The Chinese film Rendao Zhongnian is based on Chen Rong’s acclaimed novella about two women coping with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. For advanced students. Available from distributors on both videocassette and videodisc. The new edition incorporates script, vocabulary, and exercises into a single volume and includes a new section that provides a scene-by-scene description of the action using simple vocabulary and grammar.

Filmed in China, the Peter Wang motion picture A Great Wall chronicles the experiences of a Chinese-American family during an extended visit with relatives in Beijing. Entertaining and rich in cross-cultural insights, the film is well suited both for teaching Chinese language and culture and for stimulating class discussion.

This learning guide is prepared especially for students at an intermediate level. Prerequisite to its use is proficiency in the basics of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. The text has been divided into ten sections for convenient study, with each section containing a portion of the script, a list of new vocabulary words for each scene in that section, sample sentences for the vocabulary, and exercises. [v]

The Chinese film Moshengde Pengyou follows the adventures of three strangers with mysterious pasts who meet on a train. For intermediate students. The new edition incorporates script, vocabulary, and exercises into a single volume and includes a new section that provides a scene-by-scene description of the action using simple vocabulary and grammar.