作为一个失忆的病人 自我有记忆以来
“As an amnesiac, whatever I could remember”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么可能
“Impossible.”
作为一个 失忆的病人 自我有记忆以来
“As an amnesiac, whatever I could remember”
“starts from the moment I woke up in the hospital, right?”
“You can't blame me for not knowing earlier events—I literally have amnesia, remember?”
Invoking an objective handicap or designated status (like being a patient) is a common discursive tactic to preemptively shut down doubt or accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as / in the role of
Sets up the contextual premise or identity from which the speaker is framing an argument.
ever since...
Formal/semi-formal temporal structure indicating a continuous period starting from a past reference point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she claimed she had amnesia and couldn't remember anything.”
“Why did you erase my memories?”
“Amnesia is such a good thing.”
“Even if your memory will fade away,”
“I stole their memories”
“Your memory loss is thorough indeed.”