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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Contents
Chapter 1
- "It seems" with "haoxiang"
- Clarifying relationships with "guanxi"
- "Quite" with "ting"
- 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"
- Separable verb
- Again in the past with "you"
- Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
- Comparing "turan" and “huran"
- Resultative complement "zhu"
- Aspect particle "zhe"
- Reduplication of adjectives
- Adjectival complement "de hen"
- 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
- "All at once" with "yixiazi"
Chapter 3
- [[Potential complement "bu liao"]
- 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"
- Comparing specifically with "xiang"
- "Must" modal "dei"
- Assessing situations with "kanlai"
Chapter 4
- Appearance with "kanqilai"
- "Although" with "suiran" and "danshi"
- Expressing lateness with "cai"
- "Already" with "dou…le"
- Result complement "xiaqu"
- Doing something more with "duo"
- Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
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"
