A typhoon is coming

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 即将
  jíjiāng

  about to; on the point of

• 几乎
  jīhū

  almost; nearly

• 万一
  wànyī

  just in case; if by any chance; contingency

• 阳台
  yángtái

  balcony; porch

• 搬
  bān

  to move (i.e. relocate oneself)

• 重
  zhòng

  heavy; serious; to attach importance to

• 紧张
  jǐnzhāng

  nervous; keyed up; intense

• 消息
  xiāoxi

  (piece of) news; information; message

• 冰箱
  bīngxiāng

  refrigerator; (old) icebox

• 鸡蛋
  jīdàn

  (chicken) egg; hen's egg

• 提醒
  tíxǐng

  to remind; to call attention to; to warn of

• 忘
  wàng

  to forget; to overlook; to neglect

• 遍
  biàn

  classifier for actions: one time; everywhere; all over

• 反正
  fǎnzhèng

  anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side

• 窗户
  chuānghu

  window

• 关
  guān

  to close; to shut; to confine

• 办法
  bànfǎ

  way of handling sth; means

• 机场
  jīchǎng

  airport; airfield

• 起飞
  qǐfēi

  (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off

• 屋子
  wūzi

  house; room

• 修
  xiū

  to decorate; to embellish; to repair

• 接
  jiē

  to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb

• 满
  mǎn

  full; filled; packed

• 停
  tíng

  to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

• 扫
  sǎo

  to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out

• 棵
  kē

  classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

• 吹
  chuī

  to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast

• 倒
  dǎo

  to fall; to collapse; to fail

• 房东
  fángdōng

  landlord

• 下班
  xiàbān

  to finish work; to get off work

• 放心
  fàngxīn

  to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease

• 急
  jí

  urgent; pressing; rapid

• 伞
  sǎn

  umbrella; parasol

• 带
  dài

  to wear; to carry; to take along

• 推
  tuī

  to push; to cut; to refuse

• 赶快
  gǎnkuài

  quickly; at once

The lesson’s grammar

• 即将 and 几乎: about to, almost

  S + 即将 + V / S + 几乎 + (都 / 没) + V

• Three more 把 patterns: 把桌子擦一擦, 把门给关上, 把书看了三遍

  S + 把 + O + VV / V一V / S + 把 + O + 给 + V (+ 了 / 着) / S + 把 + O + V + 了 + Num + MW

• Rhetorical questions with 谁, 什么…: 谁不知道啊？

  谁 + 不 / 没 + V + 啊？ / 谁 + V + 呢？ / 有什么 + N？ / V + 什么？

• Tight sentences: 你想去你去, 不睡觉也要写完

  Predicate 1 + predicate 2 (no connector) / 不 + V1 + 也 + 要 + V2

• 假如 / 万一: if, in case

  假如 + hypothesis，(S) 就… | 万一 + mishap，(S) 就/怎么办

• Passive with 让 / 叫 / 给

  Object + 让/叫/给 + agent + V + complement