SectionⅤ Project [原文呈现][读文清障]The development of Chinese characters①The Chinese language differs from② Western languages in that③， instead of an alphabet④， it uses characters ⑤which stand for⑥ ideas, objects or deeds⑦.Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters.In many cases⑧， a single character can also make up⑨ a word.The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.Chinese writing○ began thousands of years ago.According to⑪ an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie⑫ invented⑬ Chinese writing.One winter day while he was hunting⑭， he saw the tracks⑮ of animals in the snow and observed that the appearance⑯ of each one was different.Then he had the idea ⑰that he could use different shapes to represent⑱ different objects.The first Chinese characters were drawings⑲ of physical⑳ objects.Some characters have been simplified○ and others have been made more difficult over time○.However, as a whole○， the characters have developed from ①Chinese character 汉字②differ from 和……不同，不同于differ/'dIf (r)/əvi.相异，有区别③in that“在于，因为”，引导原因状语从句。④alphabet/'ælf bet/ən.(一种语言的)字母表，全部字母⑤which 引导的定语从句，修饰characters。⑥stand for 代表，象征 ⑦ deed/di d/ːn.行为，行动⑧in many cases 在许多情况下 ⑨ make up 构成○writing/'raItI /ŋ n.文字；文字作品⑪according to 根据，是介词短语，后跟名词作宾语。⑫ 过去分词短语 named Cang Jie 是后置定语，修饰 a man。⑬invent v．发明；创造；捏造 discover 发现⑭hunt/h nt/ʌvt.&vi.打猎，猎杀；搜寻 ⑮ track n．踪迹⑯appearance/ 'pI r ns/əə ən.外观，外貌⑰that he could ...是同位语从句，解释说明 idea 的具体内容。⑱represent/ reprI'zent/ˌvt.代表；展示，描绘⑲drawing/'drI /ɔː ŋ n.绘画，绘画艺术⑳physical...
