为了上大学费尽心机
“You had to resort to tricks to go to university.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是你刚才自己说的呀
“That's what you said.”
为了 上大学 费尽心机
“You had to resort to tricks to go to university.”
我说的是 我是真心实意地对你好
“What I said was, I took care of you out of pure goodness from my heart.”
“You are a scheming hypocrite who stopped at nothing just to get into university.”
University admission in China represents a pivotal turning point for socioeconomic advancement, sometimes driving people to extreme or ethically questionable lengths.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to rack one's brain; to scheme intensely
Carries a strong derogatory nuance describing deliberate, calculated plotting to achieve personal gain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she kept dreaming about college and trying to climb higher.”
“since I started working. I scrimped every month”
“attending college has always been my only way out.”
“If even that comes down to fate,”
“In order to attend university, I'm willing to go through all kinds of suffering.”
“didn't you always want to go to college?”