History Literature / IntegratedChinese

* LoveTriangle: Gao Wenzhong likes Bai Ying'ai, who likes Wang Peng, who likes Li You, who likes him back. (Gao Wenzhong → Bai Ying'ai → Wang Peng ↔ Li You) It starts out as a [[TriangRelations type 3]] triangle, with both girls liking Wang Peng, and then turns into a type 4 as it becomes clear that Wang Peng likes Li You, and is uninterested in Bai Ying'ai.

* FakeStatic: When Li You gets a phone call from a creepy older man in Lesson 16, she pretends her phone's battery is dying.

* LoveTriangle: Gao Wenzhong likes Bai Ying'ai, who likes Wang Peng, who likes Li You, who likes him back. (Gao Wenzhong → Bai Ying'ai → Wang Peng ↔ Li You) It starts out as a [[TriangRelations type 3]] triangle, with both girls liking Wang Peng, and then turns into a type 4 as it becomes clear that Wang Peng likes Li You, and is uninterested in Bai Ying'ai. Gao Wenzhong isn't really counted.

* LoveTriangle: Betweeen Wang Peng, Li You and Bai Ying'ai. It starts out as a [[TriangRelations type 3]] triangle, with both girls liking Wang Peng, and then turns into a type 4 as it becomes clear that Wang Peng likes Li You, and is uninterested in Bai Ying'ai.

* CoupledCouples: The main cast consists of 2 boys and 2 girls. After the love triangle, we settle down into two couples: Wang Peng/Li You, and Gao Wenzhong/Bai Ying'ai.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' is a [[MultiVolumeWork 4-volume]] series of Mandarin Chinese textbooks. It was first published in 1997 and has become the most widely used textbook for English speakers learning Chinese.

* RealTime: There are 4 books, intended to cover 2 years of Chinese class, each consisting of 2 semesters. If the books are used that way, then the time in the books matches up with real time. For example, the first book ends with winter break, and the second book ends with summer break.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' a 4-volume series of Mandarin Chinese textbooks. It was first published in 1997 and has become the most widely used textbook for English speakers learning Chinese.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' is the most widely used textbook for English speakers learning Chinese.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' is the most widely used textbook for by English speakers learning Chinese.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' is perhaps the most widely used textbook for by English speakers learning Chinese.

* DubNameChange: TruthInTelevision. Chinese and English are fundamentally different in their sound systems, writing systems, and naming systems. Thus, virtually everyone learning Chinese gets a Chinese name. This is reflected in the Chinese students in the book. Li You's English name is Amy Lee, and Gao Wenzhong's is Winstone Gore. Bai Ying'ai is Korean, and her name is Baek Yeung Ae.

Each lesson contains two "dialogues" (ie. conversations between the characters). There ''is'' a story of sorts going on--something of a SoapOpera about Wang Peng, who [[TheAce everyone thinks is great]], and a LoveTriangle between him and his classmates Li You and Bai Ying'ai. There's also Gao Wenzhong, who the [[AdvertisedExtra writers frequently seem to forget about]].

* LoveTriangle: Betweeen Li You and Bai Ying'ai both have a thing for Wang Peng.

* RelativeError: Wang Peng thinks it's a picture of Li You's parents, but it's really a picture of Li You's mother and uncle.

* BigApplesauce: The main cast consists of one Chinese student, one Korean one, one American one, and one British one. Li You, the American one, is from New York. (Furthermore, Wang Peng is from Beijing, and Bai Ying'ai is from Seoul.) EnforcedTrope, because it's more useful for students to know the Chinese names of large, famous cities than smaller ones.

Cheng and Tsui's ''Integrated Chinese'' is perhaps the most widely used textbook used by English speakers learning Chinese.

* * BigApplesauce: The main cast consists of one Chinese student, one Korean one, one American one, and one British one. Li You, the American one, is from New York. (Furthermore, Wang Peng is from Beijing, and Bai Ying'ai is from Seoul.) EnforcedTrope, because it's more useful for students to know the Chinese names of large, famous cities than smaller ones.

* CoupledCouples: There was 2 boys, 2 girls. After the love triangle, we settle down into two couples: Wang Peng/Li You, and Gao Wenzhong/Bai Ying'ai.

* LoveTriangle: Betweeen Wang Peng, Li You and Bai Ying'ai

* CoupledCouples: There was 2 boys, 2 girls, and after the Li You/Wang Peng/Bai Ying'ai love triangle we settle down into two ships: Wang Peng/Li You, and Gao Wenzhong/Bai Ying'ai.

* RelativeError: Wang Peng thinks it's a picture of Li You's parents, but it's really a picture of Li You's mother and her brother.

* LoveTriangle: Betweeen Wang Peng, Li You and Bai Ying'ai

Integrated Chinese is perhaps the most widely used textbook used by English speakers learning Chinese.