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3. Story of ‘Shells’

1. Some animals that live in the water use shells to protect their bodies.

2. The character "shell" in the oracle bone script is depicted  as a shellfish opening its two shells.

3. In ancient times, people thought that shells were very beautiful and precious, so they liked to wear them as ornaments.

4. Also, shells could be carried around without being damaged easily, so the ancients used shells as a kind of currency.

5. Therefore, characters with the 贝 “shell” radical are mostly related to money, as in the characters 赚, 赔, 购, 贫, and 货.

生词表：

story   故事

shells   贝壳

animals   动物

live in    住在……

use    使用

shells   贝壳（复数）

protect   保护

bodies   身体（复数）

character   字符

oracle bone   甲骨文

script   脚本

depicts   描画（第三人称单数）

shellfish   贝类

opening    张开

ancient times   古代

thought    认为（过去式）

precious   珍贵的

wear   戴

ornaments   饰品

moreover   而且

being damaged 被损坏

easily   容易的

ancients   古人（复数）

currency   货币

therefore   所以

radical    部首

related to   与...有关

for example 比如

“贝”的故事

1.一些生活在水里的动物，用贝壳保护自己的身体。

2.甲骨文中的“贝”字，画的就是贝类的两扇壳张开的样子。

3.古时候,人们觉得贝壳很漂亮，很珍贵，喜欢把它们当作饰品戴在身上。

4.而且贝壳可以随身携带，不容易损坏，于是古人还把贝壳当作钱币。

5.所以,用“贝”作偏旁的字大多与钱财有关，比如,“赚、赔、购、贫、货”。