Business
Chapter 1 - Business Social
Conversations Goals
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Demonstrate Excitement and/or Empathy
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Make Social Business Plans
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Talk Socially About Business Topics
Grammar Goals
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Learn New Measure Words
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Practice Direction Verbs
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Use 再 to Introduce Subsequent Actions or Events
Chapter 2 - Greetings / Introductions
Conversations Goals
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Discuss Business Goals and Plans
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Learn New Business Terminology
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Learn Some New Business Idioms
Grammar Goals
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Indicate the Earliness of an Action With 就
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Learn the Difference Between 谈 and 说话 for "To Talk"
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Practice the Present Progressive Tense With 在
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Understand the Difference Between the Conjunctions 和 and 并
Chapter 3 - Meetings / Conference Calls
Conversations Goals
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Learn New Business Idioms
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Review Departmental Updates
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Use Conference Call & Technical Terminology
Grammar Goals
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Connect Modifiers With Their Nouns Using 的
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Practice Verb Reduplication
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Reinforce the 把 + Object + Verb Structure
Chapter 4 - Presentations
Conversations Goals
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Give Instructions About Asking Questions
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Introduce and Outline Your Presentation
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Learn New Business Idioms / Terminology
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Properly Conclude a Presentation
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Welcome Your Audience
Grammar Goals
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Learn the Conditional Form of 想
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Practice Verb Reduplication
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Use 在 as a Preposition of Time
Chapter 5 - Negotiations
Conversations Goals
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Learn Some New Negotiations Idioms
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Negotiate Contract Details
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Object and/or Accept an Offer
Grammar Goals
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Learn the Formal Form of "To Be; Am; Are; Is"
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Learn the Formal Interrogative 能否
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Learn the 所......的 Structure
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Practice the 把 + Object + Verb Structure
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Practice Verb Reduplication
Feng Shui
Chapter 1 - Feng Shui
Conversations Goals
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Discuss Features of Houses
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Talk About Some Basic Ideas of Feng Shui
Grammar Goals
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Form Questions
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Learn the Measure Words 栋 and 条
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Use 又……又…… (Both... and...)
Zodiac Signs
Chapter 1 - Chinese Zodiac Signs
Conversations Goals
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Ask When Someone Was Born
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Express Opinion and Belief
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Inquire About Someone's Well-being
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Say When You Were Born
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Talk About Chinese Zodiac Signs
Grammar Goals
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Be Introduced to the 是……的 Structure
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Form Possessive Structures
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Learn About Measure Words
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Use the Negation Word 不
