Newsletter No. 128

Facility Charges 1998-99 The A A PC has resolved that fees and charges on the following facilities w i ll remain unchanged as follows in 1998-99: The charging policy and rates of the following facilities have however been revised as follows, also to take effect from 1st July 1998: Facilities 1998 Rate (HK$) Swimming Pool Student 5.5 Staff 11 Staff dependant 5.5 Alumnus 11 Guest 30 Coupons (12 tickets) Student 55 Staff 110 Staff dependant 55 Alumnus 110 Guest 300 Alumni annual subscription 220 Re-issue of membership card 17.5 Full Basketball Court (per hour) Student 39 Staff 78 Alumnus 91 Small Basketball Court (per hour) Student 26 Staff 52 Alumnus 65 Facilities 1998 Rate (HK$) Badminton Court (per hour) Student 13 Staff 26 Alumnus 39 Guest surcharge (per head) 13 Squash Court (per 45 mins) Student 13 Staff 26 Alumnus 39 Guest surcharge (per head) 13 Tennis Court (per hour) Student 13 Staff 26 Alumnus 39 Floodlight surcharge 26 Guest surcharge (per head) 13 Football/Miniature Pitch (per hour) Student 52 Staff 104 Alumnus 117 Track (per hour) Student Free Staff Free Alumnus 13 Facility External Hirers Internal Hirers Non-profit Making Organizations Other Organizations Income- generating Activities Non-income- generating Activities Rate per 2-hour session (HK$) Lecture/Seminar Rooms (seats) Small (<50) 320 430 140 Free Large (>50) 470 620 210 Free Lecture Halls (seats) Small (<150) 610 810 270 Free Large (>150) 860 1,150 380 Free Lecturer Theatres (seats) Small (<200) 1,260 1,680 560 Free Large (>200) 1,800 2,400 800 Free Laboratories Per room 690 N/A N/A Free Use of apparatus & fixtures 70 (per person) N/A N/A Free Chapel (1,200 seats) 1,320 N/A 730 Free Attendant Staff Service General - normal 140 140 140 Free -overtime 160 160 160 160 Technical - normal 160 160 160 Free -overtime 180 180 180 180 中文大學出版社 Chinese University Press 新書 New Books 《中學生作文語誤分析》「答對——犯錯——再答對」是人人必經的學習過程。學生在作文時出現一些語誤，也是在所難免的，問題是如何改正。此書針對中學生作文的語誤，藉指正錯處來提高他們對語文的自覺性，讓他們領悟如何寫出用詞準確和語法通順的句子。此書作者何萬貫，曾任教育署中文科督學，現爲本校課程與教學學系助理教授，致力推動香港的語文教育。他從七十多所中學約三千篇學生作文中，選出有語誤的句子，指出語誤所在和改正的方法，並且列出幾種不同的表達方式，使讀者不但「知其然」，而且「知其所以然」。全書分爲兩部分。第一部分介紹用詞不當的語誤，包括混用近義詞、誤用褒義詞和貶義詞、錯用虛詞和關聯詞；第二部分介紹語法欠妥的語誤，包括句子成分搭配不當、殘缺和存有冗詞。國際統一書號 9 6 2 - 2 0 1 - 8 0 5 - X ，平裝本，一百二十四頁，六十港元。《中學中國語文教學法》( 修訂版）此書自一九九零年出版以來，廣受歡迎。鑑於嗣後中學中國語文課程有變動，而語文教學也有新發展，須出版修訂本，更新和擴充內容，以利讀者。此書作者周漢光，曾任小學及中學教師、柏立基教育學院講師，現任中大課程與教學學系副教授，著有《張之洞與廣雅書院》。全書分爲十三章。第一、二章闡釋中學中國語文科的性質、教學目標、教學內容與教學原則。第三至九章分別討論中文科常用的教學方法、讀文教學、作文教學、課外閱讀指導、課外語文活動，以及中文科輔導教學。第十章論列中國語文科的成績考查。第十一章分析編選中文教材時須注意的地方，並論及內地的編選新趨勢。第十二章討論中國語文科教師的備課工作。第十三章探究教師的職責，以及中文教師應具的學養。修訂版改以現行範文爲例子，增收「中國語文及文化科」的課程介紹和「寫作教學新趨勢」的環節，並介紹內地推行「一綱多本」、兼重導學與自學的中文課程，供本港教師及有興趣人士參考。國際統一書號 9 6 2 - 2 0 1 - 7 9 6 - 7 ‧ 平裝本，三百四十頁，九十八港元。 