HSK 4 Chinese Stories
At HSK 4 the investigation goes public and becomes dangerous. The children check the original weather report, visit the dam's south floodgate, rebuild the night of the flood minute by minute, and meet a survivor and a former member of the emergency committee. The vocabulary of reports, meetings and records arrives here. The question the children face also changes: not only what happened, but whether the truth is worth the damage it may cause.
The investigation becomes public and dangerous. The children must separate memory from evidence and decide whether truth is worth the damage it may cause.
- Stories
- 20
- Average length
- 259 characters
- Unique characters
- 639
- New characters vs earlier levels
- 162
- Total reading time
- 61 min
Words you will meet most
- 设备shèbèi · equipment
- 承认chéngrèn · admit
- 决定juédìng · decide, decision
- 主机房zhǔjīfáng · main equipment room
- 控制室kòngzhìshì · control room
- 完整wánzhěng · complete
- 编号biānhào · number
- 补偿bǔcháng · compensate
Stories
- 37回到电台Back to the Radio Station207 characters · 3 min
- 38原始天气报告The Original Weather Report247 characters · 3 min
- 39南闸门The South Floodgate258 characters · 3 min
- 40消失的会议记录The Vanished Meeting Minutes244 characters · 3 min
- 41旧仓库里的箱子The Box in the Old Warehouse260 characters · 3 min
- 42顾叔叔的真名Uncle Gu's Real Name238 characters · 3 min
- 43林远的回忆Lin Yuan's Memories283 characters · 3 min
- 44那一分钟That One Minute234 characters · 3 min
- 45另一个幸存者Another Survivor261 characters · 3 min
- 46林家门口At the Lins' Door248 characters · 3 min
- 47不是每个人都同意Not Everyone Agreed265 characters · 3 min
- 48赵镇长的父亲Mayor Zhao's Father266 characters · 3 min
- 49家人的选择The Families' Choice266 characters · 3 min
- 50被删掉的名字The Deleted Names287 characters · 3 min
- 51旧录音的杂音Noise on the Old Recording220 characters · 3 min
- 52谁切断了广播?Who Cut the Broadcast?258 characters · 3 min
- 53镇上的秘密会议The Town's Secret Meeting290 characters · 3 min
- 54他们会相信吗?Will They Believe It?273 characters · 3 min
- 55暴雨预警Rainstorm Warning262 characters · 3 min
- 56广播前的夜晚The Night Before the Broadcast310 characters · 4 min
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