《新当代中文》是一套以成年汉语学习者为主要读者对象的汉语教材,共四个级别,每个级别包括课本、练习册、配套的教师手册、阅读材料、习题集、写字本以及多媒体教学资源,一、二级还有汉字本。教材旨在培养学习者汉语听说读写译的语言综合运用能力和一定的汉语交际能力,其语言难度符合《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》(GF0025-2021)。本套教材的前身《当代中文》自出版以来一直受到海内外广大师生的欢迎。为更好地满足广大师生的需求,且更符合语言和时代的发展,作者对教材进行了重新编写,使其更加充实、实用。该套教材体现生活气息和时代特色,关注中外文化对比,同时重视世界文化共通性;.将音节、汉字、词汇、语法教学有机结合,既可保证打好语音基础和汉字基础,又能满足学生的交际需求,保障了汉语教学的实用性和可延续性,使新时期的汉语国际教育更富活力、更具有科学性和规范性。本书为第4册《课本》。 New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and translating of the language, as well as their communicative competence. The difficulty level of the series is in line with the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education (GF0025-2021). This series is adapted from Contemporary Chinese, which has been well received by teachers and students worldwide since its publication. To better meet users' needs and keep up with the development trends in both the language and the era, the authors have recompiled the series so that its content could be enriched to serve more practical purposes. As a reflection of both modern life and features of the time, New Contemporary Chinese not only considers the comparison between Chinese and foreign cultures, but also stresses the shared values among cultures in the world. By integrating teachings of syllables, characters, vocabulary and grammar, the series not only helps lay a sound foundation for the students' phonetic and character skills, but also enables them to communicate in Chinese. It makes Chinese teaching and learning more practical and a continuing process, which offers more vitality, scientific practice and methods, and guidelines for international Chinese language education for the new era.This is Textbook Volume 4.