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Mythic Mandarin

HSK 4 Unit 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

The last eight HSK 4 lessons: childhood memories, regrets and lessons learned, a short speech at a celebration, a friendly debate, and plans for the future, bringing together all the grammar of HSK 4; then three lessons with the words you need for the HSK 4 stories.

Goal: You can describe memories and how things have changed, talk about regrets and what you learned, give a short structured speech, argue for a point of view, and present your plans for the future.

Start with lesson 1

Lessons

  1. Childhood memoriesDescribe childhood memories and compare then and now, using 是…的, 以为 and 越来越.About 24 minutes
  2. Regrets and lessons learnedTalk about regrets and what you learned from them, with 要是, 后悔, 否则 and 既然.About 24 minutes
  3. A short speechGive a short, structured speech at a celebration: greeting, thanks, a story and good wishes.About 24 minutes
  4. A friendly debateArgue for a point of view, agree and disagree politely, and give reasons and examples.About 24 minutes
  5. Plans for the futurePresent your plans and hopes for the next five years, and follow a longer text that uses all the HSK 4 grammar.About 26 minutes
  6. Before the stories: an online shopTalk about goods, boxes and deliveries, say that things are identical or nearly sold out, and praise something with 极了, with the shopping words of the HSK 4 stories.About 24 minutes
  7. Before the stories: grandma's photo albumTell a family story from an old photo album, describe feelings such as lonely and sad, and say you can't believe something, with the family words of the HSK 4 stories.About 24 minutes
  8. Before the stories: a concert, an injury and a ghost filmTalk about a performance and practice, an injury and a coach's advice, suggest an idea and refuse a ghost film, with the last words for the HSK 4 stories.About 24 minutes

You have finished HSK 4. Next: HSK 5 Unit 1: Even if and no matter what, where Chinese becomes more written and more nuanced.