如果要吃饭的话 就得晚饭后了吧 记得今天要交稿
“If we eat, it'll probably be after dinner. Remember to submit your draft today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
多晚呀
“When will you come back?”
如果 要吃饭 的话 就得 晚饭后了吧 记得 今天 要交稿
“If we eat, it'll probably be after dinner. Remember to submit your draft today.”
“I know. I'll write whenever I get the chance. I'll finish it.”
“You can eat, but finish your deadline first or we're both in trouble.”
Colleagues often maintain a mix of personal camaraderie and strict professional reminders to prevent collective project delays.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
will have to / must
Used in spoken Chinese to express an inevitable requirement or consequence given a certain condition.
to submit a manuscript/draft
Standard publishing, media, and academic term for turning in written work before a deadline.
Combines aspect completion/change of state with an estimative, softening tone to suggest a probable timing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's already past two in the afternoon. What kind of lunch takes this long?”
“Looks like our dinner will be delayed again.”