A Simplified Guide toLearning Chinese轻松学汉语汉语ByMarc Thomas Hollingsworth (马克)© 2009Dedication献词I dedicate this book to the following people, whom without them, none of this would have been possible:For my father...Thomas James Hollingsworth, who always emphasized to me the importance of education and diligence.To my mother...Rose Lucille Hollingsworth for bringing me into this world.To my sister...Andrea Hollingsworth Toomey for always listening and understanding.To my mother...Carolyn Sias Hollingsworth for her unconditional love and support.我把这本书献给以下的人。
如果没有他们，就不可能有这本书的问世：我的父亲Thomas James Hollingsworth，他一直对我强调教育和勤奋的重要性。
我的母亲Rose Lucille Hollingsworth，是她把我带到了这个世界。
我的妹妹Andrea Hollingsworth Toomey，他总是倾听和理解我。
我的母亲Carolyn Sias Hollingsworth，谢谢她对我无条件的爱与支持。
Table of Contents 目录Forward 卷首语How to Use This Book 如何使用这本书Chapter One – Thoughts On Learning Language 学语言的看法, An Introduction to the Chinese Language汉语简介Chapter Two – Chinese Characters 汉字Chapter Three – Chinese Pronunciation 汉语发音Chapter Four - Chinese Grammar and Vocabulary 汉语语法与词汇Chapter Five – Chinese Lessons 汉语课Chapter Six - Chinese Language Resources帮助学习汉语的工具Chapter Seven - Chinese Media 中国电影作品及电台节目等Chapter Eight – Daily Use Language 日常句Chapter Nine - The Music of 许巍Xu Wei 许巍的音乐Chapter Ten - Words of Encouragement 关于鼓励的精彩短句Chapter Eleven - Appendix 附录Chapter Twelve – Acknowledgments 感言My first step in creating this book was to take all of the Chinese-related webpages from myPDF file format. The contentASimplifiedGuideToLearningChinese.zipASimplifiedGuideToLearningChinese.pdfASimplifiedGuideToLearningChineseAppendix.pdfChineseLessonsDialoguesReadingsSongsMP3.zipChineseLessonsDialoguesReadingsSongsPDF.zipChinesePronunciationMP3.zipThe last step is to double click on theChapter OneThoughts On Learning Language学语言的看法An Introduction to the Chinese Language汉语简介Thoughts On Learning Language:学语言的看法:Table of Contents 目录I. English Article 英文版文章II. Chinese Article 中文版文章I. English Article 英文版文章The English lessons in this website were created as a result of the English tutoring I did at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute and the Greater Homewood Community Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. While tutoring there, I began to have an understanding of the challenges a person faces when living in a foreign country. Perhaps the greatest challenge a person faces while in a foreign country is that of communication. While living in China and studying Chinese, I decided to use the same approach that I used in the United States, listen to and study real-life conversations. The Chinese lessons contained in this website are the results of those efforts.For most people, we are born, grow up, and experience life in our 'home' country. Throughout this period, we naturally associate feelings and thoughts with words. When communicating with people, we are communicating feelings and thoughts and the tool that we use to convey these things is called words.Regardless of our native language, in our brain and in our soul there is a feeling associated with every word. We naturally feel and think, so therefore our words, without any effort naturally emanate.For a person living in a foreign country, 'learning' to develop a 'feeling' for that country's language is a tremendous challenge. How does a person go about acquiring a feeling for a word in a foreign language?We learn language from our environment and our brains do so naturally because at any moment in time, our ears are listening to the conversations of the people around us. Our eyes are also a natural tool and through reading text, we add to our already known body of knowledge.These English and Chinese lessons are my attempt at helping non-native English and non-native Chinese speakers solve this predicament. This site contains a collection of interviews and dialogues with a variety of speakers. My objective is to use these natural conversations as a tool to expose the learner to a variety of speaking styles and subjects, develop the learner's listening ability, as well as introduce and explain various words and phrases.I believe that through repeated listening to and reading real conversations, in particular paying attention to the emotion expressed by the speaker, the student is able to develop an acquisition ability as well as develop a natural 'feeling' for the language. I view these lessons as a primer for students. After developing an "ear", the student can then individually select and transcribe conversations from any number of sources ie. radio, TV, Internet, etc. Every transcription a student completes is a stepping stone to the next level of understanding the language. The ultimate goal is for the student to be able to listen to and repeat the conversations, not blindly repeating, but rather using their acquired feeling to express the words in a meaningful way, then using his/her own words, explain what the speakers are saying. By doing this, the student will have the skills necessary to communicate with people in everyday situations and most important, have an understanding of the feelings inside those people.My best wishes to you in your studies!II. Chinese Article 中文版文章这个网站的英语教程制成于我在美国马里兰洲巴尔的摩市Johns Hopkins大学医学院和Greater Homewood Community公司（为社区服务的组织名）辅导英语的时侯。
