Intermediate Chinese-Reading

Abridged versions of short stories and novella written by contemporary Chinese writers reflecting everyday life of ordinary Chinese people. With original illustrations for each story and narration included with CD (mp3).

Graded Chinese Reader 3000 words (with MP3-CD) contains selected, abridged Chinese contemporary short stories in Chinese characters and pinyin.

Allgemeine Kenntnisse über die chinesische Kultur, bilingual Chinese-German.

The Besieged City - with complete coverage of pinyin. Intended for learners of Chinese as a second language, this is an abridged version of the novel by Qian Zhongshu, a renowned writer, scholar and classical Chinese expert.

Use Tomorrow's Money to Fulfil Today's Dream (用明天的钱实现今天的梦) is part of Practical Chinese Graded Reader Series (Level 3) and is suitable for learners who have learned 3,000 Chinese words or have studied for more than 1 year.

This is the 1500 words edition of the Graded Chinese Reader series tailoring for foreigner Chinese language learners at new HSK Level 4. The book can both serve as a Chinese reading textbook and also an after-school extensive reading material. It includes 6 mini-stories from China.

Using the conflicts among three generations of the Gao family as the main threads, Family exposes the darkness and decadence of the feudal society. The author relentlessly castigates the hypocritical and malicious feudal apologists such as the Venerable Masters Gao and Feng, eulogizes Gao Juehui and others of the awakening young generation who rebel against feudalism, and expresses deep sympathy for those who became victims of feudal moral ethics.

This book is an ancient Chinese poem primer for intermediate or advanced Chinese learners who like ancient Chinese literature. There are altogether 104 poems in this book, including 73 Tang poems and 31 Song poems. Most of them are five-syllable or seven-syllable quatrains. They are short and easy to understand, read and recite. Pinyin and English annotations are provided for learners to study. This book is accompanied by an MP3.

Ba Jin: Spring, Abridged Chinese Classic Series.

This book is in XX and Learn Chinese series. All the books in this series are elective courses for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL). The selected 15 popular folk tales and historical stories are well-matched with new words, explanations of language points and cultural background, exercises, key to exercises etc, among which the texts, new words, explanations of language points and introductions to the background all have the corresponding English explanations to help students enlarge their vocabulary and understand Chinese culture in a pleasant way.

Beijing Welcomes You contains 20 short articles in simplified characters with a text length of 500-750 Chinese words each. Hanyu Pinyin and English translation is provided along with the new words.

Ba Jin: Autumn, Abridged Chinese Classic Series, with MP3-CD.

In Autumn something is dying – the large feudal family has collapsed, taking with it young victims of feudal moral ethics. But something is also awakening – a new young generation, breaking with tradition, emerges from the feudal ruins.

This textbook for Chinese newspaper and periodicals reading is designed for intermediate learners with prior knowledge of about 2500 Chinese words and 1000 Chinese characters.

TIMES - Newspaper Reading Course of Intermediate Chinese is a textbook of Chinese newspaper reading intended for international students who have studied in China for a year. The textbook may be used for universities sophomores, intermediate refresher course, or short-term advanced Chinese program. Each lesson is completed in four class hours (45 minutes for each hour), and each volume is finished in one semester.

This book is suitable for those who have learned basic Chinese in full-time schools for one term or more, and master 600-800 characters and 1000 ordinary words. It is based on scientific and engineering common courses, so both scientific and engineering students can benefit from it.

This book is designed for intermediate level Chinese learners to prepare for reading Chinese newspapers and magazines. Material selection focus on fun and new ideas. Prior to the preparation of this teaching material, 130 middle-level students were asked to make questionnaires about the degree of interest in newspapers and periodicals, giving priority to the topics of interest to students, and at the same time, selected some articles that reflect the new emergence of China in recent years. New things reported, so that the textbook content is both interesting and full of new ideas.

Planting a Love Tree contains 20 short articles in simplified characters with a text length of 500-750 Chinese words each. Hanyu Pinyin and English translation is provided along with the new words.

Stories of the Chinese: Intensive Audiovisual and Reading Course of Intermediate Chinese vol. I [including textbook + DVD + MP3-CD].

Newspaper Reading is an introductory course book for those students who have finished learning the basic Chinese grammar and mastered a vocabulary of approximately 2500 words. The course consists of two volumes for one academic year.

Chinese Reading about Popular Science contains articles on biology, medicine, information technology, etc. Suitable for learners of Chinese at intermediate level. Contains many exercises. Vocabulary with English annotations. Includes 1 CD.

This book is designed for quasi-advanced level Chinese learners to prepare for reading Chinese newspapers and magazines. Material selection focus on fun and new ideas. Prior to the preparation of this teaching material, 130 quasi-advanced-level students were asked to make questionnaires about the degree of interest in newspapers and periodicals, giving priority to the topics of interest to students, and at the same time, selected some articles that reflect the new emergence of China in recent years. New things reported, so that the textbook content is both interesting and full of new ideas.

