詞匯：

　　京劇 Peking opera

　　秦腔 Qin opera

　　功夫 Kungfo

　　太極 Tai Chi

　　口技 ventriloquism

　　泥人 clay figure

　　武術(shù) martial arts

　　風(fēng)水 Fengshui; geomantic omen

　　十二生肖 zodiac

　　陽(yáng)歷 Solar calendar

　　陰歷 Lunar calendar

　　閏年 leap year

　　文房四寶 the Four Treasures of the Study (brush, ink stick, paper, and ink stone)

　　八股文 eight-part essay

　　七言律詩(shī) seven-character octave

　　五言絕句 five-character quatrain

　　唐裝 Tang suit

　　旗袍 cheongsam

　　中山裝 Chinese tunic suit

　　句型：

　　as good as…

　　例句：The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

　　to make…of

　　例句：I will make a scientist of my son.

　　Nothing is more…than/Nothing is so …as

　　例句：Nothing is more precious than time.