Urban and Rural Connections
城市乡村
You can now analyze and articulate the nuances of urban-rural dynamics through concession, passive constructions, and conditional reasoning.
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What You Can Now Do
Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.
Listen
You can comprehend discussions that compare city and countryside environments while identifying subtle concessions and changes in dynamics.
Speak
You can express concessions regarding the differences between urban and rural settings, utilize passive constructions to describe environments, and articulate changes in dynamics using causal language.
Read & Write
You can read comparative analyses of urban and rural contexts critically and write coherent arguments that incorporate conditional and concessive relationships.
Culture & Use
You can navigate conversations about urban and rural issues with sensitivity, recognizing when to employ concessions and how to frame discussions appropriately.
Vocabulary Review
All 38 words from Unit 1. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.
Grammar Review
4 grammar patterns covered in this unit.
Degree Adverbs: 过于, 可, 稍, 稍微, 尤其
程度副词：过于、可、稍、稍微、尤其 · chéngdù fùcí: guòyú, kě, shāo, shāowēi, yóuqíExpress fine-grained degrees of intensity — from "excessively" to "slightly" to "especially"
这件事发生得过于突然了。
This happened way too suddenly.
他女朋友可漂亮了！
His girlfriend is SO pretty!
这幅画再挂得稍高一点儿。
Hang this painting just a little bit higher.
Scope Adverb: 大都
范围副词：大都 · fànwéi fùcí: dàdōuUse 大都 to express "mostly / for the most part" when describing general tendencies of a group
参加划船比赛的大都是女生。
Most of those in the rowing competition are girls.
我们班的学生大都很爱学习。
Most students in our class love studying.
小孩儿大都喜欢吃甜的。
Children mostly like eating sweet things.
Time Adverbs: 不时, 将, 将要, 仍旧, 时常, 时刻, 依旧, 一向
时间副词：不时、将、将要、仍旧、时常、时刻、依旧、一向 · shíjiān fùcí: bùshí, jiāng, jiāngyào, réngjiù, shícháng, shíkè, yījiù, yíxiàngExpress nuanced time relationships — from "occasionally" and "constantly" to "still" and "about to"
我不时想起过去的事情。
I think of past events from time to time.
明年我们将去国外考察。
Next year we will go abroad for a study tour.
电视剧将要开始了。
The TV drama is about to start.
Frequency Adverbs: 偶尔 & 再次
频率、重复副词：偶尔、再次 · pínlǜ, chóngfù fùcí: ǒuěr, zàicìUse 偶尔 to express "occasionally" and 再次 to express "once again" in formal contexts
他不常请假，只是偶尔迟到一次。
He rarely takes time off — he is just occasionally late.
我们决不让类似的事情再次发生。
We will never let a similar incident happen again.
我偶尔会去那家咖啡馆坐坐。
I occasionally go sit in that cafe.
Cumulative Exercises
Practice all vocabulary and grammar from the entire unit in one session.
What stands between you and the cumulative review
4 lessons still need to pass at 80% or higher. Pick one to continue.
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Take the HSK 5 Unit 1 Exam
A short mini-mock — listening + reading — drawn from this unit's vocab, grammar, and lessons. The natural next step after this review.