From a Layman to a Professional - Practical Chinese Graded Reader Series [Level 2 - 1000 Word Level]. ISBN: 7561922620, 9787561922620

English Title: From a Layman to a Professional
Chinese Title: 从“一窍不通”到“胸有成竹”
Series: Practical Chinese Graded Reader Series (实用汉语分级阅读丛书)
ISBN-10: 7-5619-2262-0, 7561922620
ISBN-13: 978-7-5619-2262-0, 9787561922620
Binding: softcover
Pages: 175
Shipping Weight: 330g
Size: 220mm x 170mm
Language: simplified Chinese, pinyin, English, Japanese, Korean
Publisher: BLCU Press 
Target Group: elementary to intermediate, knowledge of 1000 Chinese words, trains reading skill and Chinese idioms

From a Layman to a Professional (从“一窍不通”到“胸有成竹”) is part of Practical Chinese Graded Reader Series (Level 2) and is suitable for learners who have learned 1,000 Chinese words or have studied for more than 6 months.

This book has altogether 25 articles, all of which are about Chinese idioms. Arranged in chronological order, all the selected idioms are about the events or people that are against detailed and thorough historical settings.

The suggested time for reading each story and the number of words in each story are given. In addition to the annotations in pinyin, English, Korean and Japanese for the new words, the corresponding pinyin is also provided for all the stories. Three columns are designed after the story. In the first part, “Have you understood it”?, four questions are raised to check how well the learners read; in the second part, “Can you use it?”, two sample sentences on how to use this idiom are given, the purpose of which is to help learners master the usage of the idiom. The third part, “Synonym idioms”, helps students to learn by associating this word with other words. Annotated in Korean and Japanese, all the new words are indexed in the last part of the book to facilitate learners.

This book is 17cm*22cm in size. It is dual-color printed with funny illustrations and lively format, which will make you have a good time when reading it.

本书是《实用汉语分级阅读丛书》系列之一，属于乙级读本，供汉语水平达到HSK3-5级，已有词汇量达到1000个，学习汉语时间在半年以上的学习者课后阅读或自学使用。 　　

本书共25篇，内容均为汉语成语故事，所收成语均来自具有较为翔实历史背景的事件或人物故事，并按照故事发生的时间顺序编排。每篇故事前给出了限时阅读的参考时间以及该故事的字数。文中为生词配有拼音及英文、韩文、日文注释，并配有全文的拼音对照文本。故事后设有三个小栏目：（1）“你看懂了吗？”每篇提出4个问题，检验学习者的阅读效果；（2）“你会用了吗？”每篇给出使用该成语的2个具体例句，帮助学习者掌握成语的实际使用方法；（3）“近义成语”，有助学生达到联想学习的效果。全书最后还提供了生词的韩文、日文注释和全部生词索引，为学习者提供最大限度的便利。

本书小16开本设计，双色印刷，配以幽默的插图，版式活泼，能够让学习者体会到丰富的阅读乐趣。