1、To ReadersAlmost every Chinese learner wants to speak fluent and authenticChinese,which is not an easy target to achieve.Are there any shortcuts?Oris it possible to achieve the target in a shorter time?To answers these questions,firstly we must know what fluent andauthentic Chinese is.From where I s
2、tand,it should include two aspects,theaccurate pronunciations and tones,and the appropriate using of words.Thosetwo aspects make Chinese a rhythmic language.Learning rhythmic Chineseis like learning a song,one can only master the language by master therhythm,and the key to master the rhythm is to ma
3、ster the basic formationsand constructions of words.This series of books focuses mainly on therhythm of Chinese by combining the pronunciations and the meanings,illustrating the formations and constructions of words,giving examples ofcommonly used words and sentences.The series of Rhythmic Chinese f
4、ollows the sequence of parts of speech,formations and constructions of words and syntactic structure to illustrate therhythm and collocation of sentences.Books 1-6 are mainly about words andphrases,while books 7-10 focus on sentences.Most of the words in thesebooks belong to the first level(1033)of
5、the Graded Vocabulary for HSK,while a number of vocabulary for first-year undergraduate students majoredin Chinese language are also involved.Each book of this series is paired witha CD recording,which helps Chinese learner familiarize with the rhythm ofChinese,feel the beauty of the rhythmic language,and master the formationsand constructions of words and sentences.We hope that every Chineselearner could speak fluent and authentic Chinese under the help of this seriesof books.WEI XinhongBeijing Language and Culture UniversityMar.2011
