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CORNELIUS C. KUBLER AN INTRODUCTION TO SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOR BEGINNERS BASIC SPOKEN CHINESE TUTTLE Publishing Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore BasChin_FM & Unit1_1-100.indd 1 BasChin_FM & Unit1_1-100.indd 1 12/3/10 2:29:23 PM 12/3/10 2:29:23 PM THIS IS AN ADVANCE SAMPLE. DO NOT REPRODUCE. Basic Spoken Chinese © 2011 Cornelius C. Kubler All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6 www.tuttlepublishing.com Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. www.tuttlepublishing.com Copyright © 2011 Cornelius C. Kubler All photos © Cornelius C. Kubler except for: Front cover/title page: Top Right, © iStockphoto.com/Zhang Bo. Bottom Left, © Arenacreative, Dreamstime.com. Bottom Right, © Yang Yu, Dreamstime.com. p. 167: © Otnaydur, Dreamstime.com. p. 195: © 2009 Robert Kim. p. 253: © J. Henning Buchholz, Dreamstime.com. Assistance received from the following in the fi lming of conversations is gratefully acknowledged: Unit 2, Part 1: The Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei; Part 3: Shangrila Hotel, Beijing; Part 4: Hilton Hotel, Taipei. Unit 3, Part 4: Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing. Unit 4, Part 1: The Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei; Part 2: Jianquan Clinic, Taipei; Part 3: Swisshotel, Beijing. Unit 5, Part 3: Yuelong Restaurant, Beijing. Unit 7, Part 4: Fortune Garden Restaurant, North Adams, Massachusetts. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kubler, Cornelius C. Basic spoken Chinese : an introduction to speaking and listening for beginners / Cornelius C. Kubler. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6 (pbk.) 1. Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English. 2. Chinese language--Spoken Chinese. 3. Chinese language-- Sound recordings for English speakers. 4. Chinese language--Self-instruction. I. Title. PL1129.E5K83 2010 495.1’83421--dc22 2010036320 ISBN 978-0-8048-4015-6 Interior design: Anne Bell Carter Distributed by North America, Latin America & Europe Tuttle Publishing 364 Innovation Drive North Clarendon, VT 05759-9436 U.S.A. Tel: 1 (802) 773-8930 Fax: 1 (802) 773-6993