Common Chinese Patterns 330

Chen Ru

ISBN 10: 7802006473 / ISBN 13: 9787802006478

Published by Sinolingua, 2010

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An absorbing military thriller . . . plenty of suspense. --Publishers Weekly Former US Ambassador to the Ukraine Douglas Flannery meets with an old friend and former spy near New York's South Street Seaport. She is seeking his help to thwart a Russian plan to overrun her native Ukraine, but those for whom she is working propose an infinitely more dangerous scheme, one that could draw in NATO forces and possibly ignite World War III. Moments later, as she jogs along the East River, her throat is slashed. Within hours, Op-Center learns of the killing and alarm bells go off. Director Chase Williams and his team have been following events as both Ukraine, her NATO allies, and Russia rapidly deploy forces in a dangerous game of brinksmanship. But the secret that Flannery has learned threatens to take the looming battle to a whole new and very lethal level. Using cutting edge techniques of cyber warfare and spycraft, Op-Center must respond to the rapidly unfolding crisis before the U.S. is forced to take sides in a conflict that could change history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Chinese Patterns 330
• Publisher: Sinolingua
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7802006473
• ISBN 13: 9787802006478
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

The Chinese language can be quite confusing to new learners because there is a large number of grammatical phenomena in the language where some words are always used together with others, forming a set structure or collocation which gives a specific meaning. Since these expressions are of a set structure, people usually call them ""set patterns"". This book is a compilation of common set patterns in the Chinese language designed to facilitate students' study.

To help students learn these patterns faster, understand them more accurately and use them skillfully, this book has compiled 3,300 example sentences for the 330 patterns selected for the book. Each pattern is presented in its own section comprised of four parts: Explanation, Examples, Dialogues and Exercises. The Explanations are written to be as concise as possible and usages mentioned in the Explanations are the ones that are most commonly met, and are covered in the Examples and Dialogues, enabling learners to understand and master the expression more quickly. This also makes this book a valuable resource for teachers' reference and use. Examples are intentionally made easy or difficult, and some are idioms or set phrases, so as to arouse learners' interest and enhance their reading and speaking abilities.

This can be a students' book and can be a tool for teachers.