EAN: 9780887274749
Start Business Chinese 1. Textbook (Codice per il download degli audio incluso)
ISBN: 978-0-88727-474-9 // ISBN: 9780887274749
Anno di edizione: 2005
Casa editrice: Cheng & Tsui
Numero di pagine: 344
Lingua: inglese. cinese
Paese di origine: Stati Uniti
Libro di testo del primo livello della serie di libri di cinese per il business, pensato per coloro che iniziano a studiare il cinese seza nessuna nozione acquisita precedentemente.
Descrizione della serie in inglese:
Designed for those with no prior knowledge of Chinese, Startup Business Chinese: An Introductory Course for Professionals escorts readers through daily business and social situations encountered by executives doing business in and with China.
Level 1's storyline is centered on a foreign executive's business trip to China, and deals with visiting a factory, dining out, making appointments, thanking hosts, and more.
Level 2 continues the storyline as the executive relocates to China to live and work, and deals with travel plans, setting up an office, communicating with colleagues, accessing the Internet and other publications, finding an apartment and international school, and seeing the doctor.
Level 1 is in simplified characters only. Level 2 includes traditional characters in the textbooks' vocabulary lists, and presents traditional character versions of the dialogues in addition to simplified character versions.
Descrizione del prodotto in inglese:
The Startup Business Chinese, Level 1 textbook comprises 12 units covering basic daily corporate interactions and business-related social exchanges.
Each unit starts with a brief introduction describing the setting and learning objectives for that chapter, then moves on to two situational dialogues, two vocabulary lists, and a sentence pattern and grammar section. All the dialogues, grammar, and vocabulary are designed for beginners, and emphasize business communication: negotiating, socializing, and establishing and maintaining good relationships. Beyond language acquisition, each lesson provides students with extensive cultural points to help navigate cultural differences in business and daily life. Level 1 covers over 600 vocabulary words.
The textbook includes one WMA audio CD containing over 290 minutes of listening material. The recordings feature native Chinese speakers reciting dialogues, vocabulary words, and example sentences from the textbook. To learn more about WMA files, click here.
A separate workbook contains corresponding practice exercises. The Startup Business Chinese course is in simplified characters and pinyin.
Contenuti:
Tables and Figures | xi |
Preface | xiii |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction to the Chinese Language | xvi |
Introduction to Numbers in Chinese | xl |
Useful Expressions | xlii |
List of Abbreviations | xliv |
Unit 1 问好 |
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Wènhǎo |
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Greetings | 1 |
Unit 1.1 Exchanging Names | 2 |
Unit 1.2 Exchanging Greetings | 11 |
Unit 2 介绍 |
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Jièshào |
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Introductions | 23 |
Unit 2.1 Meeting the Company Manager | 24 |
Unit 2.2 Getting to Know the Company Staff | 34 |
Unit 3 家庭 |
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Jiātíng |
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Family | 49 |
Unit 3.1 Marital Status and Family | 50 |
Unit 3.2 Family Members and Relatives | 64 |
Unit 4 公司 |
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Gōngsī |
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The Company | 71 |
Unit 4.1 Company Type | 72 |
Unit 4.2 Company Size | 79 |
Unit 5 询问 |
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Xúnwèn |
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Inquiries | 89 |
Unit 5.1 Inquiring about Someone's Whereabouts | 90 |
Unit 5.2 Inquiring after Someone's Profession | 101 |
Unit 6 约见 |
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Yuējiàn |
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Making Appointments | 113 |
Unit 6.1 Setting up an Appointment | 114 |
Unit 6.2 Rescheduling an Appointment | 128 |
Unit 7 访问 |
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Fǎngwèn |
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Visiting | 139 |
Unit 7.1 Visiting a Company for the First Time | 140 |
Unit 7.2 Introducing Products and Plants | 157 |
Unit 8 晚餐 |
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Wǎncān |
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Dining | 165 |
Unit 8.1 Dining Invitations | 166 |
Unit 8.2 Dining Etiquette | 176 |
Unit 9 应酬 |
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Yìngchou |
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Social Events | 187 |
Unit 9.1 Nightlife | 188 |
Unit 9.2 Cultural Events | 201 |
Unit 10 出门 |
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Chū mén |
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Going Out | 215 |
Unit 10.1 Asking Directions from Taxi Drivers | 216 |
Unit 10.2 Asking Directions from Pedestrians | 228 |
Unit 11 购物 |
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Gòuwù |
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Shopping | 239 |
Unit 11.1 Places for Purchasing Gifts | 240 |
Unit 11.2 Gifts for Others | 254 |
Unit 12 话别 |
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Huàbié |
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Farewells | 265 |
Unit 12.1 Showing Gratitude | 266 |
Unit 12.2 Good-byes and Future Plans | 277 |
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Appendices |
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1. English Translations of the Dialogues | 287 |
2. Key World Capitals | 295 |
3. Major Business Provinces in China | 297 |
4. Major Business Cities in China | 299 |
5. Chinese-English Wordlist | 301 |
6. English-Chinese Wordlist | 319 |
7. Index of Sentence Patterns | 343 |
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