Current Affairs English Conversation

Author: Bao Fanyi, Editor-in-Chief
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Speak of China in English: The Olympics in China, anti-fraud campaigns, college student employment, intellectual property protection, AIDS prevention, education system reform, anti-corruption efforts, securities market, etc. Especially suitable for government officials and foreign affairs personnel learning English. The book adopts a dialogue format with annotations on key vocabulary. Recordings by American language teaching experts facilitate listening and speaking practice.
The English speaking materials we currently encounter often have two weaknesses: First, the content is all about foreigners' affairs, offering insufficient opportunities to express topics we care about or are closer to daily life. The second issue is that the content we study in English often has a significant gap from our intellectual level, such as sentences like "Mary drinks coffee instead of tea" or "John often exercises." While beginners must start with simple sentences and content, if year after year, the material we encounter remains distant from our thoughts and real lives, we are prone to losing interest.
To address this problem, this book helps readers speak of China in English, covering topics such as the Olympics in China, anti-fraud campaigns, college student employment, intellectual property protection, AIDS prevention, education system reform, anti-corruption efforts, and the securities market. The book adopts a "conversation" format, with question-and-answer dialogues, making it easier to master. Some dialogues are responses to questions from foreign journalists, others from foreign officials, while some are casual chats with foreigners. The format is lively, the language vivid, and the content highly engaging.