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Mandarin AP · Chapter 2 · Unit 1: Families and Communities

Getting on with people

Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

8 vocabulary lessons (73 words), 2 grammar lessons, 1 story, 4 exam-style sets.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Greetings and courtesies

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  2. Vocabulary

    Friends, boys and girls

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  3. Grammar primer

    Relative clauses de

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  4. Vocabulary

    Brave, honest, lively, proactive

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  5. Vocabulary

    Shy, lazy, careless or careful

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  6. Vocabulary

    Happy, relaxed, excited, proud

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  7. Vocabulary

    Nervous, sad, lonely, disappointed

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  8. Vocabulary

    Sorry, forgive, what a pity

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  9. Grammar primer

    Dui lai shuo

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  10. Vocabulary

    Accept, refuse, give up, keep going

    Friends, greetings and manners, what people are like, and how they feel.

  11. Reading practice

    A new term at the Saturday Chinese school

    Reading: a teacher's email to parents, Flushing, New York.

  12. Listening practice

    Going back to the village

    Listening: a radio report, rural Guizhou, China.

  13. Email response

    A birthday invitation

    Writing: a guided email reply to a friend, with sentence frames.

  14. Typing practice

    Pick the character: getting along with people

    Typing: sentences from this chapter, typed in pinyin as on exam day.

  15. Read a story

    Read: 走廊上的翻译

    A reader to close getting on with people.

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