目录

  • 1 Course Orientation and Introduction to B1U1
    • 1.1 Course Orientation
    • 1.2 Preview of B1U1
  • 2 B1U1 Fresh start
    • 2.1 Learning Objectives
    • 2.2 Section A: Toward a brighter future for all
      • 2.2.1 Lead-in
      • 2.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 2.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 2.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 2.3 Section B: What we wish
      • 2.3.1 Reading Skills: Previewing
      • 2.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 2.4 Section C: The post-00s looking forward to a colorful life
      • 2.4.1 Discussion
      • 2.4.2 Story-telling
      • 2.4.3 Oral Work
      • 2.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 2.5 Assignments
  • 3 B1U1  A  Break for fun
    • 3.1 Learning Objectives
    • 3.2 I. Taking in
      • 3.2.1 Listening to China
      • 3.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 3.2.3 Watching Street Interviews
    • 3.3 II. Speaking out
      • 3.3.1 Role-play
      • 3.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 3.4 III. Furthering Listening
    • 3.5 IV. Assignments
  • 4 B1U2  Loving parents, loving children
    • 4.1 Learning Objectives
    • 4.2 Section A: A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s return
      • 4.2.1 Lead-in
      • 4.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 4.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 4.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 4.3 Section B: Time slows down
      • 4.3.1 Reading Skills: Reading in thought groups
      • 4.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 4.4 Section C: Bonds of love
      • 4.4.1 Discussion
      • 4.4.2 Story-telling
      • 4.4.3 Oral Work
      • 4.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 4.5 Assignments
  • 5 B1U2 Life moments
    • 5.1 Learning Objectives
    • 5.2 I. Taking in
      • 5.2.1 Listening to China
      • 5.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 5.2.3 Watchig Street Interviews
    • 5.3 II. Speaking out
      • 5.3.1 Role-play
      • 5.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 5.4 III. Further Listening
    • 5.5 IV. Assignments
  • 6 B1U3 Heroes of our time
    • 6.1 Learning Objectives
    • 6.2 Section A: To feed the world
      • 6.2.1 Lead-in
      • 6.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 6.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 6.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 6.3 Section B: Heroes among us
      • 6.3.1 Reading Skills: Scanning
      • 6.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 6.4 Section C: Cering Dandar, a grassroots hero
      • 6.4.1 Discussion
      • 6.4.2 Story-telling
      • 6.4.3 Oral Work
      • 6.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 6.5 Assignments
  • 7 B1U3  Wit and fit
    • 7.1 Learning Objectives
    • 7.2 I. Taking in
      • 7.2.1 Listening to China
      • 7.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 7.2.3 Watchig Street Interviews
    • 7.3 II. Speaking out
      • 7.3.1 Role-play
      • 7.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 7.4 III. Further Listening
    • 7.5 IV. Assignments
  • 8 B1U4 Social media matters
    • 8.1 Learning Objectives
    • 8.2 Section A: Social media: How much is too much
      • 8.2.1 Lead-in
      • 8.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 8.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 8.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 8.3 Section B: Staying connected
      • 8.3.1 Reading Skills: Signal words
      • 8.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 8.4 Section C: Chinese people love their social media apps
      • 8.4.1 Discussion
      • 8.4.2 Story-telling
      • 8.4.3 Oral Work
      • 8.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 8.5 Assignments
  • 9 B1U4 Relax and explore
    • 9.1 Learning Objectives
    • 9.2 I. Taking in
      • 9.2.1 Listening to China
      • 9.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 9.2.3 Watchig Street Interviews
    • 9.3 II. Speaking out
      • 9.3.1 Role-play
      • 9.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 9.4 III. Further Listening
    • 9.5 IV. Assignments
  • 10 B1U5 Friendship across border and gender
    • 10.1 Learning Objectives
    • 10.2 Section A: Firm belief, eternal friendship
      • 10.2.1 Lead-in
      • 10.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 10.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 10.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 10.3 Section B: Geder variables in friendship: Contradiction or not?
      • 10.3.1 Reading Skills: Finding the main idea of a paragraph
      • 10.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 10.4 Section C: Picture this: Friends forever
      • 10.4.1 Discussion
      • 10.4.2 Story-telling
      • 10.4.3 Oral Work
      • 10.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 10.5 Assignments
  • 11 B1U5 Get from A to B
    • 11.1 Learning Objectives
    • 11.2 I. Taking in
      • 11.2.1 Listening to China
      • 11.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 11.2.3 Watching Street Interviews
    • 11.3 II. Speaking out
      • 11.3.1 Role-play
      • 11.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 11.4 III. Further Listening
    • 11.5 IV. Assignments
  • 12 B1U6 Winnig is not everything
    • 12.1 Learning Objectives
    • 12.2 Section A: Cliff Yong, an extraordinary runner
      • 12.2.1 Lead-in
      • 12.2.2 Text Understanding
      • 12.2.3 Critical Thinking
      • 12.2.4 Writing Skills
    • 12.3 Section B: Shaping young lives with sports
      • 12.3.1 Reading Skills: Skimming
      • 12.3.2 Reading Practice
    • 12.4 Section C: Lessons China can teach us about fitness
      • 12.4.1 Discussion
      • 12.4.2 Story-telling
      • 12.4.3 Oral Work
      • 12.4.4 Sentence Translation
    • 12.5 Assignments
  • 13 B1U6 Wild and wonderful
    • 13.1 Learning Objectives
    • 13.2 I. Taking in
      • 13.2.1 Listening to China
      • 13.2.2 Viewing World Cultures
      • 13.2.3 Watching Street Interviews
    • 13.3 II. Speaking out
      • 13.3.1 Role-play
      • 13.3.2 Group Discussion
    • 13.4 III. Further Listening
    • 13.5 IV. Assignments
Learning Objectives

Do reverence to the elders in your own family and extend it to those in other families; show loving care to the young in your own family and extend it to those in other families.

—Mencius 

                                  (Chinese philosopher)


老吾老,以及人之老;幼吾幼,以及人之幼。

                          ——孟子

                       (中国哲学家)


1. To use the key language to talk about love between the parents and children

2. To learn the words and phrases

3. To learn how to write  an essay in the problem-solution pattern

4. To master the reading skill: Reading in thought groups

5. To apply the translation skill