Looking for a convenient way to build your Mandarin Chinese vocabulary without drills, books, homework or long lists to memorize? HOW DOES IT WORK? In this five-hour intermediate level audio course, Michel Thomas Method teacher Harold Goodman introduces over 600 new words and everyday phrases and the tools to allow you to create thousands more through the application of simple rules for building more words for concepts, people, places, adjectives and verbs. Learning alongside two genuine students, you will acquire essential language building blocks which allow you to increase your vocabulary in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out answers for yourself. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary. You'll stick with it, because you'll love it. WHY IS IT SO SUCCESSFUL? Unlike most vocabulary courses which give you lists of words to memorize, the Michel Thomas Method based Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course allows you to further extend your vocabulary by unlocking what you already know. The course is designed to take advantage of the logic and patterns of Mandarin so you can exponentially build up your knowledge and understanding of the language. WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? Whether you have learned from other Michel Thomas Method courses or are simply looking for a new approach to help improve your proficiency, the high-beginner to Intermediate level Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course will introduce you to a unique way of acquiring language that will significantly boost your confidence in your ability to speak and understand Chinese. It is a Phase 2 course and should be used after you have completed the Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Course or equivalent. What's in the Course?* Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course includes five audio CDs. The booklet is available to download from www.michelthomas.com. *Note that the course content is the same as the previously entitled Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Builder+ course, but does not include a CD-ROM. LEARN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME! Reclaim your pockets of free time to learn a new language! Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever and wherever you want, in as little or as much time as you have.

Table of Contents:
: Past - 'have you ever' pattern : 'Something different from, other than' pattern : Only, about the same, the same as..., different then, next, last, few (various colloquial uses), : Verbs (give, show, may, do, strike, make a telephone call, sit, go towards, fly, drive, tell, inform someone, be late, early, arrive, go fast, should, sell, understand via hearing or seeing, pay, to be free, gratis, be rich, to like something, seek, look : 'It's a pity' (very commonly used in spoken Chinese - must know), : Money - types of currency, ways of referring to currency (China, Taiwan, UK, USA, etc.) : Asking how much: large and small quantities. Two patterns. : Counting. From one to a million. The use of wan = 10, 000. The critical words that you must never confuse to express the number two. : Dates: Names of days of week, months, year. How to use the word hao = number. : Time: How to express time. AM, PM. Differences from English. One half. : Children: various ways to refer to : Additional adjectives : How to address strangers : Eating: public, private venues, terms, verbs, nouns (wine, beer etc.), ordering, types of food / drink. Foreign, local. : Future. specific constructs. : Travelling terminology. Aeroplane, car, train, passport, ticket : General nouns (newspaper) : Pattern: From point x, by means of some conveyance, to destination. : Sentence -le pattern. Something changes. A unique Chinese way of expressing the past. Very common and essential to learn. : Pattern: verb de dong : Before, after. Unique Chinese uses. : 'Otherwise' pattern. : Lodging vocabulary: room, bed, chair, floor, etc. : Outside / inside : Very best (superlative) pattern : Boss, person in charge. : Everything, nothing, every specific thing, so on, etc. : Two types of 'or'. Introducing huo zhe. : Mei ban fa = there's nothing to be done (ie. It's hopeless) Very common Chinese expression. : Ban fa = a method or process of doing something. Many uses. : Already. : Greeting a group vs. one or two people.