Brief Intro / 本书简介

迷糊老外单枪匹马独闯中国；
在这儿人生地不熟，对中文一窍不通；
却偏偏艺不高人胆大，东游西逛、四处历险......
咦？那位指路的好心人为什么竖起三根手指？这在我的国家可不太礼貌哦。
哎？中国的菜单怎么把动物的胃、肠子、脚丫子直接译成英文了？这叫人哪还有胃口啊！？？
想知道这个可爱老外的更多新鲜事吗？那就翻开本书慢慢品味吧。
The bushy side of my head had been removed and I was not left with "yidianr", but almost nothing!!
I had never seen a squat toilet befor coming to China. Now this could be a problem, I decided, when confronted with my first sighting of a public squat!!


- Table of Contents / 目录
- Preface / 序言
- Translator´s Preface / 译者序

Interesting Stories / 书中趣事
Music is language to their ears/音乐——通用语言

Music is language to their ears/音乐——通用语言

Ask any expatriate about the highs and lows of living in China, and there will always be a story starting: ´I had this really amazing experience...´ It happens to us all, and while some experience are more amazing than others, they are usually associated with communication, or more to the point--mis-communication.

A Christmas carol in China/圣诞欢歌

A Christmas carol in China/圣诞欢歌


As a foreigner working in China, the approach of Christmas brings conflicting emotions. Feelings of anticipation are mixed with a longing to be with family members far away. At the same time, there is release from the physical and mental pressures which Christmas often brings.

Getting lost in Beijing and loving it...sort of/爱上找不着北的感觉

Getting lost in Beijing and loving it...sort of/爱上找不着北的感觉


It´s a year since I first arrived in China - a country I originally had no intention of even visiting. But have you ever heard strange "voices" telling you what to do? "This guy´s nuts," I can hear you saying. Give me a chance to explain.

Author / 作者简介

 Edwin Maher, CCTV-9´s anchor
Edwin教你学英语

Published By / 出版社

Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press / 外语教学与研究出版社
Comments / 书评

"Edwin Maher shares with us not only his experiences in his first year of work in China but also his humour and his unique perspective from the ´down under´."

---- Li Xing, International News Editor of China Daily

“埃德温·马厄与我们分享的不只是他在中国第一年的工作经历，还有他的幽默与澳洲人的独特视角。”
—— 黎星，《中国日报》国际部主任

"A really interesting and entertaining collection of experiences away from the CCTV-9 news studio."

---- Sheng Yilai, Chief Director of CCTV International

“这是发生在CCTV-9新闻演播室之外的一系列特别有趣的经历。”
—— 盛亦来，中央电视台海外节目心主任

"The articles for the China Daily include one of the best that I have seen on the experiences of the foreigner in China."

---- Ken Robertson, Former Associate Dean of UWA Business School, University of Western Australia

“《找不着北》是我看过的外国人描写自己中国见闻的最好的书之一。 ”
—— 肯·罗伯逊，西澳大利亚大学商学院前副院长

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  • 56 yzx
    I like your smile. Your stories make me happy.
  • 54 the_lion_king
    yes,i bought one in beijing books building,iso far though i haven´t readed it,but it is enogh to intrest me and indicate the book is very intresting.in brief, i am fond of it and i want to make aquaintance of someone who is also reading that book and mingle thoughts from it
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