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用英文講中國傳統故事「中國好故事」系列，以英語重新演繹中國傳說故事、成語、節日來源等，當中蘊含豐富的人生哲理，趣味盎然，既能學好英語，也能傳承中國傳統文化。全書由資深演藝人潘芳芳配音，聲音導讀，讓孩子自學自習，學好英語！本書介紹成語故事包括：杯弓蛇影、笨鳥先飛、此地無銀三百兩、對牛彈琴及負荊請罪等，生動有趣。

Private supplementary tutoring, widely known as shadow education because of the way that it mimics mainstream schooling, has greatly expanded worldwide. It consumes considerable family resources, prov

Some people say that entrepreneurship is a lonelyroad, but new startups do not need to travel it alone.Hong Kongʼs mature startup ecosystem providesmany lessons to be learned for startup founders inthe city and around the world. As long as they arewell prepared and understand the ecosystem, theycan create a path to success! This book features exclusive interviews withstakeholders involved in various aspects of HongKongʼs startup ecosystem, providing answers toquestions about entrepreneurship. It allows readersto connect with the startup ecosystem, learn aboutthemselves and their competitors, and subsequentlyachieve twice the results with half the effort. A must-read for startups, the book also includes lists of usefulinformation to help entrepreneurs put theirinnovative ideas into practice.

An analysis of the lessons learned from tuberculosis control in Shanghai. Tuberculosis Control and Institutional Change in Shanghai, 1911-2011 is the first book on the most widespread and deadly infectious disease in China, both historically and today. Weaving together interviews with data from periodicals and local archives in Shanghai, Rachel Core examines the rise and fall of tuberculosis control in China from the 1950s to the 1990s. Under the socialist work unit system, the vast majority of people had guaranteed employment, a host of benefits tied to their workplace, and there was little mobility--factors that made the delivery of medical and public health services possible in both urban and rural areas. The dismantling of work units amid wider market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s led to the rise of temporary and casual employment and a huge migrant worker population, with little access to health care, creating new challenges in TB control. This study of Shanghai will provide valu

Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, English Lessons explores the ways that Euroamerican imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in

This CD set contains the audio version of the main texts, readings and vocabularies of the twenty-two lessons in Chinese Language and Culture: An Intermediate Reader.

This CD set is the audio companion to Kung Fu (I), covering the materials in the section "putonghua Sound Structure", as well as the texts and vocabularies of the twenty-two lessons.

In fifty lessons, the authors examine both structural patterns and morphological features characteristic of Mandarin Chinese. The book describes cultural idiosyncracies in language use as well as give

有兩樣東西，越是經常而持久地對它們進行反覆思考，它們就越是使心靈充滿常新而日益增長的驚讚和敬畏：我頭上的星空和我心中的道德法則。 &nbs

1、把戲劇藝術的基本理論與相關知識分十五章講述，脈絡清晰；兼具知識性、趣味性、普及性，將最新研究成果「糅」進質樸的敘述之中。2、既有通俗化的表達方式，又保持著學術性、系統性的特徵和語言風格；將話劇和戲曲、中國戲劇和外國戲劇統一融匯起來，考場人類文化的共通性和普遍性。3、每講之後附有延伸思考和參考書目，引發讀者拓寬思路。 每一個人的身上，都有戲劇的「種子」和「根芽」，也就是一種出自本能和天性的「表演

古希臘神話及其現代性，中世紀的宗教文化與騎士浪漫主義，文藝復興，莎士比亞的戲劇，新古典主義到啟蒙時代的文學，浪漫主義與現實主義，俄羅斯文學，現代主義和美國的作家，後現代主義文學…… 縱貫三千年的時光，涵蓋從古希臘至今西方文學史的主要思潮以及各個時期最經典的作家和作品，從心靈深層揭示西方文學生生不息的歷程。本書行文生動活潑，富於詩意和哲理，讀者能從愉快的閱讀中獲得來自西方文學經典的啟發

