【课程简介】

Preface

ChineseExpress-TalkChineseisdesignedforEnglishspeakersstudyingChineseatbeginner’slevel.ItisforuniversitystudentswhochooseChineseasamodule,peoplewhojoineveningcoursesatunibersitiesormunitycolleges,andstudentswhowantasuitablebookforself-study.

ChineseExpress-TalkChineseisconciseanduser-friendly.Itisabookwhichshouldbeaseasyforstudentstostudyasforteacherstouse.ItisdifferentfromothertextbooksinsofarasPinyin,ChinesecharactersandEnglishareusedtogetherthroughoutthewholebook.Thiswillsuitstudentswhoonlyneedtolearnlisteningorspeakingasmuchasthosewhowanttolearnreadingandwritingaswell.

ChineseExpress-TalkChineseusesamunicativeapproachandplacesemphasisonlearningmunicationskills.188keysentencesmakeupthemainstructureofthebook,aroundwhichsituationaldialoguesareintroduced,coveringthemostusefulsituationsinreallife.LanguagePointsareexplainedinsimpleEnglishandsetoutinalogicalstep-by-steporderthatiseasytounderstand.Thisisdesignedtogivestudentstheopportunitytogainconfidenceinusingthemostmonvocabularyandgrammarrelevanttoeverydaysituations.

ChineseExpress-TalkChinesecoversChineseessentialgrammarpointsandisequivalenttouniversitybeginner’slevelinlisteningandspeaking.Eachlessonconsistsofabout7to8sentences,andabout25newwordsands.Thewholebookintroducesaround550ofthemostfrequentlyusedwordsindailylife.Therearealtogether25mainlessonsand5summarylessons.Ittakesabout2hourstocovereachlesson,60to70hoursforthewholebook.Relevantculturalinsightsaregivenwithineachsummarylesson.

TheauthorsofthisbookbelieveinlearningthroughdoingandthisplaysaveryimportantroleinthelessonsinChineseExpress.Eachlessonincludesanassortmentofexercisesdesignedtomakestudentsthinkmoreaboutthelanguageastheylearnit,sothattheycanunderstandandrespondmoreconfidentlywhenconfrontedwiththesamesituationsinreallife.

TheauthorswouldliketothankProfessorShijuZhaoandDrYinghuaZhaifromWuhanUniversityinChinaforcheckingthegrammarandgivingprofessionaladvice.WealsowouldliketothankRobertMcCreadyandNigelPammentfortheirsuggestionsandsupportduringthewritingofthisbookandfortheirassistanceinproofreadingthebook.0urspecialthanksgotoAnthonyWardforkindlypolishingourEnglish.Finally,wewouldliketoexpressourgratitudetoZhanshengXia,XianXuandWenqingZhangoftheCypressBookpanyfortheirassistanceandprofessionalguidanceinpreparingthisbookforpublication.

Contents

TheSoundsofChinese

Lesson1Greetings&Farewells

Lesson2Names&Titles

Lesson3Nationalities&Languages

Lesson4Days&Dates

Lesson5Time&DailyRoutine

Lesson6SummaryforLessons1-5

Lesson7Addresses&TelephoneNumbers

Lesson8Family&FamilyMembers

Lesson9Work&Professions

Lesson10Interests&Abilities

Lesson11Invitations&Appointments

Lesson12SummaryforLessons7-11

Lesson13Telephoning&Messages

Lesson14Money&Currency

Lesson15Shops&Shopping

Lesson16Colours&Clothing

Lesson17Size&Style

Lesson18SummaryforLessons13-17

Lesson19Food&Restaurants

Lesson20Cafes,Pubs&Drinks

Lesson21Hotels&Services

Lesson22Travel&Transport

Lesson23Places&Directions

Lesson24SummaryforLessons19-23

Lesson25TheWeather

Lesson26Activities&Progression

Lesson27Intentions&Plans

Lesson28Health&Body

Lesson29pliments&Well-wishing

Lesson30SummaryforLessons25-29

Index1ListeningScript

Index2KeytotheExercises

Index3VocabularyList