Preface

Academic Committee

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Unit Eleven："Haven't We met before?"

　　似曾相识

　　Getting to know people better

　1：Greetings and introductions：Review and expansion

　　FYI Personal relationships in China：Welcome to guanxi关系／關係

　　FYI Titles galore

　　GRAMMAR BlTS A liale lesson on 了／e

　2：Building a relationship by exchanging personal details

　　FYI Getting personal

　　FYI "Spelling" in Chinese

　3：Haking a brief narrative statement about yourself

　　●Skills and interests

　　●Sports

　　GRAMMAR BITS How an action is performed

　　FYI "Arf, arf meow，meow" now heard increasingly in China

　4：Asking for and providing information about a third party

　5：Giving and deflecting compliments

　6：Taking your Ieave：Review and expansion

　　●Unit Rap

　7：Reading and writing

　　●Reading familiar sentences in Chinese characters

　　GRAMMAR BITS The many faces of de in Chinese

　　●Reading real-life texts

　　Jackie Chan entry on baldu．com

　　●Learning to write characters

　　客，气／氣，答，问／問，题／題，写／寫，谈／談，找，新，

　　爱／愛，老，师／師，学／學，朋，友，恭，发／發，财／財

　　●Filling out a form

　　CULTURAL BITS Physical characteristics and social expectations

　RECAP

　　●Grammar

　　Fiuing／eintoyourlanguage·de,de,de,andmorede

　　●Vocabulary

　　●Checklist of "can do" statements

Unit Twelve："Food is fundamental"

　　民以食为天

　　Shopping for food

　1：Setting up a food-shopping excursion

　　FYI Food shopping in China

　2：Naming different kinds of fruit

　　GRAMMAR BITS Commenting on the performance of an action：Review and expansion

　3：Naming food items，flavors，and other characteristics of food

　　●Flavors．

　　●Other qualities

　　●Categories of food

　4：Discussing vegetables

　　GRAMMAR BITS的the little modifier that could：Review and expansion

　5：Putting together a meal

　6：Shopping for food in a supermarket

　　FYI Five foods to live by

　　●Unit Rap

　7：Reading and writing

　　GRAMMAR BITS More on coverbs

　　●Reading familiar sentences in Chinese characters

　　GRAMMAR BITS Yet another coverb-把

　　●Reading real-life texts

　　Supermarket ads

　　●Learning to write characters

　　果，菜，香，蕉，瓜，桃，酸，甜，苦，辣，蔬，绿／綠，

　　色，肉，牛，猪／豬，鸡／雞，鱼／魚，鲜／鮮，味，超，市

　　●Haking a shopping list

　　CULTURAL BITS Shopping for food

　RECAP

　　●Grammar

　　Two kinds of de·More on coverbs：Double-duty verbs·The coverb把6古

　　●Vocabulary

　　●Checklist of“can do”statements

Unit Thirteen："A simple，home-cooked meal"

　　家常便饭

　　Eating at the home ofa friend

　1：Offering and accepting invitations

　　FYI Paying for a meal

　　GRAMMAR BITS Verb+measure word+object

　　GRAMMAR BITS G#i给／给：Review and expansion

　　FYI Gift-giving-song／Two送礼物／送禮物

　2：Declining an invitation

　3：Arriving at someone's home and starting a meal

　　FYI What to expect in a home-Cooked Chinese meal

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Unit Fourteen: "A tasty meal at good price"

Unit Sixteen: "Study hard and improve day by day"

Unit Seventeen: "East, west, home is best"

Unit Nineteen: "Boundless as the sea and sky"

Unit Twenty: "Live to old age; learn to old age"

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