2008 Beijing China Olympics Educational Powerpoint Presentation

WELCOME TO CHINAA learning project for schoolsWhat three words would you use to describe China?Which Picture is China?Where is China?UKChina 60 million people1.3 billion people0.24 million square km9.6 million square km40=1A Brief History of China8000 BC1600 BC1112BC221 BCAnd in the rest of the world…Stonehenge was built around 2000 BCLate Stone AgeBeginning of Shang DynastyZhou DynastyChina unites under a single Emperor Qin Shi HuangdiA Brief History of China206 BC225 AD581618960And in the rest of the world…The Roman Empire collapsed around 410 ADHan DynastyBreak up of empire into separate kingdomsSuiDynastyTangDynastySongDynastyA Brief History of China12601368 1644 1839-42 1912 1949 1997Yuan DynastyMingDynastyQingDynastyOpiumWarsLastEmperorabdicatesPeople‟sRepublicofChinaHongKongreturnedWhat does the Chinese National Flag look like?The red background represents revolution.The four small stars represent the Chinese people.The big star represents the leadership of the communist party.The yellow colour of the stars represents the golden light of the country.Why is China Important Today?China has the biggest population in the world and the fourth largest economy.By 2040, China will have the largest economy in the world. For every one person who can speak English, there are at least three who can speak Mandarin.The Beijing Olympics 2008The Beijing Olympics will be the first major international sporting event to be held in China. It will showcase Chinese culture to the rest of the world.Fuwa are the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace to children all over the world.Each one has a rhyming two-syllable name. When you put their names together -Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni -they say "Welcome to Beijing“.SymbolismIn China, the fish and water designs are symbols of prosperity and harvest. Source: en.beijing2008.comBat (fu) = same sound as word for happinessPeaches = a symbol for long lifeDao (upside down) means arrived“May your happiness be as deep as the Eastern Sea and may you live to be as old as the Southern Mountain.”Traditional birthday greeting.Chinese WritingChinese writing uses characters to represent words. To learn to read Chinese, you need to remember around 5,000 different characters! Ancient Traditional Simple PinyinThe „Cheat Sheet‟Tonal DifferenceChinese is a tonal language. The tone of the word alters its meaning and it is crucial to get the tone right if you want to avoid confusion. Mandarin has four tones –high, rising, falling-rising and falling. 1. high-māmother2. rising/mánumb3. falling rising ˘măhorse4. falling\màto scold orswearCounting to 101yī6liù2èr 7qī3sān8bā4sì9jiŭ5wŭ10shíHellonĭ hăoGoodbyezàijiànHow are you? nĭ hăo ma?I‟m fine wŏ hĕn hăoThank youxièxieYou‟re welcomebúkèqiI‟m sorryduìbùqĭ7 Simple Chinese PhrasesZàijiàn!