Just as children gain literacy in their native language by reading, learners of a foreign language must read large amounts of level-appropriate books and material to attain fluency in their target language. Tales and Traditions was specially created to help learners of Chinese achieve that goal, by collecting adaptations and selections from the most well-known works in the Chinese literary and folk canon in a series of convenient supplementary readers.
This third volume for low-advanced learners contains classical poems, background on culturally significant places in China, love stories, tales of warriors and heroes, and more Chinese legends and myths.
Contents:
I 诗词欣赏 / 詩詞欣賞
CLASSICAL CHINESE POEMS
1. 静夜思 / 靜夜思
Missing My Hometown on a Tranquil Night
2. 春晓 / 春曉
Spring Morning
3. 相思 / 相思
Love Seeds
4. 悯农 / 憫農
Pitying the Farmers
5. 登乐游原 / 登樂游原
Visiting the Plain of Tombs
II 名城古迹 / 名城古迹
CITIES OF REPUTATION AND SITES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
6. 中国首都北京 / 中國首都北京
China’s Capital City, Beijing
7. 长城 / 長城
The Great Wall
8. 西安兵马俑 / 西安兵馬俑
Xi’an’s Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses
9. 敦煌石窟 / 敦煌石窟
Dunhuang Rock Caves
10. 西藏布达拉宫 / 西藏布達拉宮
Tibet's Potala Palace
III 爱情故事 / 愛情故事
LOVE STORIES
11. 相濡以沫 / 相濡以沫
Giving One’s Best in a Time of Hardship
12. 鹿回头 / 鹿回頭
Lady Reindeer Looks Back
13. 破镜重圆 / 破鏡重圓
A Broken Mirror Repairs Itself
14. 霸王别姬 / 霸王別姬
The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine
IV 武侠故事 / 武俠故事
KNIGHT-ERRANT STORIES
15. 卧薪尝胆 / 臥薪嘗膽
Sleeping on Firewood and Tasting Gall
16. 关公刮骨疗毒 / 關公刮骨療毒
Scraping the Poisoned Bone for Treatment
17. 穆桂英挂帅 / 穆桂英挂帥
Mu Guiying, the Commander-in-Chief
18. 女英雄冯婉贞 / 女英雄馮婉貞
The Heroine Feng Wanzhen
V神话 / 神話
MYTHS AND FANTASIES
19. 神农尝百草 / 神農嘗百草
Shennong Tastes Hundreds of Herbs
20. 舜帝的故事 / 舜帝的故事
The Story of Emperor Shun
21. 海上的守护神—林默娘 /海上的守護神—林默娘
Lin Moniang, Goddess of the Sea
22. 八仙过海 / 八仙過海
The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
23. 猪八戒娶亲 / 猪八戒娶親
Zhu Bajie Takes a Wife
附录 英文总结 / 附錄 英文總結 Appendix: Story Abstracts in English
生词索引 / 生詞索引 Vocabulary Index