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Developing Writing Skills in Chinese
About This Book
Developing Writing Skills in Chinese has been devised for post-intermediate students who need to write Chinese in the course of their life, work or study.
Each unit covers a specific style of writing and is reinforced with a rich selection of model texts. All texts are followed by supporting notes examining the formats, styles, grammar structures or special phrases featured. A wide variety of exercises are featured throughout, and each unit concludes with a helpful glossary given in Chinese characters, pinyin and English translations. An answer key is also included in the back of the book.
The following writing styles and genres are covered:
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- Personal correspondence—greetings and condolences, explanations and apologising, making arrangements and keeping in touch
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- Formal writing—announcements and adverts, letters of enquiry and application, business correspondence, developing an argument, facts and data
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- Narration—story narratives, reporting speech, exemplifying and summarising
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- Description and comparison—outlining people's characters, physical attributes and appearance, places and weather
This new edition has been comprehensively revised and updated throughout. It includes a brand-new chapter on narratives and there is new coverage of digital communication methods such as text messages and emails. An additional English-Chinese glossary is also available for free download at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415678896/
Developing Writing Skills in Chinese will help students to write coherently, clearly and appropriately in a variety of contexts. It is suitable for both classroom and self-study use.
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Chinese-English glossary
爱不释手 | ài bú shishǒu | cannot put down | 12.1 |
爱戴 | àidài | to love and respect/admire | 12.1 |
哀悼 | āidào | condolences | 1.5 |
爱护 | àihù | to take good care of | 9.2 |
爱慕 | àimù | admiration; affection | 10.2, 12.1 |
爱情 | àiqíng | love | 7.2 |
矮人 | ǎirén | short people | 7.2 |
爱上 | àishang | to fall in love | 7.2 |
唉声叹气 | āi shēng tàn qì | to sigh in despair | 12.4 |
矮小 | ǎixiǎo | small and short | 7.2 |
安 | ān | to fix; to install; to lay | 9.2 |
暗示 | ànshì | to hint; to imply | 7.2 |
安慰 | ānwèi | to comfort; to console | 6, 12.7 |
暗喻 | ànyù | metaphor | 9.2 |
懊悔 | àohuǐ | to feel remorse and regret | 12.7 |
熬夜 | áoyè | to stay up all night | 7.1 |
捌* | bā | eight | 4.3.2 |
佰* | bǎi | hundred | 4.3.2 |
百年夫妻 | bǎi nián fūqī | to be husband and wife for a hundred y... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Unit One Cards
- Unit Two Notes and text messages
- Unit Three Personal correspondence and emails
- Unit Four Announcements, small ads and others
- Unit Five Formal correspondence
- Unit Six Narratives
- Unit Seven Reporting
- Unit Eight Exemplification, reformulation and summary
- Unit Nine Comparison and contrast, simile and metaphor
- Unit Ten Procedure, process and development
- Unit Eleven Descriptions of people's physical attributes
- Unit Twelve Descriptions of people's emotional attributes
- Unit Thirteen Descriptions of people's disposition and moral attributes
- Unit Fourteen Descriptions of people's movements and actions
- Unit Fifteen Descriptions of places and the weather
- Unit Sixteen Business correspondence
- Answer key to closed exercises (displayed upside down)
- Chinese-English glossary