Colloquial Chinese - The Complete Course for Beginners (gnv64) torrent

Colloquial Chinese - The Complete Course for Beginners (Revised 1st Ed)
by Kan Qian
Routledge | 1999 | ISBN-10: 0415113865 | scanned PDF | x+345 pages | 37.2 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Chinese-Complete-Course-Beginners/dp/0415434157

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes COLLOQUIAL CHINESE your best choice in personal language learning?

Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear – concise grammar notes
Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete – including answer key and reference section

Whether you're a business traveller, or about to take up a daring challenge in adventure tourism, you may be studying to teach or even looking forward to a holiday - if you'd like to get up and running with Chinese this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations

About the Author
Kan Qian is Lecturer in Chinese at the Open University.

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Chu ci jianmian - Meeting someone for the first time 17
2 Xingming, guoji he nianling - Name, nationality and age 34
3 Zai gongsi de juhui shang - At a company party 52
4 Wen shijian - Asking the time 69
5 Jiaren he pengyou - Family and friends 88
6 Riqi he tianqi - The date and the weather 108
7 Mai dongxi (I) - Shopping (I) 124
8 Mai dongxi (II) - Shopping (II) 140
9 Zai canguan - At the restaurant 159
10 Wen lu - Asking for directions 178
11 Mai qiche piao he huoche piao - Buying bus and train tickets 195
12 Zai tandian - At the hotel 209
13 oa dianhua - Making telephone calls 221
14 Shejiao - Socializing 236
15 Haiwai laixln - Letter from abroad 253
Grammar summary 265
Key to the exercises and reading/listening comprehension questions 275
Chinese-English glossary (in both pinyin and character) 300
English-Chinese glossary 315
Appendix A: useful signs 324
Appendix B: additional useful expressions (in both pinyin and character) 328
Appendix C: table of the combinations of the initials and finals in Putonghua 330
Appendix D: English translation of dialogues from Lesson 6 to Lesson 15 332
Index to grammar and cultural notes 341