全靠村里养着 还能考出这么好的成绩
“and he was raised by the village, yet he still managed to achieve such outstanding results.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
父母双亡
“both his parents had passed away,”
全靠 村里养着 还能考出这么好的成绩
“and he was raised by the village, yet he still managed to achieve such outstanding results.”
你说什么
“What did you say?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese society, scoring well on examinations despite extreme poverty and hardship is viewed as the ultimate triumph of personal diligence over destiny.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
completely rely on / purely dependent on
Use this structure before an agent or factor to emphasize that success or survival depends exclusively on that one thing.
achieve such high exam scores
A natural spoken collocation used to highlight remarkable academic success.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I come from the countryside. I usually just focus on studying”
“still farming to survive.”
“She, a kid from the countryside,”
“they all achieve good results.”
“There is a child who got the first place in the grade.”
“As long as my grades don't slip. My dad can't understand it.”