Reading China is designed for Chinese learners at different levels. They can be used both as extracurricular reading material and as graded Chinese reading textbooks. There are three versions: Chinese-English, Chinese-Japanese and Chinese-Korean. The whole set is divided into five levels with each level subdivided into volume A and B. The texts are written to suit the readers' language levels, providing suitable challenges while remaining understandable. Though short, they are pragmatic and cover a large range of interesting topics written in diverse styles. Each book has a CD so that readers can appreciate genuine Chinese both by reading and listening and improve their proficiency effectively. Readers could learn a text by reading, analyzing and doing exercises. The Lead-in aims to provoke reflection; the Side notes, Illustrations, Language Points and Cultural Tips can remove understanding obstacles for learners while the Exercises deepen their understanding of the essays. In short, we are committed to providing a relaxing, interesting and efficient way to learn Chinese.

Reading China (Korean Edition) Planting a Love Tree (4B) is the 2nd volume of the 4th level of Reading China book series. The stories chosen are simple and humorous, through which international students would know about Chinese culture, history and customs. Contents of this book include: guided reading, texts, thinking, language tips, practices and knowledge tips. The guided reading is aimed to generate students’ desires and interests to learn. The text is the key part, telling interesting things heard and happened around to show cultural differences and comparison. Thinking helps students understand reading massages. Language tips help review and consolidate the new contents learned through a practical and scientific way. Forms to practice included in this book are various to provide more accurate ways for students to evaluate the result of reading. And knowledge tips are interesting and contain all kinds of things about China.

Contents:

1 笑话的智慧  Wisdom of Joke

2 不用回答的问句 Questions That Don’t Need to Be Answered

3 聪明的谎言 Smart Lies

4 “最后”的机会 The “Last” Chance  

5 种下一棵爱情树 Planting a Love Tree

6 三只老鼠 Three Mice

7 三岁看大 Predicting the Future from the Age of Three

8 欲速则不达 Haste Makes Waste

9 岗位难度要适当 Jobs Should Be Appropriately Challenging

10 隔代教育 Generation-Skipping Education

11 打工妹的选择 The Choice Made by a Working Girl from the Countryside

12 自助游（上）Self-Service Travel (Part 1) 

13 自助游（下）Self-Service Travel (Part 2)

14 “的士”司机 A “Taxi” Driver 

15 聪明的馈赠 Clever Gifts 

16 寻找梦中的家园 Look for a Dream Home

17 “抢”一个新娘回家 “Fighting” for a Bride to Take Home 

18 品牌译名的艺术 The Art of Translating Brand Names

19 在美国吃烤鸭 Eating Roast Duck in the United States 

20 失恋同盟 Broken Hearts Alliance 

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