Difference between revisions of "Integrated Chinese: Level 2"

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Integrated Chinese: Level 2, by Cheng & Tsui, is one of the leading intermediate-level (B1) textbooks in the United States. It is not available for purchase in mainland China.

Grammar Points by Chapter

Lesson One
- The Dynamic Particle 了
- The "是...的" Construction
- 除了... 以外，还…
- 再说…
- 有的... ，有的...
- 觉得 (与"认为"比较) (觉得VS.认为) (feel)
- 不见得 (not necessarily)
- 对... 有好处 (good for... )
Lesson Two
- Word Order in Chinese (I)
- Existential Sentences
- 比较
- (方便) 得很
- 那 (么)
- 恐怕 (I'm afraid)
- 一般 (generally speaking)
- 差不多 (about; roughly)
- 听说 (hear; hear of)
- 不怎么样 (not that great; just so so)
Lesson Three
- About "topics"
- Adverbial and "地"
- 一 + V
- 原来
- 极了
- 又...又…
- 多/少 + V (+ NU + M + N)
- 特别是 (especially)
- 并 (not really)
- 总的来说 (generally speaking)
- 这(就) 要看... (了) (It depends on... )
- 其实 (actually)
- (要) 不然 (otherwise)
Lesson Four
- the Position of Time Phrases
- 无论... 都…
- 于是
- 真
- Adj/V + 是 + Adj/V, 可是/但是
- 难道
- Reduplication of Verbs
- 另外 (besides)
- ... 什么的 (... etc)
- 大小、厚道... (size, thickness, etc)
- 打折 (discount)
- 要不然 (otherwise)
- 非... 不可 (insist on)
Lesson Five
- 只是/就是 (it't just that)
- 对他来说 (to him)
- 至于
- 要么... 要么… (either... or)
- 另外 (another; other)
- Resultative Complements (I)
- 再, 又, 还 Compared
- 反复 (repeatedly)
- 肯定 (definitely)
- 跟... 打交道 (deal with)
- 这样 (in this way)
- 但是 (but)
Lesson Six
- Descriptive Complements with 得
- ... 以后 Compared with... 的时候
- ... 的话
- 最... 不过了
- Directional Complements (I)
- Chinese Numeric Series
- 一直 (all along; continuously)
- 或 (者) (or: only in declarative sentences)
- 差不多 (almost)
- 最好 (had better; it's best that... )
- 稍微... 点儿 (slightly)
Lesson Seven
- … , 才
- (先... ) 再…
- ... 上
- V来V去
- Directional Complements (II): Indicating Result
- V + 出 (来) (indicating result)
- ... 以后and... 以来compared
- 听起来好像 (sound as if)
- 电视里 (on television)
- 跟... 一样 (the same as... )
- 越来越 (more and more)
- 难怪 (no wonder)
- 见面 (meet)
Lesson Eight
- Distinguishing among 的, 地, 得
- 一边… , 一边…
- 就是… 也… (even if… still… )
- 反而
- 难免
- 反问句 (rhetorical questions)
- 几乎 (almost[ more formal than 差不多] )
- 偶尔 (occasionally)
- 多半 (lit. more than half) (used before verbs)
- 引起... 反对/火灾/兴趣/争论
- Adverb "老" (colloq. always)
- 还是 (had better)
Lesson Nine
- 过 (indicating experience)
- 过 (indicating completion)
- 除非
- 哪儿... 哪儿…
- 既然... 就
- 然后
- Word Order in Chinese (II)
- 从来不/没 (never)
- 曾 (经) (indicating past action)
- 就要... 了 (almost) (indicating an imminent action or state)
- 不是... , 就是... (if it's not A, it's B; either A or B)
- 像... 一样 (like a... ; resemling)
- 顺便 (in passing)
- 赶快 (hurry up)
Lesson Ten
- V着V着
- Resultative Complements (II)
- 把 Structure
- Attributives and 的
- 一向 and 一直
- 轮到 (it's someone's turn)
- 趁 (take advantage of the fact that... )
