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Blog / 11/11/2024

Some books and textbooks about Italian.

I. Books

(a), learning materials;

1. Crash Italian, written by Zhao Xiuying, published by foreign languages press in 2000, consists of two volumes. ★★★★★

Personally, I think this is the best course for self-study in Italian in China. The explanation is very detailed, and all the grammar points are mentioned. The explanation of individual key words is in place, and there is also a contrast between Chinese and English. It is not easy to do this in the capacity of two books. It is highly recommended for short-term self-learners.

2. Italian, edited by Wang Jun and Wang Huanbao, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in 1988, with a total of four volumes.

This is a textbook commonly used in italian professional. This textbook is very old, and its content is relatively old. Many model essays are written by China people, so-called Chinese Italian. However, its content is relatively simple, and a lot of it is about China. It is good to learn how to express some concepts of China and see how to express them. I use it as an extensive reading textbook.

3. Self-study Italian, edited by Xiao Tianyou, published by the Commercial Press in 1983, Quan Yi Book.

It's no longer available in the market. I copied it from the library. I haven't had time to look at it, but it's a little good. He points out irregular stressed words in his vocabulary, which is very helpful for self-learners, haha. And its exercises have answers, and the text has a Chinese translation.

4. Handbook for Beginners of Italian, edited by Mei Ting Huang, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press in 2003. ★★★★★

Translated from English, very good, in-depth and simple. The arrangement is very reasonable and considerate for readers. When can domestic textbooks do this? It is very attractive to tell stories. It can be used as an extensive reading textbook for beginners.

5. Introduction to Italian, edited by Shen Emei, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in 1986.

Italian expressions suitable for music majors, with many terms of music majors, are not very suitable for ordinary Italian learners.

(2) dictionaries;

1. Italian-Chinese Dictionary, published by Commercial Press in 1985. ★★★★★

There is no choice of "green brick", haha. The Italian dictionary in China is the largest and best, with a large vocabulary, and all my professional words can be found in it. I believe that it is absolutely indispensable for Italian learners in China.

2. Modern Chinese-Italian Dictionary, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in 2000.

The vocabulary is too small, and it is very inconvenient to look up the deformation of verbs (not as good as there is an elenco page number behind the green brick). The only advantage is that it is smaller, easier to carry, and has a favorite part.

3. The Collins Dictionary of Italian and Ying Ying.

Friends who want to learn these two subjects at the same time can try.

(3) Oral course;

1. China People in Italy, written by Zhao Xiuying, published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press in 1996. ★★★★★

Zhao Xiuying's books are good, and he takes himself seriously. The books he writes are right for himself and readers. This book is very comprehensive. First of all, it has an introduction about the relevant cultural and social background of Italy, which is good; The specific content is very detailed. What I feel bad about the tape is that speaking Chinese first and then Italian is not conducive to practicing listening.

2. Bon Von Italian, published by China International Broadcasting Press in 2003.

Written by CRI experts, a very thin book, not bad.

3. Practical Italian, Shitu Audio-visual Electronic Publishing House.

This book has a good arrangement of content and style, and it is the only oral teaching material in the market that adopts dialogue between the two sides. Originally, I wanted to use it as a listening teaching material, but I can't buy a special Italian listening teaching material in China, which is sad.

4. Speak Italian with Me, edited by Zhang Mi, published by China Aerospace Publishing House in 2002.

Oral Italian Communication, edited by Zhou Lili, published by China Aerospace Press in 2004.

The two books are from the same publishing house, so the latter "borrowed" a lot from the former, ha. One feature of these two books is that each sentence is marked with pronunciation and the stress is pointed out. It's enough to buy one, but I didn't know at the time. I bought both.

(4), grammar and pronunciation textbooks.

1. Italian Grammar, edited by Xiao Tianyou and Liu Shan, published by the Commercial Press in 1981. ★★★★★

I can't see it in the market. Anyway, I copied it from the library. I haven't seen any other Italian grammar books in China, so it must be a necessary book for learning Italian. Although the content is outdated, but the basic grammar points are involved, we can have a comprehensive understanding of Italian grammar through this book.

2. Pronunciation and Pronunciation in Italian, written by Wen Zheng, published by Peking University Publishing House in 2003.

