Careers and Costs
职业成本
You can now express your career motivations, narrate past job experiences, discuss costs and preferences, and emphasize your opinions with clarity.
Consolidate everything from 6 lessons — 0/6 completed.
What You Can Now Do
Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.
Listen
You can follow discussions about career choices and costs, identifying key motivations and opinions expressed through emphasis and rhetorical questions.
Speak
You can articulate your career goals using 为了, narrate sequences of past actions with 了...(就)..., and express emphatic negation when discussing preferences.
Read & Write
You can read about various career roles and write about your own preferences, using approximate quantities and emphasizing key points effectively.
Culture & Use
You can navigate conversations about career expectations and costs, understanding when to emphasize opinions and how to contrast differing views appropriately.
Vocabulary Review
All 48 words from Unit 13. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
6 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Purpose Compound: 为了..., ...
为了……，…… · wèile……, ……Express purpose and motivation using 为了 at the beginning of a sentence
为了保持健康，他每天坚持运动。
In order to stay healthy, he exercises every day.
为了学好中文，我每天都要看中国电视剧。
In order to learn Chinese well, I watch Chinese TV dramas every day.
为了省钱，她很少在外面吃饭。
In order to save money, she rarely eats out.
Tight Sequence: ...了...(就)...
……了……（就）…… · ……le……(jiù)……Express actions that happen in tight sequence using the 了...(就)... pattern
他下了课就去图书馆。
As soon as class ends, he goes to the library.
他喝了酒就会脸红。
As soon as he drinks alcohol, his face turns red.
我到了北京就给你打电话。
I'll call you as soon as I arrive in Beijing.
Approximate Numbers 2
概数表示法2 · gàishù biǎoshìfǎ 2Express approximate quantities using 大概, 大约, 几, adjacent numbers, 左右, and 前后
这个手机大概两千块。
This phone is about 2000 yuan.
我的中文老师大约三十岁。
My Chinese teacher is approximately 30 years old.
我上网买了几本书。
I bought a few books online.
Emphasis with 一点儿也不...
用"一点儿也不……"表示强调 · yòng "yìdiǎnr yě bù……" biǎoshì qiángdiàoUse 一点儿也不/没 to emphatically negate — meaning "not at all"
中文一点儿也不简单。
Chinese is not simple at all.
这双球鞋穿着一点儿也不舒服。
These sneakers are not comfortable at all to wear.
今天一点儿都不冷。
It's not cold at all today.
Rhetorical Questions for Emphasis
用反问句表示强调 · yòng fǎnwènjù biǎoshì qiángdiàoUse rhetorical questions with 不是...吗 and 难道...吗 to emphasize a point
今天不是星期天吗？
Isn't today Sunday? (It IS Sunday!)
难道你没去过长城吗？
Don't tell me you've never been to the Great Wall?
这不是你的书吗？
Isn't this your book? (It IS yours!)
Using 是 for Emphasis
用"是"强调 · yòng "shì" qiángdiàoUse 是 before adjectives and verbs to add emphasis, meaning "indeed / really"
你说得对，这位经理是很负责。
You're right, this manager is indeed very responsible.
我同意，那个电影是挺有意思。
I agree, that movie is quite interesting indeed.
北京是很大，但是交通很方便。
Beijing IS very big, but the transportation is convenient.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
6 lessons still need to pass at 80% or higher. Pick one to continue.
Lessons (0 / 6 passed)
Take the HSK 3 Unit 13 Exam
A short mini-mock drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.