Listen to the Text & Follow Shirley to Read the Sentences & Chinese Characters

FOREWORD: After I came back from Shangdong Province, I bought 10 books on Chinese art history and painting theory. During I read them, I did find that much knowledge and theory of Chinese art is from the archaeology.

Therefore, I started to be concern with the information of the archaeology and one week ago, I edited something about the last archaeological discovery for you , but for the sickness, I could not complete the recording work.

This weekend, I have completed it for you and I do hope that my effort will be some help with you to learn Chinese language and culture.:-)   

NEW WORDS AND PRONUNCIATIONS

Please hit any Chinese Character, to open the New Vocabulary Board, to see all of the Chinese Characters' Pronunciations, Meanings in the sentences and follow me to read them one by one..

NEW SENTENCES

No.０２２２:最近安徽省发 现 了 两个大型的古墓穴，考古学家认 为 这两个墓穴属于战国时期的楚国。
　　-- Two large - scaled ancient tombs were recently discovered in Anhui Province, archaeologists estimate that the two tombs belong to the Kingdom Chu of the Warring States Period。

No.０２２３: --现已在其中 较 小 的 墓穴中，发 现 了 １１００多 件 青铜 容器、陶器和瓷器 。
      -- More than 1100 bronze vessels, ceramic worship objects (keramics), and porcelain have been discovered in the smaller tomb.

No.０２２４: -- 他们同时发掘出一面直径２７厘米的精美铜镜，该镜背面刻有六个象形文字"山"与错综复杂 的 图 案，是迄今为止发现的最大、刻有最多文字的铜镜。
      -- They also excavated an exquisite bronze mirror. With the diameter of 27 centimeters, the mirror's back was inscribed with six hieroglyphic characters of "mountain" and intricate patterns. This mirror is the biggest and with most characters even found.


If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com.

--Shirley Zhang

Written, Edited April on 28 and Recorded on May 8, 2011.