1、第一课Lesson 1 语音1pronunciation1,Chinese language,The Chinese language,the major language of the Chinese people with a history of more than 5,000 years,is one of the oldest languages in the world.Chinese once had very great influence on some peripheral countries with their languages and characters,such
2、 as Japanese,Korean and Vietnamese.In spite of its old age,Chinese is now one of the most widely used living languages.the language is spoken in many legions of China,as well as in many overseas Chinese communities,especially in Singapore and Malaysia.And there are more than a billion native speaker
3、s of Chinese worldwide.It is one of the working languages of the United Nations.Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family.Among the 56 ethnic groups in China,the Han,Hui,Manchu and other ethnic groups,constituting 94%of the population of China,speak Chinese.Chinese includes variants from s
4、even main dialect groups().The northern or Mandarin dialect covers three fourths of Chinas territory and includes two thirds of its population.Standard Chinese is also known by its official designation,Putonghua,literally“common speech”.Putonghua is based on the northern dialect,using the dialect of
5、 Beijing as the basis for its pronunciation and modern vernacular literature for its grammatical structure.,Chinese characters,From Chinese characters to Japanese Hiragana,-ba八,final(yunmu)36,initial(shengmu)21,tone(shengdiao)4,Chinese language consists of pinyin(syllable)and Chinese character.Pinyi
6、n is the Chinese language phonetic system.It is used to mark Mandarin Chinese pronunciation by the Latin alphabet.And Chinese character is a totally different way to show us the real Chinese.,Table of Combinations of Initials and Finals in Common Speech,Finals,a,father,o,log,e,again,er,sister(its no
7、t combined with any initial consonant),i,see,u,food,ao out,ou old,ai I,ei play,Initial Consonants,b(+o)board ba bo bu bi p(+o)pork pa po pi pum(+o)mother ma mo mi muf(+o)fog fa fu d(+e)dust da de du di t(+e)turn tai ta ta ti,a o e i u er ao ai ei ou,bpmfd t,bapama fadata,bopomofo,medete,bipimiditi,b
8、upumufudu tu,baopaomaodao tao,baipaimaidaitai,beipeimeifeidei,boupoumoufoudoutou,Shngdio Figure of Tones,第一声 第二声 第三声 第四声 The 1st tone the 2nd tone the 3rd tone the 4th tone,*Linx Practice,a b p m f d to b f m p e d d me t i b p m t du p f m b d f ao bo mo po do to ai di ti pi bi mi ei bi fi mi pi di
9、ou du pu fu tu mu,qngshng.The Neutral Tone,Apart from the four tones mentioned previously,there is another tone in Chinese,which is short and light.This is known as“the neutral tone”and is indicated by the absence of a tone mark.For example:,ma ne吗 呢 bba mma爸爸妈妈,dt mf bpdt bopo dutumoto diti dududiti bboppo dmdt pp bb mmff dd ttdodo tutu bibibibi fifi mimiddi mimei bba,谢谢!Thank you!,
