Journey to the Center of the Earth 《地心游记》
Journey to the Center of the Earth: 《地心游记》 by Jules Verne is a Mandarin Companion graded reader designed for low-intermediate learners of Chinese.
Publisher's description:
Join Professor Luo and his niece Xiaojing in their daring quest down the mouth of a volcano to reach the center of the earth. Guided by a mysterious passage on an ancient parchment and accompanied by their faithful guide Lao Xu, the three explorers encounter subterranean phenomenon, prehistoric animals, and vast underground seas. A Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne’s best-known works and one of the most classic tales of adventure ever written.
Contents
Chapter 1
- Events in quick succession with "yi... jiu"
- Turning adjectives into adverbs
- Resultative complement "chu(lai)"
- Comparing "gang" and "gangcai"
- "Bei" sentence
- "No matter" with "buguan"
- Appearance with "kanqilai"
- Expressing earliness with "jiu"
- Causative verbs
- "Ba" sentence
- Sequencing past events with "houlai"
- "If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"
- Again in the future with "zai"
- Aspect particle "zhe"
- Again in the past with "you"
- Continuation with "hai"
- Tricky uses of "dao"
- "Must" modal "dei"
- "It seems" with "haoxiang"
Chapter 2
- "If… then…" with "yaoshi"
- Expressing purpose with "weile"
- Expressing lateness with "cai"
- "zhao" as complement
- Expressing "even if…" with "jiusuan"
- Assessing situations with "kanlai"
- "Ye" and "dou" together
- "Had better" with "haishi"
- Descriptive complement
- Expressing "every time" with "mei" and "dou"
- "Not at all"
- Expressing "how often"
- Verbs with "gei"
- "Except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
- Mistakenly think that
- Descriptive complement
Chapter 3
- Comparing "chao" "xiang" and "wang"
- Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
- Reduplication of adjectives
- Expressing "more and more" with "yue… yue…"
- "Verbing away" using "zhe"
- Further uses of resultative complement "qilai"
- Sequencing with "xian" and "zai"
- Indicating a number in excess
- "Only if" with "zhiyou"
Chapter 4
- "Never again" with "zai ye bu"
- "De" (modal particle)
- "Not… but rather…" with "er shi"
- "Not often" with "bu zenme"
- "In addition" with "zaishuo"
- Doing something less with "shao"
Chapter 5
- Referring to "all" using "suoyou"
- Complements with "dao," "gei" and "zai"
- Expressing "almost" using "chadian"
- "As long as" with "zhiyao"
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
- The pattern "it's not…, it's…"
- Doing something more with "duo"
- Expressing "not only… but also"
- Comparing "haishi" and "huozhe"
Chapter 9
- "For" with "wei"
- Comparing "zongsuan" and “zhongyu"
- Expressing "everyone" with "shei"
- "Verbing around" with "lai" and "qu"
