This is a reader written especially for learners of intermediate level Chinese and above. It contains forty articles on topics such as Chinese language, culture, history, society, folklore, holidays, geography. Grammatical notes and exercises are included after each article and two appendices are available for easy reference.
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Weijia Huang and Qun Ao are veteran teachers of Chinese at Brown University and Brandeis University respectively.
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It is so good, I would add some itens in it description.,
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a) Recent publication: 2002 b) The lenght of the texts and the
number of the new words increase gradually ( wisely ). The first lessons are aproximately 400 characters with 30 new words. The last lessons are 800 characters long with 50 new words. c) Each lesson begins with a study outline in Chinese an English to give a general idea of what will be the lesson. d) In some lessons there appendices to give additional informations such as " Chart of Chinese Radicals", " Commonly Mistaken Characters", "Chart of Family Relative Titles", etc. Wise, really wise! Don't miss it.
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Great book to learn culture, Chinese characters and grammar,
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As a Chinese teacher and author of Chinese for everyone, I really love this book and I use it during my lessons. All the grammar points are well explained. With this book, students can learn Chinese culture such as the festivals, the customs, Chinese valentine's day, the new year monkey, the colors etc, and they can also learn daily basic vocabulary found in any books or newspapers. I really appreciate this book as a study guide .I give five. Great book to buy!
marie laure r de shazer teacher, and author of Chinese for everyone
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First Sentence:
1. Have a good command of the meaning and usage of these sentence patterns and terms: "yinwei ... (suoyi)" (because ...[therefore]), "yong ... V" (use/using/with ... V), "budan ... erqie/ye/hai" (not only ... but also), "qishi" (in fact; actually), "cong" (from), "chabuduo" (almost), "suiran ... danshi/keshi" (although ...[but]). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simplified characters, sweet dumplings, measure word, sentence patterns, good command, second clause Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Wall, Fairy Maiden, Three Gorges, Xiao Zhang, Chinese Valentine's Day, Spring Festival, Zhao Xiaoyan, Lantern Festival, The Middle Kingdom New!
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1. Have a good command of the meaning and usage of these sentence patterns and terms: "yinwei ... (suoyi)" (because ...[therefore]), "yong ... V" (use/using/with ... V), "budan ... erqie/ye/hai" (not only ... but also), "qishi" (in fact; actually), "cong" (from), "chabuduo" (almost), "suiran ... danshi/keshi" (although ...[but]). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
simplified characters, sweet dumplings, measure word, sentence patterns, good command, second clause Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Wall, Fairy Maiden, Three Gorges, Xiao Zhang, Chinese Valentine's Day, Spring Festival, Zhao Xiaoyan, Lantern Festival, The Middle Kingdom New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Business Chinese: An Advanced Reader by Songren Cui in Front Matter
- A Guide to Proper Usage of Spoken Chinese (Simplified Chinese Edition) by Tian Shou-be in Front Matter
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