Table of Contents

Preface

Teacher's guide 教材使用指南

List of abbreviations and symbols

List of characters in communication scenarios

Unit one

Cultural perspective: group mentality 群体意识

• Lesson one

Text: 一起吃饭是缘分

Behavior highlighted: love to be part of the fun 爱凑热闹

• Lesson two

Text: 人多力量大

Behavior highlighted: follow the pack 从众行为

• Lesson three

Text: 人人都是一个"角色"

Behavior highlighted: relation-based conduct 关系本位

Unit two

Cultural perspective: the concept of li 礼的观念

• Lesson four

Text: 礼多人不怪

Behavior highlighted: li-based civilities 礼俗客套

• Lesson five

Text: 中国人到底有没有礼貌？

Behavior highlighted: humble oneself and exalt others 自谦敬人

Unit three

Cultural perspective: harmony orientation 贵和思想

• Lesson six

Text: 礼之用，和为贵

Behavior highlighted: harmony as priority 以和为贵

• Lesson seven

Text: 忍字头上一把刀

Behavior highlighted: forbear and forgive 忍字当头

• Lesson eight

Text: 保持中道

Behavior highlighted: (take) the middle road 中庸之道

Unit four

Cultural perspective: face psychology 面子心理

• Lesson nine

Text: 面子??打开中国人性格之锁

Behavior highlighted: saving face 保全面子

• Lesson ten

Text: 伤什么也不能伤面子

Behavior highlighted: face work 面子运作

Unit five

Cultural perspective: rules of renqing 人情法则

• Lesson eleven

Text: 来而不往非礼也

Behavior highlighted: reciprocation 礼尚往来

• Lesson twelve

Text: 多个朋友多条路

Behavior highlighted: networking 建立人脉

Unit six

Cultural perspective: differentiated mode of association 差序格局

• Lesson thirteen

Text: 看不懂的中国人（一）

Behavior highlighted: distinguish people based on relationships 亲疏有别

• Lesson fourteen

Text: 看不懂的中国人（二）

Behavior highlighted: distinction between the upper and lower status 上下有别

Appendixes: reflection worksheet for cultural exploration 文化探索

Traditional Chinese character texts 課文繁體字版

Indexes

Pinyin-English vocabulary

English-Chinese vocabulary

Speech pattern index by lesson

About the Author

Yanfang Tang, Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Li Xu, Jin Zhang, Peng Yu