三、林安河
四、李南川
五、李天湖
B. PLACE NAMES
Read out loud each of the following place names.
一、台湾省台东市
二、上海市
三、广西省
四、北京市
五、广东省广州市
六、四川省成都市
七、河北省
八、河南省
九、湖北省
十、湖南省
C. PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN
Read out loud each of the following expressions, thinking of the meaning as you say it.
一、河北人
二、河南省人
三、台湾省台北市人
四、山西人
五、四川人
六、香港人
七、成都市人
八、北京市人
九、天津市人
十、西安市人
D. NAMES OF STREETS AND ROADS
Read out loud the names of each of these streets or roads in mainland China and Taiwan.
一、天津街
二、台南路
三、广州街
四、湖北街
五、河北路
六、四川大街
七、香港街
八、河南街
九、台湾东路
十、湖南东街
Reading Exercises (Traditional Characters)
A. PERSONAL NAMES
Read out loud each of the following personal names.
B. PLACE NAMES
Read out loud each of the following place names.
C. PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN
Read out loud each of the following expressions, thinking of the meaning as you say it.
D. NAMES OF STREETS AND ROADS
Read out loud the names of each of these Chinese streets or roads.
Notes
B1. When mentioning a series of categories, the Chinese language always proceeds from larger or more general to smaller or more specific. That is why, in this item and several others in parts B and C, the province is mentioned before the city. This is also why, as we have already seen, Chinese people’s surnames are mentioned before their given names.
The name of a famous street in Beijing
These are titles, headlines, and other snippets of printed Chinese taken from newspapers and magazines published in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. All of the characters in them are introduced in this book. (See last page for English translations.)
UNIT 1
Greetings and Useful Phrases
COMMUNICATIVE OBJECTIVES
Once you’ve mastered this unit, you’ll be able to use Chinese to read and write:
1. Common greetings and useful phrases such as “How are you?”, “Thank you,” “Please sit down,” and “I’ll be on my way.”
2. Questions about how people are, who is or is not going where, relative heights of people from different parts of China, the difficulty of Chinese, and changes that have taken place.
3. Common Chinese surnames: “He,” “Gao,” “Li,” “Lin,” “Wang,” “Xie.”
4. Common Chinese titles: “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” “Miss,” “Ms.,” “Old Wang,” “Little Li.”
5. Chinese personal pronouns: “I,” “you,” “he,” “she,” “we,” “they.”
6. Some Chinese punctuation marks that are different from English.
PART 1
“Where Are You Going?”
New Characters and Words
Study the six characters below and the common words written with them, paying careful attention to each character’s pronunciation, meaning, and structure, as well as similar-looking characters. After you’ve studied a character, turn to the Practice Book volume and practice writing it on the practice sheet, making sure to follow the correct stroke order and direction as you pronounce it out loud and think of its meaning.