Hello: Practical conversations for home, school, socializing, and travel

Author: Yi Ke
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Publish Date: 1990-01-01
Features: This textbook is designed for foreign teenagers with a middle school education level who are beginners in learning Chinese. It is divided into four parts: "Family," "School," "Social," and "Travel," with twelve lessons in each part, making a total of forty-eight lessons in the book. The content includes the family and school life of teenagers, as well as social activities. Additionally, the book introduces the traditional morals, history, culture, and famous scenic spots of the Chinese nation. The book contains a total of 600 basic sentence patterns and approximately 2,000 words. Each lesson is divided into five sections: Text, New Words, Word Explanations, Exercises, and Additional Words. To facilitate self-study, the New Words, Word Explanations, and Additional Words are all translated into English. The Text, New Words, and Additional Words are accompanied by Pinyin, and words with tone changes are marked with their original tones in the New Words and tone changes in the Text. Hello—Practical Conversations for Family, School, Social, and Travel selects common sentence patterns used in daily life. The texts consist of situational dialogues and short narrative passages, summarizing the basic grammar and structural patterns of Chinese. The Word Explanations focus on function and application, while the exercises highlight the key and challenging points of each lesson. The language in the book is standardized, and the content is both scientifically sound and engaging, aiming to quickly develop and improve the listening and speaking skills of beginners in learning Chinese.