HSK 6 Unit 7: News and Reported Speech
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Five lessons on news and reporting: hearsay and sources with 据说 and 据…报道, careful claims with 恐怕, 未必 and 不见得, adding with 不仅…还, formal reporting verbs 表示, 指出 and 称, and a reading on how a rumour spread and was corrected.
Goal: You can report news with its source, soften or doubt a claim, add a second point formally, report what officials said, and follow a short news analysis.
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Lessons
- Reportedly: 据说 and 据…报道Report news with its source using 据说 and 据…报道, and discuss a story you read online.✓ Completed
- Probably and not necessarily: 恐怕, 未必 and 不见得Soften a claim with 恐怕 and doubt one with 未必 and 不见得, and judge whether an online claim is true.✓ Completed
- Not only: 不仅…还Add a second, stronger point formally with 不仅…还 and 不仅…而且, and talk about how news spreads on social media.✓ Completed
- Officials said: 表示, 指出 and 称Report what officials and experts said with 表示, 指出 and 称, and follow a short report on a press conference.✓ Completed
- Reading: how a rumour spreadFollow a short news analysis of a rumour, and discuss how to judge information, using this unit's patterns.✓ Completed
Next: HSK 6 Unit 8: Building an argument, where you write and deliver a structured argument.