Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 4 [1100 Word Level]: The Competitor. ISBN: 9787301289914

ISBN-10: 7-30-128991-X, 730128991X
ISBN-13: 978-7-30-128991-4, 9787301289914
English Title: Chinese Breeze: The Competitor
Level: Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 4 (1100 word level)
Chinese Title: 汉语风 - 中文分级系列读物 - 第4级 (1100词级): 竞争对手 (jingzheng duishou)
Binding: softcover
Pages: 108
Shipping Weight: 210g
Size: 140mm x 203mm
Language: simplified Chinese, new words additionally in pinyin and English 
Year of Publication: 2017
Publisher: Peking University Press

The Competitor, Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 4 (1100 Word Level). With online audio stream: scan the QR-Code from the back of the book with your mobile device to get the audio.

To check if a reader of this series is at your reading level, try to read the following introduction of the story. If the introduction is comprehensible, you will have the ability to understand the full story of this book. Otherwise check other volumes of Chinese Breeze at a different level.

方新开发的中文软件在北科电脑公司的支持下正卖得好，他的前妻回国了，代表美国一家公司，要求跟他合作，说可以出很多钱。方新没有答应。

那可是一家非常有名的大公司啊，他为什么不答应呢?

很快，工作上发生了一些非常奇怪的事，方新的前妻还把事情闹到了法院 (fayuan - court)。

这时候，一直很爱方新的妻子对他的态度也发生了变化，方新感到工作和生活都很困难。

那么，他是怎么解决这些困难的？他的前妻和妻子后来怎么样了……?

Under the auspices of the Beike Corporation, Fang Xin’s software had met with great success in the Chinese market. It was at this time that his ex-wife Xie Hong returned from the U.S., with an investment and partnership offer from her company in tow. Despite knowing the fame and power of the company behind her, Fang Xin refused. Soon, piece by piece, his life fell apart. First a lawsuit from Xie Hong, then a growing mistrust from his wife Xiaoyue. Fang Xin had little choice but to claw his way out of the slow hell his life had become.

Contents 目录
1. 大公司伸出帮助的手
A major company offers their help
2. 她从美国回来了
She returns from America
3. 软件升级计划
The software upgrade plan
4. 外国公司的女领导
The foreign company’s female head
5. 合作没有办法进行
There is no way to cooperate
6. 生日之夜的电话
A birthday phone call
7. 谁是抄袭者?
Who is the plagiarist?
8. 真相到底是什么?
What is the truth?
在法院见面
9. Meeting in court
春天还有多远
10. When will the spring come again?
生词表
Vocabulary list
练习
Exercises
练习答案
Answer keys to the exercises

About Chinese Breeze (Hànyǔ Fēng)
Chinese Breeze (Hànyǔ Fēng) is a large and innovative Chinese graded reader series which offers over 60 titles of enjoyable stories at eight language levels. It is designed for college and secondary school Chinese language learners from beginning to advanced levels (including AP Chinese students), offering them a new opportunity to read for pleasure and simultaneously developing real fluency, building confidence, and increasing motivation for Chinese learning.

Hànyǔ Fēng has the following main features:

• Eight carefully graded levels increasing from 8,000 to 30,000 characters in length;
• Wide choice of topics, including detective, adventure, romance, fantasy, science fiction, society, biography, legend etc. to meet the diverse interests of adult and young learners; 
• Careful selection of most useful vocabulary for actual communication in modern standard Chinese; 
• Carefully controlled distribution of vocabulary, highly recycled base words in various contexts;
• Easy to understand, low new word density, and convenient new word glosses and indexes. In lower level readers, new word density is limited to 1.5 - 2%. All new words are conveniently glossed with footnotes upon first apperance;
• Mostly original stories crafted by professional writers teamed with pedagogical experts;
• Attractive plots;
• Authentic and engaging language;
• Fully illustrated texts with appealing layouts;
• A variety of activities with answer keys;
• With online audio stream with two (normal and slow) speed choices.