Short Term Spoken Chinese Threshold Volume 2 Learn Chinese Pinyin Book

第16课 他正在等他爱人呢 Lesson 16 He is waiting for his wife

语法 Grammar

1. 动作的进行 The progressive aspect of an action

2. "有的……有的……" The construction "有的……有的……"

3. "一边……一边……" The construction "一边……一边……"

第17课 刚才你去哪儿了 Lesson 17 Where have you been just now

语法 Grammar

1. 动态助词"了" Aspect particle"了"

2. "……了……就……" The construction "……了……就……"

第18课 秋天了 Lesson 18 It's autumn

语法 Grammar

1. 语气助词"了" Modal particle"了"

2. "要……了" The construction "要……了"

3. 能愿动词（2）：能、可以 Modal Verbs (2):"能"and"可以"

第19课 你游泳游得怎么样 Lesson 19 How well do you swim

语法 Grammar

1. 能愿动词（3）：会、得（děi） Modal verbs (3):"会"and"得"（děi）

2. 状态补语 Complement of state

第20课 明天我就要回国了 Lesson 20 I will go back to my country tomorrow

语法 Grammar

1. 时量补语 Complement of duration

2. 副词"就"与"才" The adverbs"就"and"才"

3. "虽然……但是……" The construction "虽然……但是……"

4. "因为……所以……" The construction "因为……所以……"

第21课 你去过香山吗 Lesson 21 Have you ever been to the Fragrance Hill

语法 Grammar

1. 动态助词"过"Aspect particle"过"

2. "是……的" The construction"是……的"

3. 动量补语 Complement of frequency

4. "除了……以外" The construction"除了……以外"

第22课 门开着 Lesson 22 The door is open

语法 Grammar

1. 动作的持续 The durative aspect of an action

2. 结构助词"地" The structural particle"地"

3. 形容词重叠 Reduplication of adjectives

第23课 你打错了 Lesson 23 You've made a wrong call

语法 Grammar

1. 结果补语 Complement of result

2. "到"作结果补语 "到"used as a complement of result

3. "一……就……" The construction"一……就……"

4. "住"作结果补语 "住"used as a complement of result

第24课 她出去了 Lesson 24 She went out

语法 Grammar

1. 趋向补语 Complement of direction

2. 兼语句 Pivotal sentence

3. "要是……就……" The construction "要是……就……"

第25课 他恐怕去不了 Lesson 25 He probably can't go there

语法 Grammar

1. 可能补语 Complement of potential

2. "了（liǎo）"作可能补语 The potential complement"了"（liǎo）

3. "怎么（能）……呢" The construction"怎么（能）……呢"

第26课 西安比北京还热 Lesson 26 Xi'an is much hotter