不参加中考这太可惜了
“She was doing so well. It's a pity to miss the exam.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她平常成绩很好的
“She was doing so well. It's a pity to miss the exam.”
不 参加 中考这 太可惜了
“She was doing so well. It's a pity to miss the exam.”
柏庶妈妈
“Ma'am, I am her teacher.”
“It would be such a waste for her to give up the high school entrance exam; please reconsider.”
Short for the Senior High School Entrance Examination, this is a critical streaming exam for students transitioning from junior high to senior high school in China. It significantly impacts whether a student can attend a standard academic high school and eventually enter university. Therefore, giving up on Zhongkao is viewed by Chinese families and teachers as an extremely serious and regrettable choice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what a pity / such a shame
A high-frequency spoken expression commonly used to convey sympathy or lament over unfortunate situations and missed opportunities.
Placed at the end of the sentence to mark a change of state and provide emphasis, intensifying the exclamatory sense of regret.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I didn't get a good result.”
“and then just take the gaokao directly.”
“If we don't, we keep working at it.”
“You're not good at studying, huh?”
“you could take the gaokao exam now.”
“I won't make it. You haven't tried, so how do you know?”