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Mandarin AP · Chapter 3 · Unit 1: Families and Communities

Community, town and country

Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

8 vocabulary lessons (69 words), 2 grammar lessons, 1 story, 3 exam-style sets.

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  1. Vocabulary

    Better, worst, the same

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  2. Vocabulary

    Rooms in the house

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  3. Vocabulary

    Where I live

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  4. Vocabulary

    Hometowns, villages and the city

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  5. Grammar primer

    Budan erqie

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  6. Vocabulary

    Directions

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  7. Vocabulary

    Museums, suburbs and small towns

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  8. Vocabulary

    Community and volunteering

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  9. Vocabulary

    Pros, cons, risks and effects

    Neighborhoods and volunteering, hometowns and villages, and moving to the city.

  10. Grammar primer

    Yue lai yue

    Grammar for AP Chinese.

  11. Reading practice

    Downstairs

    Reading: a short story, Ang Mo Kio, Singapore.

  12. Listening practice

    New in the neighborhood

    Listening: a conversation between neighbors, Shanghai, China.

  13. Typing practice

    Pick the character: community, town and country

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

  14. Read a story

    Read: 楼上的声音

    A reader to close community, town and country.

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