Talk Chinese Series: Sports Talk

Disappointed that your Chinese textbook teaches nothing more than "I like basketball"? Want to watch sports footage from all over the world on the Internet but can't understand a word they're saying? Traveling to the Beijing Olympics and want to talk shop with the locals? Then Sports Talk is the book for you.

Sports Talk is a dictionary for fans of athletics and the Chinese language. Each of the 15 chapters is organized by sport and lists vital vocabulary, sentence construction and language tips in both simplified characters and pinyin with an English translation. Sports Talk also comes with an audio CD for help with pronunciation. The perfect companion for the summer 2008 Olympic games!