这我把剧本都翻烂了
“I've read through the script a million times,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“portraying a range of emotions for auditions.”
这我把 剧本 都 翻烂了
“I've read through the script a million times,”
总觉得差点意思
“but it still feels like something is missing.”
“I've worked as hard as humanly possible on this material, but I still can't get it quite right.”
In Chinese professional culture, visibly demonstrating extreme effort ('flipping the script till it's worn') is valued as proof of good character and professional commitment, even if the artistic result is not yet perfect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
read or flipped through so many times it is worn out
An exaggerated resultative compound used to show extreme dedication and repetition in studying a book, script, or document.
Functions as a change-of-state marker indicating that the script has reached a thoroughly worn-out condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I also really like this script.”
“Don't let your script go to waste.”
“Didn't I alter your script too?”
“Why keep reading that script?”
“Now that my script is done,”
“Reshoot. The script needs changing again.”