This book is in the Chinese Reading for Practical Purposes: Step by Step series. It belongs to Reading Level-2. It can be used for learners in HSK Level 3 ~ 5 or those who have learned 1,000 Chinese characters or have studied Chinese for more than half a year to read after class or study on their own. This book has altogether 25 articles, all of which are about Chinese idioms. Arranged in chronological order, all the selected idioms are about the events or people that are against detailed and thorough historical settings. The suggested time for reading each story and the number of words in each story are given. In addition to the annotations in pinyin, English, Korean and Japanese for the new words, the corresponding pinyin is also provided for all the stories. Three columns are designed after the story. In the first column, “Have you understood it”?, four questions are raised to check how well the learners read; in the second column, “Can you use it?”, two sample sentences on how to use this idiom are given, the purpose of which is to help learners master the usage of the idiom. The third column, “Synonym idioms”, helps students to learn by associating this word with other words. Annotated in Korean and Japanese, all the new words are indexed in the last part of the book to facilitate learners.
本书是《实用汉语分级阅读丛书》系列之一，属于乙级读本，供汉语水平达到HSK3-5级，已有词汇量达到1000个，学习汉语时间在半年以上的学习者课后阅读或自学使用。本书共25篇，内容均为汉语成语故事，所收成语均来自具有较为翔实历史背景的事件或人物故事，并按照故事发生的时间顺序编排。每篇故事前给出了限时阅读的参考时间以及该故事的字数。文中为生词配有拼音及英文、韩文、日文注释，并配有全文的拼音对照文本。故事后设有三个小栏目：（1）“你看懂了吗？”每篇提出4个问题，检验学习者的阅读效果；（2）“你会用了吗？”每篇给出使用该成语的2个具体例句，帮助学习者掌握成语的实际使用方法；（3）“近义成语”，有助学生达到联想学习的效果。全书最后还提供了生词的韩文、日文注释和全部生词索引，为学习者提供最大限度的便利。本书小16开本设计，双色印刷，配以幽默的插图，版式活泼，能够让学习者体会到丰富的阅读乐趣。
Paperback, Simplified Chinese Characters, English, Janpanese and Korean, 175 pages, 9" x 6.75"
