《生活汉语初步短期课课程》主要内容：This book is written with one pu rpose in mind to get you communicating inChinese as quickly as possible！We’ve the refo re t ried to present each lesson in auser—friendly fo rmat SO that lea rning Chinese should be fun！The fi rst 1 0 lessonscove r the p ronunciation of Chinese，as well as sta rting you off on some simplesentence patte rns Then LessonS 11—33 cove r topics which you wilI meet frequently while Iiving in China．

What makes this book different from many other Chinese text—books published in China？

The content of each lesson is intensely practical．We have assumed thatyou a re living in China and want to communicate on eve ryday topics as quickly aspossible．So only useful vocabula ry，immediately relevant to you r eve ryday needs，is incIuded．

We have wo rked ha rd at trying to n,,ake the grammar explanations as simpleand clearas possible avoiding complicated IinguistiC te rminology．

Each lesson contains an activity related to the topic in o rde r to get youusing the content as quickly as possible．