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Publisher's description:
  
 
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Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day Mr. Qian, an old friend of Mr. Zhang, comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. Mr. Qian tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw he was given that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his better judgment, Mr. Qian reluctantly gives the monkey paw to the Zhang family, along with a warning that the wishes come with a great price for trying to change one’s fate…
  
 
== Chapter 1 ==
 
== Chapter 1 ==
  
 
* [[Modifying nouns with phrase + "de"]]
 
* [[Modifying nouns with phrase + "de"]]
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* [[Measure words for counting]]
 
* [["All along" with "yizhi"]]
 
* [["All along" with "yizhi"]]
 
* [[Expressing actions in progress]]
 
* [[Expressing actions in progress]]
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* [["Before" in general]]
 
* [["Before" in general]]
 
* [[Expressing location with "zai...shang/xia/li"]]
 
* [[Expressing location with "zai...shang/xia/li"]]
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* [[Using "zai" with verbs]]
 
* [[At the time when]]
 
* [[At the time when]]
 
* [["Already" with "dou…le"]]
 
* [["Already" with "dou…le"]]
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* [["Some" using "yixie"]]
 
* [["Some" using "yixie"]]
 
* [[Causative verbs]]
 
* [[Causative verbs]]
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* [[Questions with "le ma"]]
 
* [["Not often" with "bu zenme"]]
 
* [["Not often" with "bu zenme"]]
 
* [[Referring to "all" using "suoyou"]]
 
* [[Referring to "all" using "suoyou"]]
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== Chapter 3 ==
 
== Chapter 3 ==
  
* [[Verbs with "gei"]]
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* [[Complements with "dao," "gei" and "zai"]]
 
* [["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"]]
 
* [["If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"]]
 
* [[Expressing permission]]
 
* [[Expressing permission]]
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== Chapter 4 ==
 
== Chapter 4 ==
  
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* [[Ordinal numbers with "di"]]
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* [[Expressing "and also" with "hai"]]
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* [[A softer "but"]]
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* [[Descriptive complements]]
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* [[Pronoun "mei" for "every"]]
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* [[Using "ji" to mean "several"]]
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* [[Counting money]]
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* [["Not very" with "bu tai"]]
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* [[ ]]
 
* [[ ]]
 
  
 
== Chapter 5 ==
 
== Chapter 5 ==
  
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* [[Modifying nouns with adjective + "de"]]
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* [[Doing something more with "duo"]]
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* [[Basic comparisons with "yiyang"]]
  
 
== Chapter 6 ==
 
== Chapter 6 ==
  
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* [["Had better" with "haishi"]]
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* [[Measure words for counting]]
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* [[Using "xiang"]]
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* [[Expressing "in addition" with "haiyou"]]
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* [[Asking why with "zenme"]]
  
 
== Chapter 7 ==
 
== Chapter 7 ==
  
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* [[Expressing duration (ongoing)]]
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* [["For" with "wei"]]
  
 
== Chapter 8 ==
 
== Chapter 8 ==
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* [[Expressing distance with "li"]]
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* [["Never again" with "zai ye bu"]]
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* [["Never" with "conglai"]]
  
 
== Chapter 9 ==
 
== Chapter 9 ==
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== Chapter 10 ==
 
== Chapter 10 ==
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* [[Reduplication of adjectives]]
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* [["Just now" with "gangcai"]]

Latest revision as of 07:33, 22 November 2018

The Monkey’s Paw:《猴爪》 by W.W. Jacobs is a graded reader designed for high-elementary learners of Chinese.

Publisher's description:

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day Mr. Qian, an old friend of Mr. Zhang, comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. Mr. Qian tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw he was given that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his better judgment, Mr. Qian reluctantly gives the monkey paw to the Zhang family, along with a warning that the wishes come with a great price for trying to change one’s fate…

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10