中国文化英语教程Unit-6.pptx

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1、Unit6ChineseCharacters:PoeticSymbolsLead-inTextstudyExercisesContentLead-inLead-inIntroductionSymbolsofSentimentGracefulOlympicSymbolsTextstudyIntroductionAdditionalInfoAccordingtolegend,ChinesecharacterswereinventedbyCangjie(仓颉),abureaucratunderthelegendaryYellowEmperor.Theearliestsurvivi

2、ngexamplesofwritinginChinaareinscriptionsonso-called“oraclebones”,tortoiseshellsandoxscapulae(肩胛骨)usedfordivination(占卜),datingfromaround1200BCinthelateShangdynasty.AdditionalInfo甲骨文AnoracleboneunearthedinAnyang,HenanProvinceIntroductionUnificationAdditionalInfoSealscript,whichhadevolvedslo

3、wlyinthestateofQinduringtheEasternZhouDynasty,becamestandardizedandadoptedastheformalscriptforallofChinaintheQinDynasty.IntroductionSimplificationAdditionalInfoAlthoughmostoftenassociatedwiththePeople'sRepublicofChina,charactersimplificationpredatesthe1949communistvictory.Examples:愛爱鄉乡義

4、义導导親亲IntroductionThenumberofChineselanguagelearnersacrosstheworldhasbeenontheriseinrecentyears.Somelearnersmayexperiencethegratificationofdiscoveringhistoricalandculturalelementsintheprocess.IntroductionSomepictographic(象形文字的)symbolsofChinesecharactersexpresspeople’skeenobservationandexp

5、erienceoftheworld.SomeEuropeanpoetshavefoundChinesecharactersinspiringtotheirimagination.EzraPound(1885-1972),forexample,waswellknownforhisadmirationofChinesecharacters.Whenhesawthecharacter旦inthedictionary,hewasremindedofthemorningsun.SymbolsofSentimentNote:EzraPound:埃兹拉·庞德。美国诗人、翻译家、评论家、意

6、象派诗歌代表人物，曾帮助T．S．Eliot，Joyce和Hemingway手发表早期作品，对英美现代文学发展作出重要贡献。Pound’spoeticallusions(影射)arenotwithoutbasis.Anumberofcharacterscontainingaasanelementallrelatetotherisingorsettingofthesun.Forexample:SymbolsofSentimentCharacterMeaningofthepartsMeaningofthecharacter旦日：thesunThesunrisingonthehor

7、izon.一：thehorizon東lookslikethesunrisingfromaforest.east:the“sun”and“grass”themorningsunrisingandshiningovertheflowingriver:riveFudan(复旦)means“Thesunandmoonrisedayafterday”,itistoencouragestudentstoacquirenewknowledgeeveryday.SymbolsofSentiment東SymbolsofSentime