地道汉语

出版时间：2002-8  出版社：北京语言文化大学出版社  作者：(美)Gerald Scott Klayman，  页数：357  
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内容概要

　　Urban Chinese is broken down into five sections. The first section， Pinyin and Tones， provides the reader training wheels for learning Chinese. Based upon standard American English， the pinyin component will present similarities to which speakers of English can relate. The tones section will outline and explain the tones of Chinese， providing tips and practice exercises.　　Section Two， Radicals， reveals the logic and meanings of the most commonly used radicals， the components that are mixed and matched like puzzle pieces to form Chinese characters.　　The third section， Category Usage Dictiomory， provides the most frequently used words on topics such as the body， business， cabs and directions， colors， countries and country leaders， education， electronics， emotions and feelings， foods and restaurants， hobbies， holidays， language study， telling time， vehicles， weather and Chinese zodiac signs.　　Learning the stories behind Chinese idioms is a great way of deepening your understanding of the Chinese culture while also expanding your vocabulary. In Section Four， Idioms， the background stories of 25 idioms are told along with an example sentence that will enable the student to use the idiom in public discourse.　　Section Five， Slang， will provide the student with the."real" language that is not printed in textbooks， but is said as much as， if not more than， the material that is.Each entry has undergone a usage test. Only if a majority of the people questioned use the word， was it selected. Examples with the“Chinglish”formula are used to guarantee the student complete understanding and usage.　　Lastly， throughout the book， there are backgrounds and words of some of Chinas most commonly referenced personages including Lei Feng， Da Shan， Norman Bethune， etc.，which will give the reader a basic understanding of why these persons are brought up today.

作者简介

　　GeraId Scott Klayman came to Beijing in the summer of 1998 to do an internship for an international consu1ting firm.Through his worlx he realized that China s economy was full of potential， but that he needed to learn Chinese， as well as possess a deep understanding of the Chinese culture in order to efficiently operate in Chinas business environment. As a result he embarked on a sojourn that he thought would take six months， but lasted two and a half years. During this time he immersed himself into the Chinese culture， living and working with Chinese. Gerald also conducted research into the social， economic and political issues facing Beijing cabdrivers that became the basis for his Honors thesis.

书籍目录

I 　Pinyn(拼音)II 　Radicals(部首)III Measure Words(量词)IV “Chinglish” KeyV 　Category Dictionary(分类词典)Hobbies(爱好)Numbers(数字)Time and Calendar(时间与日期)Weather (天气)Family and Addressing People(家庭与称呼)Holidays(节日)Chinese Zodiac(生肖)Emotions(情感)Human (A)Body Parts(身体部位)Colors(颜色)Clothing(衣服)Foods(食物)Beverages (饮料)Restaurants(餐馆)Vehicles(交通工具)Cabs and Directions(出租车与问路)Education(教育)Electronics(电器)Business(商务)Countries(国家)Country Leaders(国家元首)Language Studies(语言学习)VI 　　Personages (人物)Vll 　Idioms(成语)Vlll 　Slang(俚语)

章节摘录

　　Regardless of how you break it down, studying Chinese is an overly daunting task. When people invest their time to study, they want to know that the material that they are struggling to learn is used in public discourse. Over the past two and a half years, I have had access to a cross section of Chinese life. I have lived with two young Chinese professionals; had Chinese classmates, tutors and friends with whom I spent time on both formal and informal occasions; worked in an all-Chinese professional services firm; taught English to students aged 6-50; and conversed with my older generation neighbors on a regular basis. Due to this complete immersion, I have been able to capture the contemporary nuances of urban Chinese. Urban Chinese: Mandarin in 21st century China is a compilation of my notes which will give the reader the vocabulary, and more saliently the usage necessary to effectively operate in 21st Century China.　　I started studying Chinese in the fall of 1998. At that time, like most foreigners, the characters, tones, pronunciation, etc. overwhelmed me. What I did to overcome these obstacles was subconsciously develop word association techniques that facilitated my learning process, utilizing Chinese strong logic, based on my native language English, After all, when studying a foreign language, one cannot help but use their mother tongue as a base, at least in the beginning stage, By breaking down the meaning of each individual character, words became easier to learn, as I was not memorizing a word, but an idea. These mnemonics also proved helpful when learning grammar.　　Throughout the course of my studies, I have been a very diligent note taker. If I heard a new word, I would write it down and the next time I met with my tutor, we would go over how I could apply it into my everyday vocabulary. Indeed, these techniques have made it possible for me to attain a high level of proficiency; something that I thought would never happen when I commenced my studies. In fact, a Chinese language teacher at Tsinghua University learned of my experience and invited me to lecture on the very techniques introduced here.　　I began working on this project after a few of my classmates expressed their dissatisfaction with their Chinese learning materials, and suggested that I explore the options of publishing my notes. My sincere hope and belief is that Urban Chinese will satisfy their and your demands.　　　　Gerald Scott Klayman　　Beijing, 2001

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