歐洲文明的源頭是甚麼？羅馬帝國千年歷史留下了甚麼？文藝復興如何改寫歐洲文明的進程？宗教改革革掉了甚麼？歐洲何為歐洲？中國何為中國？大航海時代是怎樣開始的？同源分流的歐洲各國如何走向歐盟？ 作者陳樂民在給北京大學國際關係學院三年級生開的十五堂課裡，從歐洲文明的源頭說起，兩希文化（希臘與希伯來）所奠定的基礎，羅馬帝國興衰的千年史，歐洲如何在中世紀之後，經歷文藝復興與宗教改革走向近代，歐盟的大一統如何體

從帕勒斯替那觸摸中世紀的脈絡；從巴赫看巴洛克的輝煌；從貝多芬看到資產階級革命的風起雲湧；從馬勒、李察‧史特勞斯看到世紀之交的波詭雲譎！音樂，便是我們人類歷史存在的聲音與表情！ 三十個音樂家，串連起西方古典音樂的歷史。從文藝復興時期、巴洛克時期、浪漫主義時期……一直到現代音樂的誕生，在這條蜿蜒流淌了四百多年的音樂長河裡，兩岸奔行的音樂家在不同年代，創造了屬於他們的光輝，也為這條音樂長河匯入豐富的支流

A compilation of Ting Yin Yung's paintings and other artwork from his life in Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition is authoritative in its display of Ting Yin Yung's oil and ink paintings, watercolors, sketches, and seals, all of which cover the most productive decades of his working life in Hong Kong. The project is also highly community-centered, as the development of this project benefited greatly from the input of Ting's students, who continue to treasure their master's passion and the instructive lessons and conversations that nurtured a generation of local artists. A native of Maoming County in Guangdong province, Ting Yin Yung first studied Western painting in Tokyo at the Kawabata Painting School in 1920, and then at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He began working in mainland China in 1925, before emigrating to Hong Kong in 1949, where he developed his artistic practice as a painter, seal carver, and greatly admired teacher. Heavily illustrated in full colo

紐約時報書榜暢銷書NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER作為黑石集團聯合創始人、董事會主席、CEO，蘇世民（Stephen A. Schwarzman）在這本非常難得的書中，分享了他生涯中的各個階段。從學生時代，到初入華爾街，見證金融世界的精彩與殘酷，再到人生轉軌，艱苦創業，創立及發展起一個叱吒全球的企業。在這過程中他檢討得失，精益求精，思考磨礪個人和團隊的價值與目標，持續關注與社區、

資深宋粉、知名作家吳鉤全新力作25個故事講述宋朝繁華300年背後的制度根源你眼裡的宋朝是甚麼樣的？積貧積弱、皇權專制、黨爭不斷？我們都誤解了宋朝！宋朝有多項制度創新，例如君主與宰相、政府與台諫的分權制衡，公議，封駁制，迴避制，招投標制，獨立審判等，體現了宋朝政治文明的近代性。25個極具代表性的歷史故事，分析宋朝權力的架構、制衡、運作和得失，解答了「宋朝何以如此繁榮」以及「後來如何走向沒落」。在本書

◎集中梳理西方現當代建築的發展脈絡，史論結合，堪稱現當代建築簡明史和入門書。◎圖文並茂，賞析經過時間沉澱的現代建築傑作，呈現當代建築的奇觀和實驗。◎作者為北京大學建築學研究中心副教授，著名建築師、建築評論家。在北大主講「現當代建築賞析」通選課十年，成為北大最受歡迎的精品課之一。 賞析現代建築傑作，呈現當代建築奇觀北京大學知名學者、著名建築師董豫贛在北大主講的「現當代建築賞析」選修科，是北大最受歡迎

This paper introduces the concept of "fusion," a way of thinking about school reform which the authors believe can lead to major advance. Starting from the premises that all children can achieve high