Chinese Culture About Chinese myths & inventions Discussion ： All members Picture Collection ：徐佳莲 杨 杰 Data Collection ：谭婉媚 仲 建华 宋 景朝 PPT maker ：陈婷婷 Speaker ：陈婷婷 —— 09 Politics Class 6 Group 214

The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea ( 精卫填海） ; Once upon a time, the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, legendary [‘led ʒ əndəri] （传 说的） ruler of primitive [’primitiv] （远古的） China, went boating on the Eastern Sea. While she was enjoying herself, a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized [kæp‘saiz] （倾覆）. Just before she was buried [’beri] （埋葬） by the surging （波涛汹 涌的） waves, her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring [‘r ɔ :riŋ] （咆哮的） sea, it cried sadly in the sound “jinwei, jingwei”. That was why people called it “Jingwei”. The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day, it flew to and between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig [twig] （细枝） or a pebble [’pebl] （小卵石） from the mountain and dropping it into the sea. One day, the roaring sea said to Jingwei, “Poor little bird, stop doing that meaningless thing! You‘ll never fill me up.” Jingwei replied, “I’ll fill you up no doubt! I will, even if it‘ll take me thousands of years! I’ll fight on until doomsday [‘du:mzdei] （世界末 日） !” The brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest. From this fable [’feibl] （寓言） comes the idiom [‘idiəm] （成语） “The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea”. We use it to describe people who are firm and indomitable [in’d ɔ mitəbl] （不可屈服的） and will not stop until they reach their goal.

Once upon a time, a man named Hou Yi, he had a beautiful wife named Chang‘e. One day, he went out for hunting, met the Queen Mother, obtain the immortality [,im ɔ :’tæliti] （永生） from Queen Mother, with the dose （一剂） of immortality, we will be able to immediately immortal. As HouYi was reluctant [ri‘l ʌ ktənt] （不情愿的） to give up his beautiful wife,he put in the possession of immortality underneath his pillow. Three days later, he went out for hunting again. His wife saw he was not in, and swallowed （吞食） the immortality,then she flew to the Moon.Finally,she became a fairy [‘f ɛ əri] （仙女）. 从前, 有一个人叫后羿, 他有一个美丽的妻子叫嫦娥. 一天, 后羿外 出打猎, 遇到了王母, 求得了一颗仙丹, 服下仙丹, 就能立即成仙. 后羿舍不得妻子, 就把仙丹藏在了枕头底下. 三天后, 后羿再次外 出打猎. 嫦娥趁后羿不在, 把仙丹吞到了肚子里, 立即飞到了月亮 上成了仙. Chang'e flew to the moon

Four Great Inventions of Ancient China a)compass : 指南针 b) printing ：印刷术 c)gunpowder ：火药 d) papermaking: 造纸术

Compass  Its inventor was MaJun( 马均 ) who lived in CaoWei( 曹魏 ) period 。  It can be used for navigation [,nævi‘gei ʃ ən] ( 航海 )  It was brought to Europe by the Arabs( 阿 拉伯人） during the Southern Song Dynasty 。

Printing Its inventor was BiSheng( 毕昇 ), a Chinese scientist in the Song Dynasty ( ). Typographic [,taipə'græfik] printing( 活字印刷术 )has been regarded as the “mother of modern civilization.” It is useful for the spread of culture and retention( 留存 ), the promotion( 推广 ) of knowledge and technology.

Gunpowder The first gunpowder that human being used most early was black powder, it was found by the working people in a thousand years ago. It is famous for the invention, and referred to the ancient Chinese science and technology. Moreover, it‘s not only one of the four great inventions in the history of ancient technology but also holds the important status [’steitəs] （地位） in chemistry history. 火药是中国古代炼丹家在炼丹过程中发 明的。人类最早使用的火药是黑火药， 它是我国劳动人民在一千多年前发明的。 它的发明，闻名于世，被称为我国古代 科技的四大发明之一，在化学史上占有 重要的地位。

papermaking  The papermaking technique [tek'ni:k] should be invented by the working people.  Cailun improved it in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had provided the possibility for paper’s large -scale use.  The papermaking technique, one of Chinese Four Great Inventions, has the great significance for the whole world.

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