不同的文字Different Writing Systems
老師：世界上有很多種文字，誰可以說說這些文字有什麼不一樣？
Teacher: There are many kinds of writing systems in the world. Who can tell us what the difference between these writing systems is?
東明：老師，我們中文課寫的字跟英文不一樣。
Tony: Teacher, we write different characters in Chinese class than in English class.
老師：你們覺得漢字跟其他文字哪裡不一樣？
Teacher: What do you think is the difference between Chinese characters and other writing systems?
東明：漢字是一個一個的，方方的，好像畫圖。
Tony: Chinese characters are written one, square, and picture-like
心美：我看過泰國的文字，彎彎的，有很多小圈圈，我都 看不懂。
May: I’ve seen Thai writing. It’s curved, and it has a lot of circles. I can’t read it.
張莉：我覺得日本的文字跟漢字很像。
Lily: I think the Japanese writing system is similar to Chinese characters.
大文：英文、法文、德文都是用 ABCD拼出來的。
Devin: English, French, and Germany all use ABCs.
老師：很好。漢字很古老，已經有幾千年了，要學好不容易，我們一起慢慢地學。
Teacher: Very good. Chinese is ancient. It has existed thousands of years. It’s hard to learn. We’ll take our time studying it together.