his book is Volume Four of the series Easy Steps to Chinese. With five units (three lessons in each unit), it offers language knowledge and practice centering on the common topics in everyday life such as "appearance, occupations, personality", "daily routine, household chores, pets", "schools, examinations, school events", "delicious food, festivals, eating out", "neighborhood, traveling, accidents", etc. This volume is full-color printed (with one CD). With beautiful illustrations, practical conversations and short articles, it enables the students' simple communication in fluent and accurate Chinese.