HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Lesson 9 of 31
社区：居住、社区生活与房屋交易
日常生活 · 社区
Read the Chinese first. Reveal Pinyin or English only when you need support.
53 minute lesson · task-based course
社区：居住、社区生活与房屋交易
Compare housing and neighborhood conditions, understand community information and discuss a rental decision using facilities, cost, transport and daily-life needs.
By the end of this lesson
- Understand housing descriptions, community notices and basic rental information.
- Compare neighborhoods or homes by facilities, cost, transport and living conditions.
- Write a short housing description, rental message or community notice response.
LEARN IN CONTEXT
Read and listen across several real contexts
This lesson uses the number and type of texts that fit the topic. Learn the same language across different situations instead of forcing everything into one dialogue.
两套房源信息
Why this text is here: Compare rent, transport, facilities, elevator and property-management conditions from a rental listing.
- A房
- 月租5200元；地铁步行12分钟；有电梯；楼下有超市；物业白天值班5,200 yuan/month; 12-minute walk to subway; elevator; supermarket downstairs; property staff during daytime.
- B房
- 月租6000元；地铁步行3分钟；有两部电梯；附近有超市和药店；物业24小时值班6,000 yuan/month; 3-minute walk to subway; two elevators; supermarket and pharmacy nearby; 24-hour property staff.
小区停水公告
Why this text is here: Read a realistic community notice and identify affected time, reason and resident action.
临时停水通知
- 时间周三下午一点到三点。Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- 提醒请住户提前准备生活用水，恢复供水后如有问题请联系物业。Residents should prepare water in advance. If there is a problem after service resumes, contact property management.
看房时应该问什么？
Why this text is here: Use the existing rental dialogue to connect listing information with personal needs and follow-up questions.
Step 3 · Vocabulary
Lesson focus vocabulary
Learn the words this communication task needs first. Use the Level Vocabulary page to review the complete official inventory instead of treating every assigned reference word as a Course focus card.
rent for a room or house
landlord
condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition
Vocabulary in context
These short sentences and mini-scenes make additional lesson words usable instead of leaving them as isolated cards.
Step 4 · Grammar
Build usable sentences
Study the grammar point, then replace the example information with details from your own situation.
自 / 当 / 由 / 随着 for time and place relations
随着 + change, resultUse 随着 to show that one situation changes together with another, and 自/当/由 in more formal time or place expressions.
并 / 而 / 与 to connect words and phrases
A 与 B / adjective 而 adjectiveUse 与 in more formal coordination and 而 to connect related qualities or contrasts compactly.
Step 6 · Guided practice
Submit the quiz to unlock lesson completion.
Step 7 · Communication task
Compare two housing options
You are choosing between two rental homes or neighborhoods. Compare cost, location, facilities, community management and one personal need.
Your task
- Mention rent or another housing cost.
- Compare at least two facilities or location factors.
- Explain who handles a community problem or where notices appear.
- Use 随着 or a formal connector such as 与/而.
Self-check rubric
- At least three lesson words are used accurately.
- At least one lesson grammar point 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 85 non-space characters.
Complete all three self-checks.