HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Lesson 17 of 22
地方环境和环境保护
环境
45 minute lesson · task-based course
地方环境和环境保护
Learn this HSK 3 communication goal through independent real-world sources, then apply it in guided practice and writing.
By the end of this lesson
- Describe a place’s location, environmental condition and everyday environmental-protection actions.
- Explain why an environmental action matters and give a simple suggestion.
- Read and write short environment-related texts using cause, purpose and condition patterns.
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.
Local environment and environmental protection
Two-week office paper-reduction record
Step 3 · Vocabulary
Vocabulary & Grammar
Study the focus words and official grammar that this lesson teaches through its texts.
Lesson focus vocabulary
safe; secure; safety; security
north; (classical) to be defeated
city; town
apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,他也會法語|除了英语,他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
if (coming after a conditional clause)
east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
east; the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang
short pants; shorts
to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
development; growth; to develop
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
afterwards; later; newly arrived
environment; circumstances; surroundings
almost; nearly; practically
quarter (hour); moment; to carve
in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]; south
then; after that; afterwards
sound; voice
market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
to be careful; to take care
apart from; other than; except for
according to; in accordance with; to shine
Step 4 · Grammar
Build usable sentences
Study the grammar point, then replace the example information with details from your own situation.
Prepositions introducing a target
为 / 向 / 关于 + targetUse these prepositions to introduce the person, matter or topic that an action is directed toward.
Prepositions for purpose or cause
为了 / 为 + purpose + VPUse 为了 or 为 to introduce the purpose or reason for an action.
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 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.
Purpose clauses with 为了
为了 + purpose,actionPut 为了 and the intended goal before the action taken to achieve it.
Step 6 · Guided practice
Exercises
Submit the quiz to unlock lesson completion.
Step 7 · Communication task
Writing Practice
Propose one realistic environmental change
Your class, home or workplace wants to reduce one kind of everyday waste. Write a small plan.
Your task
- Name the current waste problem
- Propose one concrete action
- Say how you would observe or measure whether it helps
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 50 non-space characters.
Wrong exercise answers are saved to Review so you can return to the exact vocabulary or grammar reference when reliable knowledge links exist.
Learning goals
What this lesson helps you do
This lesson develops 环境 through the official communication goal 介绍某个地方的环境和环保. It uses independent real-world sources rather than forcing the whole lesson into one generated dialogue.
- Describe a place’s location, environmental condition and everyday environmental-protection actions.
- Explain why an environmental action matters and give a simple suggestion.
- Read and write short environment-related texts using cause, purpose and condition patterns.
