The Series of Specialized Chinese Textbooks for Foreigners Studying in China is suitable for foreigners in China who major in Science & Engineering, Western Medicine, Economics & Trade, Chinese Medicine and relevant subjects and whose Chinese proficiency is at the elementary or intermediate level. It aims at training students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills which are essential in their study of Science & Engineering, Western Medicine, Economics & Trade, Chinese Medicine and other subjects, teaching them the basic vocabulary, word-building rules, expressions and sentence patterns for the specific subject and paving their way to undergraduate studies.
This is a major language book in the Western Medicine subseries. The 15 lessons in it correspond to different branches of the medical science; each lesson is made up of two listening materials, one of which is a clinical conversation between a doctor and a patient in the outpatient department, in a ward or an operating room, etc., and the other of which revolves around the education of medicine and the communication and consultation related to it, such as medical lectures, health hotline and interviews with experts, etc. The book helps students strengthen the language and professional basis for their further study in medicine.
A volume of listening script and reference answers and an MP3 CD are included in addition to the textbook.