Welcome to Encounters：任友梅等编著的《环球汉语(汉语和中国文化学生用书1)》!The publication of this book bnngs a long。held dream to reality：it inaugurates a groundbreaking language teaching program and sets a new standard in the field oflanguage teaching Acutely attentive to the needs of today's students and teachers，the program encourages learning through approaches that are practical，communicative，culturally rich，and delightfully engaging。

Preface

Academic Committee

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Introductory Unit： "You'll pick it up fast"

Introduction to Chinese

1： Tones and numbers

FYI The neutral tone

FYI Tonal shifts （sandhi） on yi （the number one）

More on numbers

2： Chinese syllables

FYI About Chinese sounds

The initial consonants + y and w

The final vowels + n and ng

3： Poems from the Tang Dynasty （618-907 CE）

"Thoughts on a Quiet Night"

"Climbing Stork Tower"

4： Introduction to Chinese characters

Recognizing radicals

Recognizing numbers

Reading real-life texts

Radicals and numbers on signs

Unit Rap

5： Writing

Learning to write characters

一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十，火，口，木，人，山，水

CULTURAL BITS What is culture？

RECAP

Checklist of "can do" statements

Unit One："We're all one family"

Introducing yourself by nationality and background

1： Greeting people and introducing yourself

Greeting people

FYI Greetings in Chinese

FYI Other common greetings

Introducing yourself

FYI Introductions

Grammar： Personal pronouns

2： Leave-taking and more introductions

Saying goodbye

FYI Saving goodbye

GRAMMAR BITS Stative verbs · Equative verbs

Grammar： Negation

FYI More on tone sandhi： The negative adverb bu

Formal and informal speech

FYI Levels of formality

3： Talking about where you come from

GRAMMAR BITS The particle mo

Recognizing tones

Grammar： Question words nar, shenme,shei

4： Asking for and giving phone numbers

GRAMMAR BITS Review of question words

5： Expressing thanks, apologizing, and asking for clarification

Thanking and apologizing

Asking for clarification

Putting it all together

6： Reading and writing

Recognizing traditional vs. simplified characters

FYI Development of simplified characters

Recognizing radicals

Reading real-life texts

Familiar terms in signs and handwritten notes

Learning to write characters

我，你，他，们／們，好，吗／嗎，是，姓，叫，什／甚，么／麽，名，字，请／請，谢／謝，再，见／見，对／對，不，起

Writing a note

Exchanging names with a classmate

CULTURAL BITS Introductions, greetings, and goodbyes

RECAP

Grammar

Stative verbs · Equative verbs · Question words · Plurals · Particles ma and ne

Adverbs · Possessive marker de · Negation with bu

Checklist of "can do" statements

Unit Two："Friends from the start"

Unit Three： "Don't leave before I arrive"

Unit Four："If only we had met sooner"

Unit Five："Family and friends"

Unit Six："Happy at home and work"

Unit Seven： "Meeting our needs"

Unit Eight："Early to bed, early to rise..."

Unit Nine： "You get what you pay for"

Unit Ten："Good quality at a low price"

REFERENCE SECTION

Chinese-English Glossary

English-Chinese Glossary

Credits

Chinese Place Names