本书属于新起航大学英语系列。全书共分为八个单元，单元主题为中国传统文化，包括山河、传统节日、食物器具、传统服饰、民间艺术、古典文学、中医等。每个单元包含4篇文章，字数为500～600词，每篇文章后配有词汇表、习题和译文。本书有助于大学生熟悉中国传统文化的英文表达，有助其在对外交往时，用英文讲好中国故事。

Unit One Mountains and Rivers
Text 1 Mount Tai
Text 2 Mount Hua
Text 3 The Yellow River
Text 4 The Yangtze River
Unit Two Traditional Festivals
Text 1 The Spring Festival
Text 2 The Dragon Boat Festival
Text 3 The Mid-autumn Festival
Text 4 The Qingming Festival
Unit Three Food and Culinary
Text 1 The Tea Ceremony
Text 2 The Eight Famous Cuisines
Text 3 The Chopsticks
Text 4 The Mooncakes
Unit Four Garments and Accessories
Text 1 The Tang Suit
Text 2 Han Chinese Clothing
Text 3 Cheongsam
Text 4 Chinese Wedding Dress
Unit Five Folk Arts and Crafts
Text 1 The Chinese Embroidery
Text 2 The Paper-cutting
Text 3 The Chinese Knot
Text 4 The Clay Figurine
Unit Six Folk Customs and Habits
Text 1 The Chinese Marriage and Wedding
Text 2 The New Year Pictures
Text 3 The Chinese Dumplings
Text 4 The Chinese Fireworks
Unit Seven Traditional Chinese Literature
Text 1 Tang Poetry
Text 2 Song Lyrics
Text 3 Ming-Qing Fiction
Text 4 Chinese Drama
Unit Eight Traditional Chinese Medicine
Text 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine
Text 2 Theoretical Basis of TCM
Text 3 Compendium of Materia Medica
Text 4 Acupuncture and Moxibustion
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