Short-Term Reading Chinese is a series of textbooks written according to the characteristics of students of short-term training courses. Focusing on improving the students’ ability in reading and comprehending Chinese texts and paragraphs, it combines intensive reading with fast reading and integrates some typical questions in HSK reading tests into the exercises. The selected texts cover a wide range of genres and styles and encompass a great number of topics and hot issues concerning all aspects of modern China so as to familiarize the students with the cultural background knowledge relevant to language learning. The series includes five volumes, namely Threshold, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced. Each volume comprises 12 lessons and each lesson is composed of two parts: intensive reading and fast reading. Both parts include new words, notes, texts and exercises. Each volume is suitable for students in a summer training course or a short-term training course of 6-10 weeks. This is the Intermediate volume, which is designed for learners who have already mastered 2,500 Chinese words.

Developing Chinese [2nd Edition] Intermediate Reading Course II.

An Intermediate Reading Chinese Course is compiled for students of elementary-intermediate Chinese level and covers many important fields of economic life in China, including consumption, foreign trade, banking, and insurance. It chooses the hottest and the most interesting economic and business topics so as to attract the students and to promote their interest in reading. The book emphasizes both common business vocabulary and reading skills, providing notes to ordinary business terms for the convenience of the learners.

TIMES - Newspaper Reading Course of Intermediate Chinese - Volume 2. For upper intermediate students of Chinese language. With answer booklet.

This is a set of books designed for a newspaper reading class. The whole set includes two volumes; each volume contains eight topics, and each topic has a main text and a supplementary text, discussions, new words, and explanations of morphemes, function words and sentence patterns.

Friends Chinese graded readers for adults, new HSK level 5 - 2500 word level with 10 short essays. The essays cover the vocabulary of new HSK level 5 and have to some extent additional words which are given at the side with pinyin and English translation. The main texts are in simplified Chinese only. There are also exercises included which are quite simple, so the answers are not given. The other titles from this series include books for adults or for kids and teenagers - in corresponding levels to new HSK 1-6. There is 1 MP3-CD included in the set.

Friends Chinese graded readers for adults, new HSK level 5 - 2500 word level with 10 short essays. The essays cover the vocabulary of new HSK level 5 and have to some extent additional words which are given at the side with pinyin and English translation. The main texts are in simplified Chinese only. There are also exercises included which are quite simple, so the answers are not given. The other titles from this series include books for adults or for kids and teenagers - in corresponding levels to new HSK 1-6. There is 1 mini-MP3-CD included in the set.

Chinese Reading about Popular Science contains articles on biology, medicine, information technology, etc. Suitable for learners of Chinese at intermediate level. Contains many exercises. Vocabulary with English annotations. Volume 2 includes 2 CDs.

Reading Chinese This Way is an exciting skill-based reading series. Each level uses 15 thematically organized reading passages to train learners to become competent and fluent readers of Chinese. With audio CD containing all readings.
 

The idioms in this series are semantically divided into two categories: “occupation” and “study”, each of which is further divided into many sub-categories. Idioms of the same sub-category are phonetically arranged. Each idiom is annotated by pinyin, English and Russian translations, with 4-6 sample sentences provided, including dialogic sample sentences. The entries, being vividly and lively, are two-color printed and marked with its’ emotional appeal, pinyin and illustrations.

Presenting news covering a great variety of topics, providing rich and interesting background information, Adopting advanced teaching mode.

Step by Step - A Course in Chinese Reading Comprehension Vol. 2. Im simplified Chinese characters only. Contains 64 lessons with one Chinese reading text of 300 - 600 characters each. With answer keys. Suitable especially for learners having reached HSK Level 3 [HSK三级水平].

Step by Step - A Course in Chinese Reading Comprehension Vol. 3. Im simplified Chinese characters only. Contains 64 lessons with one Chinese reading text of 400 - 600 characters for each lesson and plentiful exercises covering about 2-3 times the space of the reading texts - with answer keys. Suitable especially for learners having reached HSK Level 4 [HSK四级水平].

This volume includes 100 idioms, which are semantically divided into two categories: emotions and marriage. Each category is sub-divided into many sub-categories, for instance, the category of “emotions” includes idioms describing happiness, sadness, regrets, surprise, etc.; the category of “marriage” includes idioms describing love, conjugal love, marriage life, etc. The idioms in the book are annotated by pinyin, explanations and translations, with some provided with illustrations. A phonetic index is attached at the back of the book. A MP3-CD with the recording of the sample sentences is also attached.

This is a major language book in the Western Medicine subseries, including a total of 15 lessons divided according to the implicit topics and medical subjects corresponding to the “Listening and Speaking” course book. Each lesson is composed of six parts—“Learning objectives”, “Warming-up activities”, “Preparations for this lesson”, “Texts and new words”, “Post-reading activities” and “Learning of specific language skills”. Each lesson includes three texts increasing in difficulty and showing different emphases; the new words are mainly medical terms which keep appearing in the book; the part of specific language skills focuses on the learning of word-building rules of medical terms and some common sentence patterns. The book reveals the features of medical Chinese teaching from different aspects.

