只是缺少发现它的眼睛
“It's just that we lack the eyes to see it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
处处都是新闻
“news is everywhere around us.”
只是缺少 发现 它的眼睛
“It's just that we lack the eyes to see it.”
是啊
“Exactly.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The line adapts Auguste Rodin's famous quote ('Beauty is everywhere, it is not that it is lacking, but that our eyes lack the ability to discover it'), which is universally taught in Chinese secondary education and frequently cited in media contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
eyes that can discover / perceptive eyes
A common metaphorical idiom inspired by Auguste Rodin's aphorism on beauty, adapted here to mean an eye for journalism.
it is merely lacking / all that is missing is
Used to pinpoint the single critical deficiency in an otherwise abundant situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Good thing no one saw me.”
“not have found the flaw in your schemes.”
“mean nothing to you”
“You don't have eyes either?”
“was just a mad king,”
“But my eyes can't see,”