HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Lesson 18 of 22
现代生活和城市发展
社会情况
50 minute lesson · task-based course
现代生活和城市发展
Discuss modern urban life by comparing older and newer ways to get information, travel, pay and use public facilities, then explain how one city change affects everyday routines.
By the end of this lesson
- Discuss modern life, transport, payment, public facilities and changes in city life.
- Describe a social or city-development change and its effect on everyday life.
- Read a short current-life text and write a brief observation or personal experience.
Step 2 · Listening
Listen before reading
First listen for the situation and repeated words. Do not try to translate every sentence.
First play
Identify who is speaking and the main purpose of the exchange.
Second play
Listen for names, times, places, quantities or other task information.
Step 3 · Vocabulary
Lesson vocabulary
Learn the word, then read it again in a sentence or mini-scene from this lesson. A vocabulary card by itself does not count as taught course language.
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]; joint; node; (bound form) section; segment
to understand; to realize; to find out
to be afraid; to fear; to dread
if; in case; in the event that
to receive; to accept; to suffer
to like; to love; to be fond of
news
credit card
bank
bank card
influence; effect; to influence
to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to
so long as; provided; if
(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
Vocabulary in context
These short sentences and mini-scenes make the lesson's additional words usable instead of leaving them as isolated cards.
Step 4 · Sentence patterns
Build usable sentences
Study the pattern, then replace the example information with details from your own situation.
Tone and stance adverbs
当然 / 其实 / 终于 / 才 / 就 + predicateUse these adverbs to add speaker stance such as obviousness, correction, eventual result, lateness or immediacy.
Prepositions introducing a target
为 / 向 / 关于 + targetUse these prepositions to introduce the person, matter or topic that an action is directed toward.
根据 for a basis
根据 + information / rule，…Use 根据 to state the information, evidence or rule on which a decision is based.
Common clause connectors
如果…就…；只要…就…；不但…而且…；可是；然后Use these connectors to build cause-condition, progression, contrast and sequence across clauses.
Fixed perspective and change phrases
看来 / 在…看来 / 越来越 / 看起来 / 看上去 / 一般来说 / 不怎么样Use these fixed phrases to express viewpoint, appearance, generalization or gradual change.
Fixed HSK 3 frames
除了…以外…还/也/都…；对…来说；越…越…；在…以后…Use these fixed frames as complete chunks to express addition, perspective, changing degree, time and other common relations.
Progression with 不但…而且
不但 + clause 1，而且 + clause 2Use this pair when the second point adds a stronger or additional point to the first.
Step 5 · Dialogue
Read and replay the exchange
Follow each line with pinyin above the Chinese text. Use the sentence button to isolate one line.
Step 6 · Guided practice
Submit the quiz to unlock lesson completion.
Step 7 · Communication task
Describe a change in modern city life
Someone asks how your city or daily life has changed. Compare an older and newer way to travel, get information, pay or use services and explain one effect.
Your task
- Name one concrete change in city or modern life.
- Compare an older and a newer habit, tool or facility.
- Explain one practical benefit or concern caused by the change.
- Use at least six Lesson 18 words and give a short overall evaluation.
View a lesson model
你觉得这座城市近几年最大的变化是什么？ 交通发展得很快。以前去外地要很久，现在坐高铁方便多了。 你平时还看报纸吗，还是只看电子书和手机新闻？ 我常看手机，也常听一段一段的新闻，坐车时会戴耳机。 这些变化给生活带来了什么影响？ 很多事情不用去现场了，在网上就能得到信息，也能完成不少服务。
This is a model built from the lesson dialogue. Adapt the information instead of copying it.
Self-check rubric
- At least three lesson words are used accurately.
- At least one lesson pattern is complete.
- The response completes the communication target.
- The Chinese can be read aloud without relying on English.
Step 8 · Review
Complete the mastery check
A lesson is complete only after the quiz, communication task and self-review requirements are met.
Reach at least 70%.
Write at least 60 non-space characters.
Complete all three self-checks.
Learning goals
What this lesson helps you do
This lesson develops 社会情况 through the communication goal 交流社会生活的某个方面.
- Discuss modern life, transport, payment, public facilities and changes in city life.
- Describe a social or city-development change and its effect on everyday life.
- Read a short current-life text and write a brief observation or personal experience.