Beijing's Courtyards and Other Stories by Chi Yu - First Edition, 2011 from Macmillan Student Store

Beijing's Courtyards and Other Stories

First  Edition©2011  Chi Yu

About

Beijing’s Courtyards and Other Stories is part of the four-level Tian Tian Zhongwen series, a carefully graded Mandarin Chinese language reader series for upper-elementary to upper-intermediate Chinese language learners. The book contains a selection of 20 colorful and enjoyable stories and articles on a wide range of topics, including modern China, ancient fables, history, culture, and lifestyle. The stories will help students increase their comfort with Chinese reading and improve Simplified Chinese character recognition through meaningful and stimulating contexts.

Table of Contents

1. Beijing’s courtyards
2. A beautiful Jasmine flower
3. Chinese tea etiquette
4. Grinding iron into a needle
5. The clever prince
6. Snack booths in Hong Kong
7. The one-dollar car
8. Cooking is good for men
9. New year pictures
10. A letter to my mother
11. Sanlitun
12. Why is there no cat in the Chinese zodiac
13. April fool’s day
14. A lucky cleaner
15. The grass is always greener on the other side
16. Cracking codes
17. My first pay packet
18. Ping Pong: a national passion
19. The evolution of “three important items”
20. A tale of playing go

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