Part1 The origins of Chinese characters
Part 2 Form and development of Chinese characters
Part 3 Brief introduction of Chinese characters
Part 4 Simplified Chinese characters

五． Writing: The development of simplified characters
简化字不同于繁体字因为它更加方便使用。
20世纪50年代中国政府介绍了简化字。
开始时，简化字并不是受所有人的欢迎。随着时间的推移，简化字在社会发展中起了一个重要的作用，对汉字的普及有着巨大的贡献。简化字已经对很多人尤其是青年人有着很大的影响。
总体上说，只要我们能把简化字和汉字文化结合起来，我们一定会从中受益更多。
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六． Homework
1. You are going to write a booklet about the way several Chinese characters developed. Please do the group work and follow the instructions on P 39 to finish your own booklet.
2. 回答问题
v Who introduce blind people to reading?
v At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use?
v What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school?
v What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people
3. 根据Project课文The story of Braille完成下面的表格，每空一词(课课练49)