可能还有一个美国人
“...there might have been another American.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
被击落的飞机上
“...that on the downed plane...”
可能还有一个美国人
“...there might have been another American.”
“But this person has never been found.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese administrative or military reporting, speakers use epistemic markers like '可能' to avoid taking absolute responsibility for unconfirmed facts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
possibly / probably
A high-frequency adverb used to hedge assertions or express likelihood.
there is still another one
Used to denote an additional person or item in an ongoing count.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it seems this American”
“With that American we haven't found,”
“this American on our island?”
“"I am an American."”
“It's possible they came to pick up this American.”
“But that missing American”