My New Life in Shanghai

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Words

85

Sentences

11

Words per sentence

7.7

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

2

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• 已经(yǐjīng)两(liǎng)个(ge)月(yuè)了(le)

  已经(yǐjīng)……了(le) with a length of time: 来(lái)上海(Shànghǎi)已经(yǐjīng)两(liǎng)个(ge)月(yuè)了(le), “I have been in Shanghai for two months now”. Already and once: yǐjīng and céngjīng →

• 常常(chángcháng)去(qù) · 有时候(yǒushíhou)也(yě)去(qù)

  How often: 每天(měitiān) every day, 常常(chángcháng) often, 有时候(yǒushíhou) sometimes — all before the verb. How often: from always to never →

The words from 2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 18 of the 57 words in this text are at 2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• 上班

  to go to work; to be at work

  2

• 同事

  colleague

  2

• 周末

  weekend

  2

• 回复

  to reply; reply

  2

• 地铁

  underground; metro

  2

• 夏天

  summer

  2

• 工作

  work; job

  2

• 已经

  already

  2

• 希望

  to hope; hope

  2

• 带

  to take, bring (along)

  2

• 常常

  often

  2

• 度

  degree (of temperature)

  2

• 散步

  to go for a walk

  2

• 有意思

  interesting; fun

  2

• 有时候

  sometimes

  2

• 玩儿

  to play; to have fun; to go out

  2

• 逛街

  to go round the shops

  2

• 非常

  extremely, very

  2

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Comprehension questions

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