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The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader
Routledge
2013
DOI: 10.4324/9780203494363
Abstract
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.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader
- Creators
- Helen H Shen - University of Iowa, International ProgramsYunong ZhouXiaoyuan Zhao
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- 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.; 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.; 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.; 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 points.; 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.; Villages undergoing change; My witnessing of the changes in the village; Revival of traditional Chinese music in schools; Food is the most important staple of life; In a Chinese hospital; “”Wal-Mart's “afternoon teatime”; Changes to countryside customs; Acknowledgments; The “mouse” generation; A college student and his rock band; The most internationalized generation; Grammar/language points; Pinyin–English glossary; 10; 11; 12; Campus culture; Leisure time in Chengdu; Study abroad and overseas returners; Internet radio play; 13; 14; Foreign-owned companies; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; My job-interviewing experience; Urban nightlife: To each his own; On Tomb-Sweeping Day; 1; Up to the mountains and down to the rivers; 2; Contents; 3; 4; The Flaming Mountain; 5; Urban nightlife with books; 6; 7; New ways of celebrating traditional festivals; Light-meal philosophy; 8; Experiencing dragon culture in Chinese festivals; 9; I really miss home; Sports and leisure activities; 20; Addressing relatives; A; Maintaining the Old Town; B; The experience of a yoga instructor; DM Running a different direct mail magazine; Virtual New Year's Eve dinner; Changes in the lives of middle school students; The role of the internet in modern life; New ways of celebrating New Year; A conversation about love and marriage; The Chinese national totem – the dragon; Celebrity life stories; Urban growth; The new life of the Oroqen minority group; The magical effect of traditional Chinese medicine; The urbanization of Zhengge village; Music young people like; Preface; Culture/idiom notes; Love: How to keep it; Urban nightlife; 90 Born in the 1990s – today's younger generation; Fascinating Chinese minorities; Walking out of the shadow of unemployment; Descendants of the dragon; Love and marriage; The Tibetan family inn; Differences between campus culture in China and America; The localization of foreign-owned restaurants; A typical Chinese family; Huizhou City through the eyes of a female French reporter; The experience of visiting a Chinese hospital; Studying abroad changes young people's lives; Employment and unemployment; English–Pinyin glossary; My son and I; Answer key; “Greasy love” is bad for your health; Don't stray too far from home if your parents are waiting for you there; List of terms; Grammar/language points -- 9 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 notes -- Grammar/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 -- Grammar/language points -- 15 Up to the mountains and down to the rivers -- A: The Flaming Mountain -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- B: Huizhou City through the eyes of a female French reporter -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- 16 Born in the 1990s - today's younger generation -- A: The most internationalized generation -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- B: The "mouse" generation -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- 17 Foreign-owned companies -- A: Wal-Mart's "afternoon teatime" -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points; 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 band -- Culture/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 returners -- A: 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; B: The localization of foreign-owned restaurants -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- 18 Urban growth -- A: The urbanization of Zhengge village -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- B: Maintaining the Old Town -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- 19 Villages undergoing change -- A: My witnessing of the changes in the village -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- B: Changes to countryside customs -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- 20 Fascinating Chinese minorities -- A: The Tibetan family inn -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- B: The new life of the Oroqen minority group -- Culture/idiom notes -- Grammar/language points -- Answer key -- Pinyin-English glossary -- English-Pinyin glossary
- DOI
- 10.4324/9780203494363
- ISBN
- 9781135050948; 9780415636353; 1135050945; 0415636353; 0415636361; 9780415636360
- eISBN
- 0203494369; 9780203494363; 9781135050948; 1135050945; 1135050937; 9781135050931
- Publisher
- Routledge; New York
- Number of pages
- xiv, 238 pages
- Language
- Chinese; English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983816892402771
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