书名页 Acknowledgements Preface 目录页 Ⅰ.GENERALLY SPEAKING 1.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE WEIRD KIND 1　CEO soaks it in 2　Dealing with the Devils 3　Thrill of being a fugitive 4　Slithering out of darkness 5　Bumps in the road 6　Touts turn out to be friendly 7　Stone phone calls through the ages 8　The big smile said it all 9　Porn dated at explicit exhibition 10　Age no bar at Chinese clubs 11　It's all downhill from here 12　Reality check on a dream journey 13　Beihai and I come of age 2.FUNNY BUSINESS 14　Peddlers pack a punch 15　Priceless joys of bargaining 16　Cost in translation 17　Making deals and friends 18　Where you shop 'til you drop 19　When money-hungry restaurateurs smell prey 20　Fishing for the real deal 3.ON THE ROAD 21　Murphy's Law drives me crazy 22　What the beep are you saying? 23　Driven mad in a cab 24　Getting a fix on happening Beijing 25　Changing gears on life's road 4.CHEW ON THIS 26　Serving up the table talk 27　When Beijing sounds out 28　Meetings with famous meats 29　Steeped in culture, table talk brews 30　Smoke in mirrors 31　Superstition makes for hairy experience 32　Surgical precision at the hospital 33　Facing the music 34　Now, KTV's music to my ears 35　Dude, where's my phone? 36　Buy, buy, buy, cell, cell cell Ⅱ.Culture vultures 1.IN PLAIN LANGUAGE 37　Studying more to learn less 38　Competition makes me feel small 39　When babbling makes sense 40　Express route to my Mandarin misunderstandings 41　Discovering a language like Indiana Jones 42　More to language than just words 43　A hellish contest with Devil Judge 2.YOU NAME IT 44　In the name of the emperor 45　The name's Bong, James Bong 46　Rewriting the name game 47　What's in a name, anyway? 3.LABORS OF LOVE 48　Getting married for the mob 49　The formula for love 50　Till death do us part 51　Love's priceless, but weddings are expensive 52　Putting love to the test 53　A picture-perfect bride and groom 54　Marital bliss is free and invaluable 4.CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, C'MON! 55　The boogiemen's bash on Fright Night 56　Santa Clause is limping to town 57　Good trip, no fall 58　Go gently into the New Year 59　Celebrating a festival without festivities 60　Love wrapped up in dumpling dough 61　Dumplings stuffed with memories 62　Having a blast during Spring Festival 63　Swept up in family matters 64　Remembering people and traditions lost 5.MEETING THE REAL CHINESE 65　Learning life's lessons 66　The godfather's not Marlin Brando 67　Singing the Super Girl's praises 68　Look behind to find kind folks 69　He's gone in a puff of smoke 70　Xi Shi is a cut above 71　The impossible dream of Beijing's new red chambers 72　Hearts warm the winter chill 73　Mr Makeover colors our lives 74　A finely wrought story 75　Digging in on Labor Day 76　Same old village, brand new livelihoods 77　Saying goodbye at a traditional funeral 6.SURPRISE, SURPRISE 78　Tipping me over the edge 79　Honestly, try fibbing some time 80　Swimming with the Beijing icebergs 81　Blessing of the Golden Flower 82　What the fengshui master revealed 83　Losing a perfect job opportunity 84　“Chi fan le ma" – always a safe question 85　Mechanics of the bare-belly radiator 86　The good news of rediscovering ritual 87　How trinkets tell 10-second stories 7.THE FUNNY THING IS 88　Jokes are a funny way to learn 89　Chinese know no humor 90　Why Chinese humor is so funny 8.THINK ABOUT IT 91　Ancient wisdom for modern life 92　Waiting for the white rabbit 93　Lessons from the old wise guys 94　Stories that pack a powerful punch 95　Hugging the boundaries of personal space 9.A CLASS OF THEIR OWN 96　My meter-high bilingual master 97　Life with ducks, chickens and woodpeckers 98　Double trouble for bicultural twins 99　Fueling the fire of tot's desire 100　What's the rush, ent-boy? EPILOGUE 101　Trapped in the revolving door ..更多