Current Affairs Topics _ English Conversation

Author: Bao Fanyi, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Speak of China and Chinese Affairs in English: The Olympics in China, Anti-Fraud Campaigns, Graduate Employment, Intellectual Property Protection, AIDS Prevention and Control, Education System Reform, Anti-Corruption, 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 are included for listening and speaking practice.
The English speaking textbooks we currently encounter often have two weaknesses: First, the content is all about foreigners' affairs, with no sufficient opportunities to express topics we care about or are relevant to daily life. The second issue is that the content we study often has a significant gap from our intellectual level, such as sentences like "Mary drinks coffee instead of tea" or "John often exercises." Although 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 likely to become discouraged.
To address this problem, this book helps readers speak of China and Chinese affairs in English, including topics like the Olympics in China, anti-fraud campaigns, graduate employment, intellectual property protection, AIDS prevention and control, education system reform, anti-corruption, and the securities market. The book adopts a "dialogue" format, with question-and-answer interactions, making it easier to master. Some dialogues are responses to questions from foreign journalists, others are answers to questions from foreign officials, and some are casual conversations with foreigners. The format is lively, the language vivid, and the content highly engaging.