An expanding series of short, specialist English courses for different professions, work skills, and industries.

A new series of short, specialist English courses for professions such as human resources, or marketing and advertising, and work skills such as telephoning, meetings, and presentations.

An expanding series of short, specialist English courses for different professions, work skills, and industries.

The all new Oxford First Thesaurus, with new contemporary 3D artwork and easy-to-use page design, is the best thesaurus for children in their early school years. It is powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique electronic database of millions of words of writing for children. The colourful, simple layout gives entries in alphabetical order along with hundreds of carefully-levelled synonyms for each entry and engaging full colour illustrations. To make navigation as easy as ABC, we have included the full alphabet on every page with coloured tabs, the letter of the page is highlighted. There is a full index of all the words that are included in the book at the back. It is the ideal companion to the Oxford First Dictionary. Go online for free downloadable word games, puzzles, and activities on the www.oxforddictionaries.com/schools website.

Looking for the perfect tool for improving your oral chinese language skills？Mandarin from Scratch is it。This easy-to-use book introduces basic structures，Pressing the most essential and practical Chinese phrases and sentences used in daily life。Includes over 400 basic conversational sentences and useful expressions。enabling readers to effortlessly carry on simple conversations with native Chinese speakers after only a short period of study。CD included。Fully Touch ＆Talk enabled。making listening and repetition easy。

Chat in Mandarin ChInese with the confidence of a native relI the cab driver where you really want him to go Negotiate for the cheapest price on all those gifts you’re bringing home（and on the extra luggage to fit it all）Whether telling the waiter to hold the MSG or just chatting with locals about the weather，our phrase-book helps you to communicate in accurate Mandarin，every time IncIudes an EngIish—Chfnese dictionary of over 2，300 vwords and a CD with a very user—friendly display that turns your MP3 player Into an immediate translator。

Each book in this series provides just the right phrases to get by and be easily understood in everyday situations in foreign countries. Travelers will appreciate these essential phrases for crossing borders; changing money; asking directions; meeting people; and finding accommodations, the post office, telephones, shopping areas, and transportation.

本书是作者在博士论文的基础上修改而成的。 “Logic”一词富有极丰富的文化内涵，对Logic在中国的传播与接受的个案研究，能较好地服务于本研究的目的本研究在翻译研究从传统的形式主义方法转向文化研究的国际学术背景下，以Logic为例，从历史的视角探讨理论语词的翻译问题。着重以Logic东渐过程中不同时期的不同译者群体对Logic的典型汉译为例，试图在展现Logic在中国传播的路线的同时，揭示Logic如何通过“格义”与中国传统思想发生冲突与交融，并在此过程中发生变形，直至被中国文化吸纳并成为中国文化的一部分，并引发“中国现代逻辑学”的建立和完善。本课题在中国学术寻求自身发展在国际学科、学术发展的学术背景下具有积极的建构意义。

Have confidence-rind all the words and phrases you need; Get it right-extra help with key vocabulary; Get there fast-clear layout with colour; Go further-with Spanish in focus-your essential guide to life in Spanish-spenaking countries.

With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. Readers will learn when and how to judge a book by its cover, and also how to X-ray it, read critically, and extract the author s message from the text. Also included is instruction in the different techniques that work best for reading particular genres, such as practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science works. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests you can use measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed.,

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Engaging topics, motivating role-plays, and a variety of exercises provide a framework for each specialist subject Tip boxes in each unit include key language points, useful phrases, and strategies STARTER section at the beginning of each unit has warm-up and awareness-raising activities OUTPUT sections at the end of each unit encourage discussion and reflection Answers, tran*s, and a glossary of useful phrases at the back of each book Self-study material on the interactive MultiROM includes realistic listening extracts and interactive exercises for extra practice

Learning Chinese is really difficult, right? Wrong! Follow "Easy Peasy Chinese" and you'll be able to start speaking, writing and understanding this No.1 lingo in no time. Look out for the special headphones symbol and listen to the CD, so you can get the pronunciation exactly right. Give yourself a Chinese name, see how to haggle in the shops and test yourself to see if you know the key characters. Got them right? Learning Chinese is easy peasy!

This is a revised third edition of Tuttle’s Reading Writing Chinese . This new edition focuses on the internationally recognized test ofproficiency in Chinese, the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). All800 characters prescribed for Level A are covered here, and the1400+ Levels B and C characters are covered concisely. All of the prescribed vocabulary for Levels A-C of the HanyuShuiping Kaoshi is included among the example compounds. Knowledgeof the 2,200+ characters and 5,253+ vocabulary items covered willequip students to take the test at either the Basic or theElementary-Intermediate standard. Success in the top band of theBasic standard is sufficient to enter college in China.

Pocket-size guide to more than 2,000 essential phrases inMandarin Chinese, divided into themed sections. Includes food,drink, and lodging; tips for train and automobile travel; andinstructions and phrases for emergencies. Includes a pronunciationtable that explains the phonetic pronunciation. Softcover.

Kaplan's Spanish Vocabulary Flashcards includes more than 360 challenging Spanish vocabulary words that often appear on tests. Conveniently designed in a handy flashcard format, it is guaranteed to make learning Spanish vocabulary quick, easy, and convenient. 作者简介： Ken Stewart teaches AP Spanish Language at Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is a National Board Certified Teacher in World Languages. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill with degrees in International Studies and Spanish, having studied in Seville and Salamanca, Spain. Mr. Stewart has served as content editor to AP CentralTM and has been an AP reader, table leader, and College Board consultant for 13 years. He is the author of an AP Spanish manual for Duke University and The Golden Age Art of Spain. He has been named Spanish Teacher of the Year for North Carolina and the Central North Carolina Teacher of the Year.

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