The gaokao and me

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 高中
  gāozhōng

  senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)

• 辛苦
  xīnkǔ

  exhausting; hard; tough

• 起床
  qǐchuáng

  to get out of bed; to get up

• 考试
  kǎoshì

  to take an exam; exam

• 高考
  gāokǎo

  college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for…)

• 其他
  qítā

  other; (sth or sb) else; the rest

• 决定
  juédìng

  to decide; to determine; decision

• 所
  suǒ

  actually; place; that which

• 大学
  dàxué

  university; college

• 毕业
  bìyè

  graduation; to graduate; to finish school

• 压力
  yālì

  pressure

• 不如
  bùrú

  not equal to; not as good as; it would be better to

• 只好
  zhǐhǎo

  to have no other option but to ...; to have to

• 复习
  fùxí

  to review; revision

• 专业
  zhuānyè

  specialty; specialized field

• 计算机
  jìsuànjī

  computer; (Tw) calculator

• 历史
  lìshǐ

  history

• 其实
  qíshí

  actually; in fact

• 既然
  jìrán

  since; as

• 考虑
  kǎolǜ

  to think over; to consider; consideration

• 年轻
  niánqīng

  young

• 成绩
  chéngjì

  achievement; performance records; grades

• 作业
  zuòyè

  school assignment; homework; work

• 教育
  jiàoyù

  to educate; to teach; education

• 学期
  xuéqī

  term; semester

• 图书馆
  túshūguǎn

  library

• 留学
  liúxué

  to study abroad

• 小学
  xiǎoxué

  elementary school; primary school

• 中学
  zhōngxué

  middle school

The lesson’s grammar

• Not as good as: A 不如 B

  A + 不如 + B (+ Adj)

• Precise comparison: 没有……那么, 比……得多 / 一点儿

  A + 没有 + B + (那么/这么) + Adj ｜ A + 比 + B + Adj + 得多 / 多了 / 一点儿

• Same, different: 跟……一样 / 不一样 / 相同 / 不同

  A + 跟/和 + B + 一样 (+ Adj) ｜ A + 跟 + B + 不一样 / 不同

• Have no choice but: 只好

  (reason)，Subject + 只好 + Verb

• Since (given that): 既然……就

  既然 + accepted fact，(Subject) + 就 + conclusion