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Description Colloquial Chinese - The Complete Course for Beginners (Revised 1st Ed) by Kan Qian Routledge | 1999 | ISBN-10: 0415113865 | scanned PDF | x+345 pages | 37.2 mb http://www.amazon.com/Colloq...urse-Beginners/dp/0415434157 Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes COLLOQUIAL CHINESE your best choice in personal language learning? Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice Clear – concise grammar notes Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide Complete – including answer key and reference section Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with Chinese this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations About the Author Kan Qian is Lecturer in Chinese at the Open University. CONTENTS Introduction 1 1 Chu ci jianmian - Meeting someone for the first time 17 2 Xingming, guoji he nianling - Name, nationality and age 34 3 Zai gongsi de juhui shang - At a company party 52 4 Wen shijian - Asking the time 69 5 Jiaren he pengyou - Family and friends 88 6 Riqi he tianqi - The date and the weather 108 7 Mai dongxi (I) - Shopping (I) 124 8 Mai dongxi (II) - Shopping (II) 140 9 Zai canguan - At the restaurant 159 10 Wen lu - Asking for directions 178 11 Mai qiche piao he huoche piao - Buying bus and train tickets 195 12 Zai tandian - At the hotel 209 13 oa dianhua - Making telephone calls 221 14 Shejiao - Socializing 236 15 Haiwai laixln - Letter from abroad 253 Grammar summary 265 Key to the exercises and reading/listening comprehension questions 275 Chinese-English glossary (in both pinyin and character) 300 English-Chinese glossary 315 Appendix A: useful signs 324 Appendix B: additional useful expressions (in both pinyin and character) 328 Appendix C: table of the combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua 330 Appendix D: English translation of dialogues from Lesson 6 to Lesson 15 332 Index to grammar and cultural notes 341 Sharing Widget |