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Author Shen, Helen

Title The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of terms; 1 Campus culture; A: Differences between campus culture in China and America; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Changes in the lives of middle school students; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 2 In a Chinese hospital; A: The magical effect of traditional Chinese medicine; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: The experience of visiting a Chinese hospital; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 3 Music young people like
A: A college student and his rock bandCulture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Revival of traditional Chinese music in schools; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 4 Sports and leisure activities; A: The experience of a yoga instructor; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Leisure time in Chengdu; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 5 Food is the most important staple of life; A: Light-meal philosophy; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: "Greasy love" is bad for your health; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points
6 Study abroad and overseas returnersA: Studying abroad changes young people's lives; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: DM Running a different direct mail magazine; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 7 Employment and unemployment; A: My job-interviewing experience; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Walking out of the shadow of unemployment; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 8 The role of the internet in modern life; A: Virtual New Year's Eve dinner; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Internet radio play; Culture/idiom notes
Grammar/language points9 New ways of celebrating traditional festivals; A: New ways of celebrating New Year; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: On Tomb-Sweeping Day; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 10 Love and marriage; A: Love: How to keep it; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: A conversation about love and marriage; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 11 The Chinese national totem -- the dragon; A: Descendants of the dragon; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Experiencing dragon culture in Chinese festivals
Culture/idiom notesGrammar/language points; 12 A typical Chinese family; A: Don't stray too far from home if your parents are waiting for you there; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Addressing relatives; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 13 Celebrity life stories; A: I really miss home; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: My son and I; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; 14 Urban nightlife; A: Urban nightlife: To each his own; Culture/idiom notes; Grammar/language points; B: Urban nightlife with books; Culture/idiom notes
Summary The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader is a comprehensive reader designed to provide varied, stimulating and up-to-date reading material for learners of Chinese at the intermediate level. The Chinese Reader provides a bridge between basic literacy skills and the ability to read full novels and newspapers in Chinese. It consists of forty readings, graded on the basis of complexity of vocabulary, grammar and syntax. These readings present a range of different text types representative of modern Chinese popular writing which will inspire students to continue reading i
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Subject Chinese language -- Readers
Chinese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
Chinese language
Genre/Form Readers (Publications)
Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author Yunong, Zhou
Zhao, Xiaoyuan
ISBN 9781135050948
1135050945