Streetwise Mandarin Chinese by Rongrong Liao (9780071474894)

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This book presents the next best thing to a year abroad ..."Streetwise Chinese with Audio CD" offers you a unique opportunity to learn first-hand how Chinese is actually spoken. With the help of more than 25 everyday dialogues performed by native speakers, you pick up on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and vulgarisms currently used by people from all walks of life. Fascinating features help explain the cultural attitudes behind many expressions. And exercises enable you to flex your comprehension and conversational skills. It includes one 75-minute audio CD.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Greeting people; Asking how they are; Saying how you feel; Addressing each other Chapter 2: Complaining; Envy, admiration Chapter 3: Grumbling; Teasing Chapter 4: Gossiping; Disbelief; Opinions on character Chapter 5: Making friends with a girl; Flattering a girl; Self-introduction; Expressing love and affection Chapter 6: Acclaiming, praising, commending; Being proud of something; Showing affection Chapter 7: Asking and giving directions; Saving from getting lost; Asking for a person; Expressing gratitude; Making modest remarks; Making a friend Chapter 8: Issuing orders; Making a request Chapter 9: Bargaining; Complacency Chapter 10: Betting; Arguing; Boasting; Bragging Chapter 11: Taking a trip; Throwing a party Chapter 12: Worrying; Persuading, advising; Encouraging; Convincing, reasoning Chapter 13: Blaiming; Criticizing; Explaining Chapter 14: Getting angry; Advising; Comforting Chapter 15: Quarreling Answers to Exercises Indexes

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