The Encounters program, designed for the English-speaking Chinese learners, features a movie-quality dramatic series filmed entirely in China. The program includes books—Annotated Instructor’s Editions, Student Books, Character Books and Screenplays—and a rich array of online learning material and activities. The Student Book 1 includes eleven units completely integrated with the dramatic series and other components such as exercises and rich classroom activities to enable students to improve their communicative abilities in the context. The book adheres to ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and focuses on communication in the spoken language. The Annotated Instructor’s Edition1 assists teachers with rich and useful teaching tips and ways to organize the exercises so that teachers won’t be burdened by too much preparation. Character Writing Workbook 1 explains knowledge of characters in simple language and enables students to master the characters introduced. The contents and layout of the books are well-designed and give sufficient attention to the learning needs and habits of international learners.
Table of Contents
Preface
Academic Committee
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Unit Eleven："Haven't We met before?"
似曾相识
Getting to know people better
1：Greetings and introductions：Review and expansion
FYI Personal relationships in China：Welcome to guanxi关系／關係
FYI Titles galore
GRAMMAR BlTS A liale lesson on 了／e
2：Building a relationship by exchanging personal details
FYI Getting personal
FYI "Spelling" in Chinese
3：Haking a brief narrative statement about yourself
●Skills and interests
●Sports
GRAMMAR BITS How an action is performed
FYI "Arf, arf meow，meow" now heard increasingly in China
4：Asking for and providing information about a third party
5：Giving and deflecting compliments
6：Taking your Ieave：Review and expansion
●Unit Rap
7：Reading and writing
●Reading familiar sentences in Chinese characters
GRAMMAR BITS The many faces of de in Chinese
●Reading real-life texts
Jackie Chan entry on baldu．com
●Learning to write characters
客，气／氣，答，问／問，题／題，写／寫，谈／談，找，新，
爱／愛，老，师／師，学／學，朋，友，恭，发／發，财／財
●Filling out a form
CULTURAL BITS Physical characteristics and social expectations
RECAP
●Grammar
Fiuing／eintoyourlanguage·de,de,de,andmorede
●Vocabulary
●Checklist of "can do" statements
Unit Twelve："Food is fundamental"
民以食为天
Shopping for food
1：Setting up a food-shopping excursion
FYI Food shopping in China
2：Naming different kinds of fruit
GRAMMAR BITS Commenting on the performance of an action：Review and expansion
3：Naming food items，flavors，and other characteristics of food
●Flavors．
●Other qualities
●Categories of food
4：Discussing vegetables
GRAMMAR BITS的the little modifier that could：Review and expansion
5：Putting together a meal
6：Shopping for food in a supermarket
FYI Five foods to live by
●Unit Rap
7：Reading and writing
GRAMMAR BITS More on coverbs
●Reading familiar sentences in Chinese characters
GRAMMAR BITS Yet another coverb-把
●Reading real-life texts
Supermarket ads
●Learning to write characters
果，菜，香，蕉，瓜，桃，酸，甜，苦，辣，蔬，绿／綠，
色，*，牛，猪／豬，鸡／雞，鱼／魚，鲜／鮮，味，超，市
●Haking a shopping list
CULTURAL BITS Shopping for food
RECAP
●Grammar
Two kinds of de·More on coverbs：Double-duty verbs·The coverb把6古
●Vocabulary
●Checklist of“can do”statements
Unit Thirteen："A simple，home-cooked meal"
家常便饭
Eating at the home ofa friend
1：Offering and accepting invitations
FYI Paying for a meal
GRAMMAR BITS Verb+measure word+object
GRAMMAR BITS G#i给／给：Review and expansion
FYI Gift-giving-song／Two物／送禮物
2：Declining an invitation
3：Arriving at someone's home and starting a meal
FYI What to expect in a home-Cooked Chinese meal
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Unit Fourteen: "A tasty meal at good price"
Unit Sixteen: "Study hard and improve day by day"
Unit Seventeen: "East, west, home is best"
Unit Nineteen: "Boundless as the sea and sky"
Unit Twenty: "Live to old age; learn to old age"
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