在兩千多年以前的中國,有很多小國家。晏子是那個時候的齊國人,他很矮,可是非常聰明,口才又好。齊王常常要晏子去國外幫他跟別的國家談事情。晏子去了楚國三次,每一次楚王都想要讓晏子丟臉,可是每一次丟臉的人都是楚王。最後,楚王也覺得晏子是一個很棒的人。你想知道晏子到底用了什麼好辦法,讓楚王笑不成他和他的國家嗎?More than 2,000 years ago, before there was even a single country called “China,” there lived in the state of Qi a wise but humble ambassador named Yanzi. Although he was short of stature, he was smart and quick-witted. Try as he might, the king of the state of Chu was never able to get the best of him.
愛莉是一個來台灣學習中文和認識中華文化的年輕美國女孩兒。她想過到台灣以後會有很多有意思的事,可是,她沒想到會認識一個又帥又棒的台灣男生─明宏。她愛明宏,明宏也愛她,可是,這樣他們就可以在一起了嗎?語言的問題、文化的問題、還有家人的想法……這麼多的問題,愛莉和明宏要怎麼辦呢?Aili goes to Taiwan to improve her Chinese and learn more about Chinese culture and traditions. What she didn’t plan on was meeting a handsome Taiwanese student, Minghong. She loves him and he loves her, but is that enough to overcome not only language and culture problems, but the disapproval of his family as well?
每一個人都喜歡聽笑話。你知道中國人覺得怎麼樣的笑話好笑嗎?你知道中國人怎麼說笑話呢?這本書裡有十個有趣的中國笑話,它們都是幾百年前中國人寫下來的笑話。它們可以讓你在大笑中知道更多的中國人的習慣、語言和文化。準備好輕鬆的心情,開始讀笑話吧!Laughter is universal. Everybody loves to laugh. What do Chinese people think is funny? This book contains 10 funny stories that even beginning learners of Chinese can read and enjoy. You can laugh your way to a better understanding of Chinese people, language, and culture.
一隻鷸和蚌在烈日下誰也不肯先放手,「鷸蚌相爭」的結果是漁翁得利;膽小的倀為了讓老虎放了他的靈魂,只好「為虎作倀」;心急的農夫為了使田裡的作物快快長大,就蹲在田裡「揠苗助長」…… 學習這些有趣又充滿智慧的中國成語,不僅可以明白更多的中國歷史、文學知識,也可提升語文能力,不論在說話或寫文章上,都可以讓自己變得更不一樣哦!In your studies of Chinese, surely you’ve already come across many, many idioms. You probably feel like you’ll never be able to learn all of the idioms you need to know! Once you read the story behind the idiom, however, you’ll never forget it. This book contains the origin of twelve popular and useful idioms including: ”The war between the snipe and the clam” and ”Pull on the seedlings to make them grow.” After reading the entertaining stories behind the idioms, you’ll be confident using them in your spoken and written Chinese.
故事內容是寫一個十九歲的女學生,在護士學校學習完整理論後,準備到醫院實際學習,她從一個自信滿滿的單純少女,在歷經一連串的實際學習,從不同的病人中,看到了人的堅強,也看到了人的脆弱。而這一切改變了她的想法,也改變了她的人生……This is the story of a 19-year old nursing student who has just completed her studies and is preparing to enter the hospital to do her practical training. She starts out as a simple young woman brimming with self-confidence, but after she has a series of real-life experiences while taking care of her patients – seeing their strengths as well as their weaknesses – it changes her way of thinking as well as her life…