- 特地 (specially; for a special purpose)
- 却 (however)
- 万一 (in case)
Lesson Eleven
- 几天来
- 才 and 就 Compared
- 好不容易
- 再三
- the Prepositions 跟, 向, 对 Compared
- 了 after a Verb and 了 at the end of a Sentence
- 快... 了 (soon; before long)
- 催 (urge)
- 忍不住 (cannot help doing sth. )
- 千万 (be sure)
Lesson Twelve
- Potential Complements
- 戴着玩
- The Indefinite Use of the Interrogative Pronoun 什么
- Cohesion
- 表面上 (on the surface)
- 好像 (seem like; seem as if)
- 跟... 有关系 (have to do with)
- 各种各样 (of various kinds)
- ... 之一 (one of the... )
- 尽可能 (try one's best)
Lesson Thirteen
- 连... 也/都
- 反正
- (成千) 上 (万)
- (有益) 于
- Ways of Making Comparisons
- Written Style
- 本来 (originally; at first)
- 倒也是 (That is true)
- 这是... 的,就是... (... it's just )
- 每当... 时/的时候,就... (whenever)
- 所以... , 是因为...
Lesson Fourteen
- Directional Complements (III): (indicating state)
- Potential Complement V + 不/得 + 了
- 要 (应该)
- 下来 (indicating result)
- Topics (II)
- 而 (a conjuction to show contrast between the 1st&2nd clause)
- 最好 (had better; it's best)
- 要不是 (if it were not for)
- 说不定 (probably)
- 没想到 (didn't expect)
Lesson Fifteen
- 同样 and 一样
- 随着…
- 在... 方面
- 甚至
- Word Order in Chinese (III)
- 反过来 (conversely)
- 实际上 (in actual fact)
- 就拿... 来说 (take somebody or something for example)
- 明显 (appreciably; obviously)
- Compare... 以后and... 以来
Lesson Sixteen
- Multiple Attributives
- 是 Indicating Emphasis or Confirmation
- V + 不/得 + 起
- Modal Verb 会
- 毕竟 (到底, 究竟)
- Using 不如 to Make Comparisons
- Reduplication of Measure Words
- 加上 (in addition)
- 至少 (at least)
- 毫无 (none whatsoever)
- (没) 有 + N + 可 + V
- 只有... , 才...
Lesson Seventeen
- 很不以为然
- 简直
- V + 坏 +了
- 适合 and 合适compared
- 被 Structure
- 从来
- 自然 (naturally)
- 不是... , 就是... (if not A, then B)
- 害得 (make [used in a negative context] )
- 的确 (truly)
- 看来 (seem)
- 即使... 也 (even if)
Lesson Eighteen
- 抢走了火...
- the Adverb 正
- the Conjunction 并
- 等 (等)
- 万一 (in case)
- 只要 (so long as)
- 难过 (introducing a rhetorical question: "Do you mean to say... ? " )
- 通过 (through)
Lesson Nineteen
- 为了 and 因为
- the Adverb 可in 你可别后悔
- (死) 于
- 其中
- 而
- 抗议 (proest)
- 说好 (to come to an agreement)
- 凭什么 (why on earth;on what basis do you)
- 尽量 (as much as possible)
Lesson Twenty
- 怎么 and 为什么
- (好) 多了 and (好)得多
- ... 吧, ... 吧…
- 往往 and 常常
- (竞争) 不过 (cannot compete with; be no match for)
- 委托 (enrust; ask)
- 原来如此 (So that's how it is; so that's why)
- 不就是 (meaning"只是" or"只有" and introducing a rhetorical question)

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 #* V来V去
 #* Directional Complements (II): Indicating Result
-#* V+出 (来) (indicating result)
+#* V + 出 (来) (indicating result)
 #* ... 以后and... 以来compared
 #* 听起来好像 (sound as if)
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 #* Multiple Attributives
 #* 是 Indicating Emphasis or Confirmation
-#* V + 不/得+起
+#* V + 不/得 + 起
 #* Modal Verb 会
 #* 毕竟 (到底, 究竟)