将这篇文章的第二段翻译成英语。


汉字的起源可以追溯到三千多年前的甲骨文时期，当时的文字还没有声调和标点，那时的文字称为“古文”或“古文观止”。
The origin of Chinese characters can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago in the oracle bone script period. The writing at that time did not have tones or punctuation, and the writing was called "Classical Chinese" or "Classical Prose."