Reference:The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries (2nd ed.)

The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course: Crossing Cultural Boundaries (2nd ed.) is authored by Kunshan Carolyn Lee, Hsin-Hsin Liang, Liwei Jiao, Julian K. Wheatley.

Grammar Points by Table of Contents

1. Unit One: Popular Culture
   1. Lesson 1: Online dating
      1. 随着...〔的发展 / 变化 / 改变 / 进步...〕“in conjunction with . . . [some kind of change]”
      2. 之
      3. 因此 “for this reason”
      4. V-起来
      5. 或A或B “either A or B”
      6. 持〔保守 / 严肃 / 欢迎的态度〕“hold/have [a certain kind of view, etc.]”
      7. 当... 时 “when . . .”
      8. 因为... 而… “because . . .”
      9. 反正 “anyway”
      10. 尽管... 然而… “although . . .”
      11. 凡是…都… “every . . . , any . . . , all . . .”
   2. Lesson 2: Brand-name fever
      1. 不外乎 “be nothing but . . . , be just for . . .”
      2. 所 “that [which]”
      3. 至于 and 以至于
      4. 对... 来说 “speaking of . . . , for . . . , to . . .”
      5. ... 便... “. . . and then . . .”
      6. A把B视为C “for A to view or regard B as C”
      7. 具有... “possess . . . , have . . .”
      8. …之所以… “the reason that . . .”
      9. -者 “-er, -ist, a person who . . .”
      10. 以
      11. …与…成正比 “be directly proportional to . . . , correspond to . . .” …与…成反比 “be inversely proportional to . . . , not correspond to . . .”
      12. 一旦 “once, if one day, were [a certain situation to be], now that”
      13. 及 “and”
      14. 固然... 但是... “granted that . . . but . . .”
      15. 既... 也/又... “not only . . . but also . . .”
   3. Lesson 3: Television dramas and popular culture
      1. 以A的手法+V “adopt the strategy/technique/ploy [in order to]”
      2. 上自... 下至... 都... “from . . . [all the way] to . . .”
      3. 为了... 而... “[do something] in order to . . .”
      4. A与B产生共鸣 “A strikes a [sympathetic] chord with B, A resonates with B”
      5. A为B打抱不平 “A defends B against an injustice”
      6. 唯一 “the sole, the only”
      7. 仅仅... 而已 “nothing more than . . . , [and] that is all . . .”
      8. 即使... 也... “even . . . , even if . . . , even though . . .”
2. Unit Two: Social Change
   1. Lesson 4: The city of Yiwu in Zhejiang: A miracle of Chinese regional economic development
      1. 靠…起家 “found a family fortune by . . . , start an enterprise by . . .”
      2. 用A换取B “exchange [or barter] A for B”
      3. 加以+ two-syllable verb
      4. 来自... “come from . . .”
      5. 由... 而... “from . . . to . . .”
      6. 便于 “so as to allow, make it easier for”
      7. (如果)... 的话, 那... “if . . . , (then) . . .”
   2. Lesson 5: Floating population
      1. 一群群，一个个，一辆辆，etc. “lots and lots of, each and every one”
      2. 截至 [+specified time] “at, by [time]”
      3. 为 / 给 / 对... 带来...〔挑战 / 冲击 /...〕“create challenges for/clash with/ . . .”
      4. 由于... 以至于... “due to, on account of, because of . . . [the result is . . . ]”
      5. ... 以... “. . . in order to . . .”
      6. 对... 产生了（极大 / 正面 / 很坏）的影响 “have a (major/positive/negative) influence on . . . , influence . . . (in a major/positive/negative way)”
      7. A... B则... “A . . . whereas B . . .”
      8. 既A又B “not only A, but also B, both A and B, on the one hand A and on the other hand B”
   3. Lesson 6: Changing views of marriage