Look at the screen please. Do you kn ow what they are about?

Yes, something about Chinese characters. Do you know about the development of Chinese character?

1. Please read the article about the development of Chinese characters, and answer the following questions:

When did Chinese writing begin? (Thousands of years ago.)

Who first invented Chinese writing? (Cang Jie.)

How was Chinese writing invented? (Cang Jie saw the footprints of birds and animals in the snow and got the idea that he could use different shapes or pictures to represent different objects.)

When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese character? (In the 1950s.)

2. Try to find the main idea of each paragraph and find the connections between them.