It's very detailed, not bad. Unfortunately, after reading it, I still can't pronounce the sounds that I can't pronounce, such as P and B, N and L, the difference in pronunciation, the difference between two pronunciations of Z, and the difference between open and closed sounds. Of course, you can't blame yourself for having a bad letter, haha.

(5), travel manual.

1. Travel Around the World-Italy, China Tourism Press, 70 yuan, 2003. ★★★★★

Translated from Japanese, little Japan has money to play around and touch all the places well. The content is very detailed, and there are some tips.

2, "Beauty, Beauty, Italy" (Bella bella Italia! ), fine hair, Yin Qi.

One writes and the other paints, which is very emotional and leisurely. I like it and can be read as a travel work to cultivate my feelings for Italy. Anyway, I have a strong impulse to go to Italy after reading it, haha.

(6) Others.

1. Italian China, by Bai Zuoliang and Masini, published by the Commercial Press in 2002.

This is a book introducing the history of Sino-Italian communication. As written at the beginning of the book, "the farther away a person is, the more respected he is" (Major ex longinquo reverentia). This is the case between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. They admire each other. Also, italia's translation has experienced the changes of Italy-Italy-Italy, which is interesting. The black hand of Italian mafia and the red sun of China triad, haha.

1, a book to understand Italian history.

Wang Guishui, the author of A Book to Understand Italian History, briefly outlines a relatively complete picture of Italian history, which makes readers feel as if they are in it.

Feel the long history and customs of Italy, an ancient civilized country, so that readers can have a clear and objective understanding of Italy and feel the historical overview of this ancient civilization in different development periods.

2. History of Italy

The History of Italy, also known as The Whole History of Italy, is the work of Guicciardini in his later years. The political purpose of his writing is to arouse the national awakening of Italians by melting the history of many cities in Italy into one furnace.

This book consists of twenty volumes, from 1494 to 1534, which broke the geographical boundaries for the first time in Italian history.

Incorporate all the Italian city-states into the overall narrative.

At the same time, it has many contents involving many countries in western Europe, which can be called general history.

The History of Italy is an important history to understand the Renaissance.

3. Italian Renaissance culture

Italian Renaissance Culture is a historical work created by Swiss historian Jacob Buckhardt, which was first published in 1860.

The book is divided into six chapters, which mainly discusses the development and changes of Italian politics, cultural thoughts and daily life from 1350 to 1550.

Buckhardt used the chronicles and stories that had been published at that time and were readily available, and cut in from a new point of view, and constructed a new system of Renaissance studies.

4. History of Italian Art

History of Italian Art is a book published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House.

The author is Liu Rendao, who uses simple and vivid language to describe the context of Italian art in a simple way, so that readers can easily understand and comprehend the essence and quaint pod of Italian art.

Born in Xinning, Hunan Province in 1964, he graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1991.

At present, he is the vice president of Art Watch magazine of China Academy of Art, an associate researcher of the Academy of Fine Arts, and the editor-in-chief of the large-scale album "View of Famous Paintings" and "Appreciation of Modern Famous Paintings".

He has edited Naked Art and Artistic Nudity, Dialogue of Famous Paintings, and Popular Painters in Contemporary China, etc., and published more than 2 million books and papers in total.

In June, 1997, he planned the exhibitions, discussions and commemorative activities of "Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Comic Propaganda Team for National Salvation" and "Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Comic Engineering Group" held in China Art Museum.

5. Classical Art-Introduction to Italian Renaissance Art

This book is divided into two parts, mainly discussing the Italian Renaissance art: the first part is the study of works, introducing and appreciating the works of the Renaissance masters and their predecessors respectively; The second part is theoretical research, which describes the characteristics of aesthetic ideal, aesthetic concept and painting form of Renaissance classical style.

Wolfling's method of studying art is characterized by the perfect combination of technology, reason and emotion, and the lines are full of sparks of inspiration.

His language is very insightful, which formally explains the paintings and sculptures in the heyday of the Italian Renaissance, but basically does not involve the meaning of the theme or other factors that determine the creative process.

His style analysis combines cultural history and psychology into the creative process, forming a perfect aesthetic system.

This formal theory has greatly influenced the development of artistic criticism.

Source of reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-a book to understand Italian history

Source of reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Italian History

Source of reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Italian Renaissance culture

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