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Ni Hao is a complete Chinese language course for beginning students of upper
primary to senior secondary schools. There are five levels in the series and each
level includes the following:
Textbook- Chinese Language Course- features daily language in various
topics and settings. The text is richly illustrated and the language is structured,
accumulative and reinforced.
Student workbook- contains a variety of tasks and activities using all four
communication skills.
Audio cassettes/CO - includes all language sections in the book and the
listening comprehension sections in the workbook.
Teacher's handbook - provides notes, activity ideas, and materials t.hat can be
reproduced for class use such as worksheets and flashcards.
CD-ROM game software- allows students to revise the use of language in
different settings, to use the mouse to write characters in the correct stroke order,
and to challenge their memory in phrases and characters.
Language lab software- allows students to interact while listening, repeating or
role-playing. Students' voice can be recorded and replayed.

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Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................... iii

Map of China ........................................................................................................ vi

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( 1) What subjects do you have? (2) I hate math (3) How did you do in the test?

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(1) Which class are you in? (2) How long have you studied Chinese?

(3) Can I borrow your book? (4) When is the homework due?

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(How to get to) ................................................................ 28

(1) Do you walk to school? (2) Where do you live? (3) How do I get there?

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(1) What's good on TV? (2) Two movie tickets (3) Busy weekends

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(Revision I) .................................................... :......... 56

( 1) Letter to a friend (2) Letter to a relative

(3) A little note (4) Language functions

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(1) Do we look alike? (2) Am I fat? (3) This is me

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(Traveling) ....................................................................... 74

( 1) Holiday plans (2) What to bring (3) Itinerary

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(1) I am notfeeling well (2) Taking sick leave (3) I amfeeling better

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( 1) An invitation (2) The best birthday present (3) Dawei 's diary

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(Revision II) ..... :..................................................... 112

(I) An entry in Xiaoming 's blog (2) An entry in Dawei 's blog
(3) An entry in Lanlan's blog (4) Language Functions

Appendices .................. ........................ ............................................................... 117

( 1) Words and expressions (Chinese-English) (2) Words and expressions (English-Chinese)

(3) List of Radicals (4) Characters Learnt in Ni Hao 1-3 (5) Learn to write

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Asking what subjects someone has

To ask What subjects do you have today? say f%1\~:::R:ffft.Z.i*? To answer, replace ft .Z.il
with the subjects.
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Asking the subject of a period

To state a period of the day, use ~ -

11 for the first period, ~ = 11 for the second period, or

_t - 11 for the previous period and r - 11 for the next period. To ask What subject do you
have in period two? say f%1\~=11 ~ft.Z. i*? To answer, replace ft.Z. i* with the subject.

Something about Pinyin

In 1{]\ M 1 and 1{]\ M 2, Pinyin is placed on top of the word. In 1{]\ !lf 3, it is placed
on top of each individual character. This is to minimize the dependency on Pinyin
for characters that have been learned. In 1{]\% 2, we also learned that sometimes
a character in a word is said in a neutral tone, rather than its original tone. In this
case, the pinyin is displayed in its original tone in 1{]\% 3 for easy learning, but
marked with a blue dot to remind you to say it in a neutral tone. e.g.

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and math, and ~ffi)i@ xlbao, ceJI, is used for someone good at arts, music and sports.

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adv. only; [zhi- measure word for dogs, birds etc.]

zhunbei

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Chinese high school students study common subjects such as Chinese, math and foreign
languages until year eleven when they choose to focus on either science or arts according
to their future study plans. Those who choose science have a heavier focus on physics,
chemistry and biology, whereas those who choose arts have a heavier focus on history,
geography and politics. The past few years has seen a trend in changing this division to
allow students a wider choice of cross-discipline study.
c;__, Chinese painting

The art of Chinese painting is related to the art of calligraphy. The tools for painting are the
calligraphy brush and ink. As in other civilizations, early paintings were mainly of human
activities and animals for the purpose of communication, moral teachings and religious
belief. By as early as the lOth century, Chinese painting started serving a more decorative
purpose.
Chinese painters are scholars and masters of calligraphy. They liken the natural scenery to
their spiritual mind apart from worldly affairs. This aspect is displayed in typical paintings
showing people in very small scale doing activities within a massive mountain and river
landscape. This type of painting is called ~ J]<.. &t shanshul hua, mountain-water painting.
Two other popular types of painting are 1til, &t huaniao hua, flower-bird painting, and A.Ah
&t renwu hua, character painting. Two styles, impressionistic
and realistic, are created using distinctive Chinese brush
techniques. The former uses simple and few lines, as in the
grass style .:f. .:fj caoshO in calligraphy, while the latter uses
complex and detailed lines.
Unlike traditional western painting that uses a harder brush
and shading to create three-dimensional realistic imagery,
Chinese painting is plain in layout. Poems or the painter's
notations are often inscribed. Paintings are on paper or silk
and are mounted onto a scroll, which can be either rolled
up for storage or unrolled for hanging. Very long scrolls are
unrolled horizontally for viewing.
An artist's re-creation of "Walking with a Stick" by
Shen Zhou (1427-1509). The small scale of the person
is characteristic of the mountain-water painting.