灯泡坏了也都不换
“The light bulb's burnt out and no one changes it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
晒衣服的地方
“where we dry our clothes.”
灯泡坏了也都不换
“The light bulb's burnt out and no one changes it.”
这个地方也是我在民宿里
“This is also my favorite place”
“This place is so rundown and nobody cares enough to fix basic things.”
Using '也都不' (don't even bother to) highlights passive neglect, a common conversational strategy in Chinese to air grievances about poor service or lazy roommates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the lightbulb is broken/burned out
A standard everyday expression for malfunctioning lighting.
Indicates a change of state, showing that the lightbulb has stopped functioning.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's going on? What happened? Why did the lights go out again?”
“Isn't it just 30 lamps?”
“Shall I light two more lamps for you?”
“It's just a light.”
“Can we change all the wall lamps to chandeliers?”
“-What happened? -What's wrong? -Why is it out again? -It's out again.”