HSK 4: Explore More Topics, Share Your Views

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Each short lesson has one clear goal and builds on what you’ve learned.

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   1. People and Personal Profiles

   Understand and fluently present a familiar or public figure’s history, family and career background, appearance, style, personality, and influence.

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   2. Services and Seeking Help

   Explain circumstances, confirm procedures, solve problems, and record service feedback in delivery, document, membership, legal-consultation, and police-assistance situations.

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   3. Polite Social Exchanges

   Express courtesy, praise, congratulations, encouragement, thanks, and apologies appropriately in situations involving study, promotion, competition, and mistakes.

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   4. Emotions and Life Reflections

   Ask about experiences, understand feelings, and express supported views in paragraphs about love, friendship, family bonds, and ideals.

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   5. Food, Dining, and Cooking

   Ask about and present food and drinks, restaurant settings and service, dish features and preparation, and evaluate a dining experience.

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   6. Transport and Travel Experiences

   Compare transport options, arrange itineraries and lodging, understand road and passenger-service information, and recount travel experiences and feelings in sequence.

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   7. Shopping Experiences and Promotions

   Compare products and brands, understand online shopping, payment, discount, and advertising information, and evaluate shopping by price, service, and setting.

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   8. Healthcare and Healthy Living

   Describe symptoms, injuries, and health conditions accurately, understand medical advice, and propose practical routines based on health knowledge.

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   9. Interests, Leisure, and Holidays

   Present leisure activities such as reading, online pursuits, sport, music, travel, and gatherings, explaining frequency, process, feelings, and comparative preferences.

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    10. Housing, Community, and Renting

    Ask about and present housing conditions, community settings and services, neighbor relations, and rental or sale requirements, while reading notices and comparing listings.

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    11. Family Life and Growing Up

    Give coherent accounts of home arrangements, family relationships, growing-up experiences, habit formation, and household duties, explaining changes, causes, and feelings.

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    12. Courses, Teaching, and Learning

    Discuss courses and majors, teaching activities and requirements, exam planning, and study methods, read activity sheets, and summarize learning experiences clearly.

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    13. Campus Activities and School Life

    Understand and present campus facilities, fees, majors, and activities, complete registration or survey forms, and make needs-based suggestions.

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    14. Educational Issues and Ideas

    Understand descriptions and evaluations of family education, study choices, vocational education, and public education debates, and state a view using facts and experience.

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    15. Office Tasks and Work Performance

    Understand work arrangements, office matters, personal performance, and workplace relations, then report progress, evaluate performance, and coordinate cooperation clearly.

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    16. Careers and Organizations

    Discuss job seeking and experience, career evaluations, recruitment, assessment, role changes, conditions, and benefits, and explain choices from résumés and company information.

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    17. Nature and Natural Phenomena

    Understand and present geography, climate, plants and animals, landscapes, weather, and other phenomena by organizing classifications, features, changes, and effects.

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    18. Environmental Conditions and Action

    Understand environmental conditions, pollution, regulations, and green practices, recount environmental experiences, and organize proposals by problem, cause, action, and effect.

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    19. New Technology and Scientific Results

    Understand and present applications such as mobile payment and drones, practical science, and simple findings, explaining use, principles, benefits, drawbacks, and views.

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    20. Chinese Regions and Ethnic Groups

    Understand and broadly present a major Chinese region or ethnic group through location, climate, urban features, distribution, and cultural life.

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    21. Products, Commerce, and the Economy

    Understand accounts of popular products, new business models, and economic conditions, summarize features and trends, and support evaluations with data or evidence.

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    22. Social Values and Change

    Discuss social phenomena involving relationships, consumption, online life, infrastructure, and trends, distinguish viewpoints, and explain impacts and personal positions.

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    23. Arts, Events, and Creative Works

    Understand and present novels, films, theater, performances, competitions, and creators, summarize content, evaluate execution, and express aesthetic responses.

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    24. Sports, Competitions, and Figures

    Present sport features, competition processes and results, athlete performance, and sports stories, explaining significance through key events.

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    25. Stories of International Friendship

    Understand and recount stories of sister cities, school exchanges, cross-border friendship, study abroad, and Chinese contests, explaining development, impact, and feelings.

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    26. Idioms and Famous Sayings

    Understand the literal and main meanings and appropriate contexts of common Chinese sayings and quotations, and explain them through everyday examples.

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    27. Traditional Food Culture

    Present Chinese food values, table etiquette, regional flavors, and heritage-brand stories, and compare them appropriately with food customs from another culture.

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    28. Festivals, Heritage Arts, and Etiquette

    Present traditional festivals, heritage arts, regional customs, preferences, taboos, and interpersonal etiquette, explain cultural meanings, and offer appropriate advice.

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    29. Scenic and Historic Sites

    Understand and present a Chinese scenic or historic site through its location, main features, historical background, visitor experience, and cultural value.

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    30. Historical Figures and Events

    Understand and present a Chinese historical figure or event, organize key facts by time and cause, and explain its impact and present-day significance.