1.Contucius 1
2.Mencius 5
3.Li Dazhao 9
4.Ba Jin 13
5.Dr. Norman Bethune 17
6.Lei Feng 21
7.Yuanmingyuan Park 25
8.The Han Dynasty 29
9.Compass 33
10.Chinese Knot 36
11.Chinese Couplet 39
12.Children's Day 42
13.The Dragon Boat Festival 45
14.CCTV New Year's Gala 49
15.Sichuan Cuisine 53
16.Goubuli Baozi 56
17.A Brief Introduction to Kunqu 59
18.The Art of Embroidery 63
19.Lanterns 66
20.The Erhu 69
21.The Giant Buddha 72
22.Mount Emei 76
23.Big Wild Goose Pagoda 79
24.A Brief Introduction to Guilin 82
25.The Elephant Trunk Hill 85
26.The West Mountain Park 88
27.The Rongshan Lake 91
28.Chuanshan Park 94
29.The Water Splashing Festival 97
30.Climbing a Tree to Catch Fish 101
31.Ineffectual Help 105
32.Making a Hole in the Wall to Let Light In 108
33.Kua Fu Chased the Sun 111
34.A Liar 114
35.The Light of a Candle 117
36.Making an Official Dress 120
37.Taking Fish Soup 124
38.A False Alarm 127
39.Looking at Someone with New Eyes 130
40.Gulping Down a Whole Date 133
41.Uphold Justice at the Cost of One's Blood Relation 136
42.Keeping the Promise 139
43.Ignorance of the Objective World 142
44.Proficiency in a Particular Line 145
45.Ru Mu San Fen 148
46.The White Snake 151
47.The Bird Jingwei Is Trying to Fill the Sea 154
48.Weak in Human Affairs 158
49.A Craftsman and His Son 161
50.A Race between the Hare and the Frog 164
Key to the Exercises 168
Vocabulary 173
Postscript 212