PartⅠ 3
Unit 1 China 3
Text A Facts about China 3
Text B Beijing 13
Reading Materials 16
The History of China 16
The Offspring of the Dragon 17
Unit 2 People in China 20
Text A Chinese Language and Characters 20
Text B China's National Minorities 26
Chinese Names 31
Reading Materials 31
Chinese Folklore 33
Unit 3 Realities of Modern China 36
Text A Science Is Changing People's Life 36
Text B Historical and Tremendous Changes in Rural Area 41
Reading Materials 46
Fashion in China 46
Science and Technology in China 48
Unit 4 Chinese Cuisine 51
Text A Chinese Cuisine 51
Text B Chinese Tea and Wine 58
Reading Materials 63
Beijing Roast Duck 63
Food Etiquette 65
Text A The Art of Classical Chinese Gardens 67
Unit 5 Architecture and Gardens 67
Text B Architecture 76
Reading Materials 81
The Great Wall 81
Fengshui 84
Unit 6 Chinese Literature and Arts 87
Text A Golden Treasury of Chinese Lyrics 87
Text B Chu Culture 95
Reading Materials 101
Calligraphy, Seal-Cutting and Chinese Painting 101
Beijing Opera and Chinese Acrobatics 104
Text A China's Folk Crafts 110
Unit 7 Chinese Handicrafts 110
Text B Silk, Silkworm Breeding,and the Silk Road 116
Reading Materials 121
Ceramics 121
Tujia Brocade 124
Unit 8 Religion and Culture 127
Text A Major Religions 127
Text B Zeus and the Olympians 138
Reading Materials 142
Chinese Zodiac(The 12 Animal Signs) 142
Classical Mythology and the English language 144
Text A Tourism in China 149
Unit 9 Tourism 149
Part Ⅱ 149
Text B Ecotourism 155
Reading Materials 162
Tourism Industry 162
Planning Your Trip 164
Unit 10 The Sports 166
Text A The Olympic Games 166
Text B Chinese Martial Arts 173
Reading Materials 180
Sportsmen's Values 180
The Father of Basketball 181
Text A Traditional Chinese Medicine's Theoretical Framework 184
Unit 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine 184
Text B Diagnosis and Pharmacology 190
Reading Materials 196
Massage and Moxibustion 196
Acupuncture 197
Unit 12 Family and Marriage 200
Text A Morality and Marriage 200
Tex B Chinese Marriage Customs 208
Reading Materials 212
The Changing Family 212
One-Child Policy 214
Text A Public Relations in Tourism 216
Unit 13 Public Relations and Tourism 216
Text B How to Influence the Public 222
Reading Materials 226
Handling Complaints 226
Good Manners 227
Unit 14 The Importance of Politeness 230
Text A The Importance of Being Kind and Polite 230
Text B Non-Verbal Communication 235
Reading Materials 239
People and Color 239
Body Language 242
Text A The Three Gorges Project 245
Unit 15 Highlights in China 245
Text B Guilin-The Capital of Karst 252
Reading Materials 257
Suzhou with It's Garden 257
Land Full of Stunning Sights and Rich Culture 260
Unit 16 Things in Other Parts of the World 262
Text A The Secrets of the Pyramid 262
Text B Aging in European Countries 269
Reading Materials 274
Living in a Telephone Society 274
Golden Coast City 276
附录 279
参考答案 300
参考书目 312