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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

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