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A useful situation
- Your goal: Recount events and distinguish sequence from cause.
- Before you start, recall time words and familiar actions. first先, then然后 and finally最后 organise a sequence; a repeated event and a request to repeat an action have different contexts.
他先去学校，然后去商店。先 means first, 然后 then and 商店 shop. Which claim follows?
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The markers establish event order. They do not supply a cause or the places’ spatial relationship. Keep sequence, cause and location as separate claims.
Words you will use
- first先 xiān — first. I / me我first先to go去school学校。
- then然后 ránhòu — then. then然后to go去library图书馆。
- finally最后 zuìhòu — finally. finally最后to return home回家。
- again, repeated event又 yòu — again, repeated event. he / him他again, repeated event又to arrive late迟到(completed / change)了。
- again, subsequent action再 zài — again, subsequent action. to ask请to say again再说first一次。
Match each word with its meaning in this unit.
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Use the example sentences to check each word’s meaning in context.
Build the meaning
- first先……then然后……finally最后…… makes an event sequence clear. It does not by itself explain why one event caused another.
- again, repeated event又 often refers to a repeated event that has occurred; again, subsequent action再 can refer to doing something again afterwards. Compare he / him他again, repeated event又to come来(completed / change)了 and to ask请again, subsequent action再to come来first一次.
Work through a decision: For yesterday昨天I / me我first先to buy买book书，then然后to go去to see看friend朋友，finally最后to return home回家 — yesterday I first bought books, then visited a friend and finally went home — list the three events in that order. Asked why the friend visit happened, leave the reason unknown unless another sentence supplies it. An ordered account is not automatically a causal explanation.
Compare a plausible mistake: he / him他again, repeated event又to come来(completed / change)了 reports another arrival in that context; to ask请again, subsequent action再to come来first一次 asks for another visit. These examples differ in event status, not just their English word again. Other constructions need their own context; do not force one past/future rule onto every again, repeated event又 or again, subsequent action再.
Sequence alone does not prove causation. Keep again, repeated event又 and again, subsequent action再 tied to the event’s timing and meaning.
Complete the final step marker: 先去学校，然后去图书馆，____回家。
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最后 marks the last event.
林安先吃饭，然后写作业，最后休息。吃饭 means eat, 写作业 do homework and 休息 rest. First list the sequence. Which activity is between eating and resting?
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然后写作业 places homework after eating and before 最后休息. The sequence does not establish how long any activity lasts or why she chose that order.
Listen for a fresh detail
- Listen before revealing the script.
- Replay as often as you need. If the audio will not play, read the script instead.
Show the listening script and meaning
yesterday昨天I / me我first先to go去library图书馆，then然后to go去school学校，finally最后to return home回家。tomorrow明天I / me我want / think / miss想again, subsequent action再to go去library图书馆。
Yesterday I first went to the library, then school, then home. Tomorrow I want to go to the library again.
Where did the speaker go first?
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先去图书馆 establishes the first event in this recording.
Read a different account
yesterday昨天Wang Li (1900-1986), one of…王力first先to go去school学校，then然后to go去library图书馆，finally最后to return home回家。he / him他at / in在library图书馆again, repeated event又to see见到(completed / change)了林安。today今天林安想again, subsequent action再to go去first一次。
- The reading and listening have different details. Use the material for the question you are answering.
- Read once for the situation, then again for the relevant detail. Reveal help when needed.
Show the reading meaning
Yesterday Wang Li first goes to school, then the library, and finally home. He meets Lin An again at the library. Today she wants to go once more.
What does 林安想再去一次 describe?
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想再去 describes an intended subsequent visit.
Read: 昨天王力先去医院，然后回家。今天他又去了医院。Which retelling preserves the sequence and repetition?
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昨天 and 今天 put the visits on different days; 又去了 reports today’s repeated visit in this account. It is not merely a future request or a second visit yesterday. The account supplies no cause or diagnosis.
Speak, write, and review
- Tell a partner a three-event day. They retell it in the same order and ask about one detail.
- Record yourself or practise with a partner. Try it without the model first, then compare the meaning and word order.
I / me我first先to go去school学校，then然后to read看书，finally最后to return home回家。you你first先to make做what什么？
- Write a three-event story, then a sentence about a planned repeat.
- Tomorrow, recall an ordered account and explain what it does not say about cause. Later, change a reported repeat into a request for another occasion and explain the change in event status.
- Words: first先 first · then然后 then · finally最后 finally · again, repeated event又 again, repeated event · again, subsequent action再 again, subsequent action
- first先……then然后……finally最后…… makes an event sequence clear.
- again, repeated event又 often refers to a repeated event that has occurred; again, subsequent action再 can refer to doing something again afterwards.
- Watch for: Sequence alone does not prove causation. Keep again, repeated event又 and again, subsequent action再 tied to the event’s timing and meaning.
Practise this unit’s words and skills · Choose the next guided unit
Write a three-event story, then a sentence about a planned repeat.
Compare the meaning and structure with the checklist. Your own response may differ from the model.
Use Mandarin for the new sentences or dialogue. You may explain your reasoning in English. Create a short fictional account with three ordered events. Add either a clearly reported repeated event or a request to repeat an action. Ask a partner to reconstruct the order and identify one reason the account does not supply. Speak or write the account before checking.
If your retelling reverses two events, match them to the sequence markers again. If a requested repeat becomes a reported event, revise its status. Add an explicit reason only when you are deliberately authoring it as a new fictional detail.