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) A Little Horse Cross the River(1B) is the 2nd volume of the 1st 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 小心地滑 Caution: Slippery Floor 

2 “妈妈”的电话 A Call from a “Mother” 

3 教师节快乐 Happy Teachers’ Day 

4 我叫马西文 My Name Is Ma Xiwen 

5 我是ABC  I’m an “ABC” 

6 美人？没人？Pretty One? No one? 

7 怎么回家 How to Get Back Home

8 果然 Sure Enough

9 方向错了 The Wrong Direction

10 座位在哪里？Finding the Seats  

11 小声一点儿 Hush…

12 走错了 The Wrong Door 

13 手机丢了 Lost Mobile Phone 

14 古老的城市——西安 The Ancient City of Xi’an 

15 漂亮的一“点” The Highlight 

16 通知 Notice  

17 冰糖葫芦 Sugar-Coated Haws

18 马大哈 A Scatterbrain

19 小马过河 A Little Horse Crosses the River 

20 一点儿 Just a Little Bit 

21 前门≠前门儿 The Tricky Suffix of “R” 

22 多变的气候 A Varied Climate

23 长生果 Elixir of Life 

24 我看见了大熊猫 Seeing Pandas 

25 我开博客了 Starting a Blog 

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