Friends - Chinese Graded Readers [for Adults] [Level 5]: An Unforgettable Friend [+Mini-MP3-CD].

Chinese Culture mainly teaches Chinese cultural knowledge, assisting with Chinese language teaching as well. This book pays attention to the scientific soundness of the knowledge, using a common language and a lot of images supporting the text. It is suitable for foreigners with intermediate Chinese proficiency or above or native speakers who want to learn about Chinese culture.

This book is Volume One of Read This Way series. The 4 units provide topics such as "Chinese Character, Growing Up, Family Relationships, Names", etc. Read This Way is series of Chinese reading materials prepared for intermediate Chinese learners. It is suitable for those who have learned the basic grammar of modern Chinese, and have mastered about 2,000 common words. The well designed combination of reading and exercises helps to train the students’ reading ability comprehensively, and to enlarge their vocabulary effectively. The accompanied free MP3 CD contains the recording of articles in Intensive Reading and Extensive Reading.

This book is volume 2 of Read This Way series. The 5 units provide topics such as "Marriage, Interpersonal Communications, Language, Life, Bicycle", etc.

Boya Chinese - Reading and Writing [Intermediate 1]. ISBN: 9787301299746

Boya Chinese - Reading and Writing [Intermediate 2]. ISBN: 9787301299616

This book is Volume Three of Read This Way series. The 5 units provide topics such as "work, transportation, marriage, meals, generation gap", etc.

This book is Volume Four of Read This Way series. The 5 units provide topics such as "exercise, tolerance, smoking, schools, work for the first time", etc.

The idioms in Volume 3 of this series are semantically divided into two categories: "scenery” and “appearance”, each of which is further divided into many sub-categories. Idioms of the same sub-category are phonetically arranged. Each idiom is annotated by pinyin, English and Russian translations, with 4-6 sample sentences provided, including dialogic sample sentences. The entries, being vividly and lively, are two-color printed and marked with its’ emotional appeal, pinyin and illustrations.

Liuxuesheng Hanyu Fenji Yuedu Zhinan is for Chinese students who are looking for extra reading texts on cultural education, language and ethnic groups, literature, history and geography, science and technology, arts and sports, philosophy and social sciences, and politics and economics. In each chapter, reading materials are recommended, with introductions from one-half to one page presented and sorted by difficulty of HSK levels, from level 3 (600 vocabulary), level 4 (1200 vocabulary), level 5 (2500 vocabulary), Level 6 (5000 vocabulary) and above level 6 with a vocabulary of 5000+.

Open for Business is an advanced reading course designed for students who have an advanced level of Chinese lanuage proficiency or who are in their third or fourth year of a Chinese language curriculum in the U.S: either at the undergraduate- or graduate-level. Upon finishing this textbook, students are expected to reach a higher level of proficiency in which they are able to read newspapers, magazines, or other business-related documents as well as to make business presentations or conduct business negotiations.

Dialogues about China is a series of readers targeted at Chinese language learners, deciphering the Chinese culture from all aspects. The series centers on such Chinese cultural issues as has attracted extensive attention among foreigners and answers certain questions regarding cultural exchange, blending and collision through dialogues and case analyses. The easy, popular language and splendid, lively pictures used in the series enable readers to get a clearer understanding of China and the life of Chinese people. An MP3 disk comes with the book, including the recordings of all the dialogues and short passages in the book. Readers can read the book while listening, feeling the ambience of Chinese culture. Suitable for intermediate to advanced learners who are able to read Chinese texts fluently.

China has rapidly become a world leader in high speed rail. Transportation times between many major cities have been cut: Journeys that took days now take hours.Here, we track the exciting technological developments in high speed rail and consider their cultural impact.

Friends - Chinese Graded Readers [for Kids and Teenagers] [Level 5]: Music in Nature [+MP3-CD]. Friends is a set of Chinese graded readers for non-native Chinese students, which can be used both in and out of the class for readers of all ages.

Dialogues about China is a series of readers targeted at Chinese language learners, deciphering the Chinese culture from all aspects. The series centers on such Chinese cultural issues as has attracted extensive attention among foreigners and answers certain questions regarding cultural exchange, blending and collision through dialogues and case analyses.

While many Chinese don't agree on what food is best, almost everyone loves hot pot. It is so popular that people joke that any problem could be solved over hot pot. Learn all about this delicious shared dish and find out why it has a special place in Chinese people's hearts.

Every year, millions of Chinese leave the big cities and return to their hometowns for Chinese New Year - known within China as Spring Festival. Learn why this is China's biggest festival and how it is celebrated.

Xi'an is one of China's oldest cities with rich and important history. Today, the wonderful and vibrant city is one of modern China's high-tech centers, drawing from both the present and the past to offer something truly special to locals and visitors.

Erya Chinese: Business Chinese Reading [Intermediate] is a business and trade Chinese reading course. It is intended for learners of Business Chinese who are at a pre-intermediate to intermediate level, or who are in their second year of a Chinese course at a university, or have completed the Erya Chinese: Business Chinese Reading [Elementary] course.