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Mandarin AP · Chapter 23 · Unit 6: Global Contexts

Transport and global links

High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

8 vocabulary lessons (75 words), 2 grammar lessons, 1 story, 3 exam-style sets.

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  1. Vocabulary

    And, but, because, if

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  2. Vocabulary

    Petrol, traffic jams, bridges and crashes

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  3. Vocabulary

    Waking up, lying down, going for a walk

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  4. Vocabulary

    Transport

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  5. Grammar primer

    Zhi set phrases

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  6. Vocabulary

    High-speed rail, buses and shared bikes

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  7. Vocabulary

    Lawyers, professors and reporters

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  8. Vocabulary

    Arrange, organise, host, represent

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  9. Vocabulary

    Trade, diplomacy and working together

    High-speed rail and city transport, trade, diplomacy and working across borders.

  10. Grammar primer

    Bei passive

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  11. Reading practice

    Home for the weekend

    Reading: an article and a chart, Xi'an, China.

  12. Listening practice

    Christmas in September

    Listening: a conversation between a stall owner and her son, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.

  13. Typing practice

    Pick the character: transportation and global links

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

  14. Read a story

    Read: 一直开

    A reader to close transport and global links.

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