HSK 2 Chinese Stories
At HSK 2, curiosity turns into suspicion. The children find an old tape in the radio station, search the school archive, and notice that the time in the old broadcast does not match the newspaper's account of the flood fifteen years ago. They meet the daughter of Lin Yuan (林远), the man who worked at the radio station that night and then disappeared. Sentences get longer and use more connectors, but each chapter still fits on one screen, and the real history of the flood stays hidden.
These twelve stories move from curiosity to suspicion. The children collect clues, but the real history of the flood is still hidden.
- Stories
- 12
- Average length
- 154 characters
- Unique characters
- 350
- New characters vs earlier levels
- 171
- Total reading time
- 24 min
Words you will meet most
- 磁带cídài · cassette tape
- 报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper
- 水坝shuǐbà · dam
- 答案dá'àn · answer
- 离开líkāi · leave
- 脸色liǎnsè · facial expression
- 相信xiāngxìn · believe
- 档案室dàng'ànshì · archive room
Stories
- 09旧磁带The Old Tape151 characters · 2 min
- 10档案室The Archive Room165 characters · 2 min
- 11失去的街道The Lost Street150 characters · 2 min
- 12迟到的警报The Late Warning138 characters · 2 min
- 13两个时间Two Times155 characters · 2 min
- 14林远的女儿Lin Yuan's Daughter166 characters · 2 min
- 15断掉的电线The Broken Wire156 characters · 2 min
- 16灰色的水Grey Water145 characters · 2 min
- 17纪念碑上的空位The Blank Space on the Memorial156 characters · 2 min
- 18山门后的房间The Room Behind the Gate155 characters · 2 min
- 19第二段广播The Second Broadcast153 characters · 2 min
- 20谁在撒谎？Who Is Lying?161 characters · 2 min
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