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HSK 6Unit 19 Review

Transportation and Technology

交通与科技 Jiāo tōng yǔ kē jì

You can now critically analyze the evolution of transportation technology, articulate nuanced opinions on its influences, and connect complex travel-related ideas with precision.

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25 words 3 grammar 24 exercises 100 XP

What You Can Now Do

Four skills you've built across this unit — revisit any lesson to sharpen them.

Listen

You can follow a structured debate on the evolution of transportation technology and identify the use of concessive argumentation and relevant vocabulary.

Speak

You can present a well-reasoned opinion on the impact of technology on transportation, utilizing quasi-suffixes to enhance your argument.

Read & Write

You can construct complex sentences that connect travel-related concepts using conjunctions while demonstrating an understanding of formal linking and vocabulary integration.

Culture & Use

You can navigate discussions about transportation and technology with an awareness of the nuances in language that reflect varying opinions and cultural perspectives.

Vocabulary Review

All 25 words from Unit 19. Tap any word to visit its dictionary page.

Grammar Review

3 grammar patterns covered in this unit.

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Parallel Compound: 时而……时而……

时而……,时而…… · shí'ér ... , shí'ér ...

Describe alternating states or actions using the literary parallel pattern 时而……时而……

Pattern主语 + 时而 + A,时而 + BUse 时而 before two contrasting or alternating states to express "now A, now B" or "sometimes A, sometimes B." The two elements are usually opposite or contrasting in nature.

这儿的天气变来变去,时而晴天,时而下雨。

Zhèr de tiānqì biàn lái biàn qù, shí'ér qíngtiān, shí'ér xiàyǔ.

The weather here keeps changing — now sunny, now rainy.

生活就是这样,时而让人失望,时而让人充满信心。

Shēnghuó jiùshì zhèyàng, shí'ér ràng rén shīwàng, shí'ér ràng rén chōngmǎn xìnxīn.

Life is just like this — sometimes disappointing, sometimes filling you with confidence.

她的情绪很不稳定,时而积极,时而消沉。

Tā de qíngxù hěn bù wěndìng, shí'ér jījí, shí'ér xiāochén.

Her emotions are very unstable — sometimes positive, sometimes depressed.

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Parallel Compound: 一时……一时……

一时……,一时…… · yīshí ... , yīshí ...

Express rapid or unpredictable alternation between two states using 一时……一时……

Pattern主语 + 一时 + A,一时 + BUse 一时 before two contrasting states to express rapid, unpredictable fluctuation — "one moment A, the next moment B." The tone often implies instability or inconsistency.

年纪太大了,身体一时好一时坏。

Niánjì tài dà le, shēntǐ yīshí hǎo yīshí huài.

Getting too old — the body is good one moment and bad the next.

这家公司的产量一时上升一时下降。

Zhè jiā gōngsī de chǎnliàng yīshí shàngshēng yīshí xiàjiàng.

This company's output rises one moment and falls the next.

他的情绪有波动,一时高兴一时悲伤。

Tā de qíngxù yǒu bōdòng, yīshí gāoxìng yīshí bēishāng.

His emotions fluctuate — happy one moment, sad the next.

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Sequential Compound: ……便……

……便…… · ... biàn ...

Use 便 as a formal equivalent of 就 to express immediate sequence or natural consequence

Pattern……便…… (clause 1 + 便 + clause 2)便 functions as a more formal, literary version of 就, indicating that the second action follows immediately or naturally after the first. It is used in written Chinese, formal speech, and narrative prose.

我一走出校门,抬头便看见了她。

Wǒ yī zǒu chū xiào mén, táitóu biàn kànjiàn le tā.

As soon as I walked out of the school gate, I looked up and saw her.

她放下电话,衣服没换便往医院赶。

Tā fàng xià diànhuà, yīfu méi huàn biàn wǎng yīyuàn gǎn.

She put down the phone and rushed to the hospital without even changing clothes.

一回到家,他便看到了桌子上的饭菜。

Yī huí dào jiā, tā biàn kàn dào le zhuōzi shàng de fàncài.

As soon as he got home, he saw the food on the table.

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