Textbook of Clinical Medicine for Asia The practice of medicine in Asia varies in many ways from that in the West. The disease pattern, socio-economic factors, and health care systems are quite d i f f e r e nt i n this continent which houses 60 per cent of the world's population. Edited by Joseph J.Y. Sung, Philip K.T. Li, John E. Sanderson, and Jean Woo, Textbook of Clinical Medicine for Asia is a textbook of clinical medicine that caters for Asia. Designed primarily for use by medical students and trainees in internal medicine, it is an informative reference in 90 chapters covering topics including cardiology, respiratory me d i c i n e, gastroenterology, nephrology, rheumatology, poisoning, and environmental medicine. Particular emphasis is placed on diseases prevalent in Asia, and the use of herbal drugs and their possible toxic effects. I SBN 962-202-773-8, hard cover, 947 pages, HK$480 文物館 Art Museum 《東方文明之光— —良渚文化玉器》 The Dawn of Chinese Civilization: Jades of the Liangzhu Culture 這展覽圖錄由文物館高級主任林業強先生編譯，文物館與浙江良渚文化博物館聯合出版。書內彩版刊印近年浙江餘杭境內新石器時代良渚文化重要遺址出土之玉器九十五項，不少屬首次發表，學術價値極高。全部展品附詳細說明及線圖、拓片等資料。此書導言由浙江省文物考古硏究所硏究員王明達先生撰寫，扼要介紹良渚文化玉器槪貌及展品特色。此書圖文並茂，中英對照，爲硏究及欣賞良渚文化玉器不可或缺之參考圖錄。國際統一書號 9 6 2 - 7 1 0 1 - 4 0 - 0，精裝本，一百一十三頁( 彩版五十一頁），三百二十港元。 The Dawn of Chinese Civilization: Jades of the Liangzhu Culture, the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name held in April, features all the 95 exhibits w h i ch were excavated f r om Neolithic Liangzhu culture sites. The ma j o r i ty of the jade items are published for the first time. The book is illustrated with colour plates, line drawings or rubbings, w i th detailed entries in b o t h Ch i n e se and E n g l i s h. A l s o included is an introductory essay by Mr. Wa ng M i n g da f r om the Z h e j i a ng Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. Edited and translated by Mr. Y.K. L a m and j o i n t ly published by the Liangzhu Culture Mu s e um and the C U H K A rt Museum, the catalogue is an important reference for the study and appreciation of jades of the Liangzhu Culture. I S BN 962-7101-40-0, hard cover, 113 pages (51 colour plates), HK$320 翻譯硏究中心 Research Centre for Translation Renditions No. 49 (Spring 1998) Drama Guan Hanqing: A Sister Courtesan Comes to the Rescue (translated by George Kao) Fiction L i Yu: Wife and Concubine Remarry M a i d - c o n c u b i ne R e m a i ns C o n s t a nt ( translated by Paul Or) Zhang Kangkang: Cruelty (a story of the Cultural Revolution) (translated by Richard King) Poetry Bai Juyi: Seventeen Poems (translated by Burton Watson) and more 158 pages, HK$99 本校敎職員在大學書店或文物館購買以下書籍，可獲八折優待。 The following books are sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff of the University at the University Bookstore and the Art Museum. 中大通訊第一二八期一九九八年六月四日 4