Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. FIGURES xi
6. INTRODUCTION xiii
7. FOUNDATION WORK UNIT I STUDENTS 1
8. UNIT I STUDENTS 60
9. UNIT II. DRINK, EAT, RUN 72
10. UNIT III. A TIMELY VISITOR 80
11. UNIT IV. DOGGED LOCALIZERS AND DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS 90
12. UNIT V. THE NOSE JOB 98
13. UNIT VI. WHO'S NEXT? 106
14. UNIT VII. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER 118
15. UNIT VIII. LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHINESE 124
16. Appendix A PINYIN ROMANIZATION 137
17. Appendix B THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS SCRIPT 142
18. GLOSSARY AND INDEX 173