Learning Activities:

Answer the questions?

1. In what two ways are Chinese characters simplified?

2. What are the advantages of the simplified characters over complex ones?

Are the following statements right or wrong?

1. The simplified Chinese characters are the same as the traditional

characters in pronunciation.

2. The women of the People's Republic of China usually take their husband's

last name after marriage.

3. The Cantonese are one of the Chinese minorities.

4. The Zangs, a minority in China, are called Tibetans in the West.

5. All the Chinese last name are made of one character.

3. Describe briefly: the Beijing Opera, Chinese ethnic groups and their languages.

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