趣简中国话(英文版)/中国不简单

\\\"【内容简介】： 《趣简中国话》是一本可读性极强的汉语言概览书。作者将自己二十多年来学习汉语的经验、收集到的各种生动有趣案例，甚至是自己闹过的笑话都和盘托出，毫无保留地与读者分享。\\\"

\"【作者简介】： 李渡（Stewart Lee Beck）上世纪90年代初来到中国，在华生活与工作的二十多年间，深为中华文化吸引，积极投身文化交流与传播事业。2013年起，他专注于China Simplified（“中国不简单”）这一原创内容品牌和文化平台的建设，吸引更多世界读者亲近中国文化。 卢海妍，语言教育工作者，PITT services、EnglishPlus创始人。 \"

\\\"【目录】： Contents Why China Simplified? Foreword by John Pasden The Sound of Somebody Falling Down Why Mandarin is the easiest (and Hardest) language in the world A picture''s Worth Ten Thousand Words The mystical origin of characters and East-West perspectives Embracing the Ambiguity Exploring the hazy space between what is said and meant Sorry, There Is No Chapter Four Chinese superstitions at play in our daily lives A lifetime in Four Characters Using idioms to capture an idea''s essence in an instant Fish, Pearl, Coral, and Ocean Go Swimming The high-stakes challenge of choosing the right name Never Use the F-word How to become more fluent than you ever imagined We Let the Boss Die First Stirring up trouble with dialects, topolects, and slips of the tongue The Lingua Franca of the 22nd Century Will we all be speaking Chinese in the near future? Resources References Gratitude About the Authors\\\"