译林版牛津高中英语(必修3):Unit 2 Language-Project(3)

Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced.

尽管这些字可以表意，但缺点就是它们显示不出自己的发音。

Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation.

于是就产生了另外一种方法：将表意的部分和表音的部分结合起来，形成一个汉字。

Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.

目前所使用的很多汉字就是用这种方法创造出来的。

In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters and now they have widespread use in China's mainland¹.

20世纪50年代，中国政府推行简化汉字，现在，简化字已在中国大陆广泛使用。

1 mainland   

n.大陆，本土

参考例句：

• The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
• Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。