Great Expectations: Part 1 《美好的前途（上）》

Great Expectations:《美好的前途》 by Charles Dickens is a graded reader designed for low-intermediate learners of Chinese, divided into two parts: Part 1 (上) and Part 2 (下).

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Chapter 1

• "It seems" with "haoxiang"
• A 跟 B （没）有关系
• 挺+adj.+的
• Expressing "not only… but also"
• Expressing earliness with "jiu"
• Using "dui"
• "If… then…" with "yaoshi"
• Descriptive complements
• Expressing "much more" in comparisons
• "No matter" with "buguan"
• Again in the past with "you"
• 差不多+verb
• Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
• Comparing "turan" and “huran"
• Resultative complement "zhu"
• Aspect particle "zhe"
• Reduplication of adjectives
• Adj.+得很
• Tricky uses of "dao"
• Again in the future with "zai"
• A softer "but"
• Result complement "-qilai"
• "Ba" sentence
• Expressing "to make certain" with "qianwan"
• Direction complement
• Resultative complement "kai"
• "If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"
• Causative verbs

Chapter 2

• Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu"
• Expressing "not even one"
• Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
• Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
• Expressing "more and more" with "yue… yue…"
• Referring to "all" using "suoyou"
• Further uses of resultative complement "qilai"
• Complements with "dao", "gei" and "zai"
• Expressing "every" with "mei" and "dou"
• Turning adjectives into adverbs
• "Not at all"
• "Except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
• "Bei" sentence
• "Shi... de" construction
• "一下子"
• ···，不然···

Chapter 3

• Verb+不了
• Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
• Resultative complement "chu(lai)"
• Mistakenly think that
• Assessing situations with "kanlai"
• Expressing "all" with "shenme dou"
• "Never again" with "zai ye bu"
• 像···一样
• "Must" modal "dei"
• 在+sb.+看来

Chapter 4

• Appearance with "kanqilai"
• "Although" with "suiran" and "danshi"
• Expressing lateness with "cai"
• "（最）Adj.的是···"
• "Already" with "dou…le"
• Result complement "xiaqu"
• Doing something more with "duo"
• Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
• 这么 / 那么 + Verb

Chapter 5

• Sequencing past events with "houlai"
• "All along" with "yuanlai"
• Comparing "benlai" and "yuanlai"
• Comparing "buduan" and "buting"
• Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
• Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
• "In addition" with "zaishuo"

Chapter 6

• Expressing purpose with "weile"
• "As long as" with "zhiyao"
• Adding emphasis with "jiushi"
• Continuation with "hai"
• Positive and negative potential complements
• Result complement "-cuo"

Chapter 7

• Expressing difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"
• Expressing actions in progress (full form)
• "Verbing around" with "lai" and "qu"
• Expressing "as one likes" with "jiu"
• Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"

Chapter 8

• Expressing "much more" in comparisons
• "Only if" with "zhiyou"
• The pattern "it's not…, it's…"

Chapter 10

• Expressing "everyone" with "shei"
• Comparing specifically with "xiang"
• Conceding a point with "shi"

Chapter 11

• Expressing comparable degree with "you"
• Topic-comment sentences
• "For" with "wei"
• time / verb 前的一个晚上 / 的前一天