Ni Hao Level 4: Chinese Language Course Advanced Level

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Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................ iii Map of China ....................................................................................................... vi d6

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! (Back to school) ..................................................... 1

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!=Time flies ................................................................................................................... 1 (holiday activities, friendship, family relationships, sunsmart )

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!=The best candidate.................................................................................. 5 (Chinese surnames, personalities, student leadership)

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!"#=Busy as a bee ................................................................................ 9 (extracurricular activities, school events)

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=Always on the net ................................................................................. 13 (computers, internet, e-mail, websites)

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 !"#=(A friend from afar) .................................... 25 k8

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! " Extremely polite .......................................................................... 25 (hospitality, social etiquette, impression of a place)

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!=In Rome do as Romans do ................................................................... 29 (drinking and eating habits, foods in Australia and China)

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!"=A hearty meal................................................................................... 33 (barbecue, recycling)

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!"=Everything is fine ............................................................................ 37 (student behaviour, daily routine, environmental protection, places of interest)

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 ! (Earning pocket money) ....................................... 49 g9n ju* zh&n h9o

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!=Feeling great ......................................................................................... 49 (part-time jobs, job advertising)

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!=Really unbearable ................................................................................. 53 (work environment—work place, boss, customers—good & bad)

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!"=A long hesitation .............................................................................. 57 (shopping, fashion, decision making)

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!"#=Not surprised at all ...................................................................... 61 (farewell parties, an exchanged study)

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 !"# (Young people’s world) .............................. 73 m*i sh*n me d0 b2 li9o

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!"# Not a big deal .............................................................................. 73 (boyfriend/girlfriend, personal judgement, parent’s opinion)

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!=Just for fun ............................................................................................................... 77 (health—smoking, drugs)

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!"=A little dilemma ................................................................................................ 81 (fashion trends, peer pressure, generation gap)

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!"=Unpleasant happenings .................................................................... 85 (social issues, youth in China)

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 Appendices

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Appendix 1: Words and expressions, Chinese-English .............................................. 97 Appendix 2: Words and expressions, English-Chinese ............................................ 109 Appendix 3: Characters learnt in
 1~4 .............................................................. 117