每三百个人一个公厕 这不过分吧 不过分
“One public toilet per 300 people. That's not excessive. True.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平均每个厂 雇佣三百个人
“On average, each factory employs 300 people.”
每三百个人一个公厕 这不过分吧 不过分
“One public toilet per 300 people. That's not excessive. True.”
你总不能让我们 把那个宝贵的生产时间
“You can't expect us to waste valuable production time”
“You cannot possibly deny this basic human decency, so agree with me right now.”
Speakers often ask a rhetorical question and immediately answer it themselves to preempt counterarguments and force consensus in pragmatic negotiations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not excessive; reasonable
Commonly used in negotiations or debates to justify a request as entirely fair and modest.
Solicits confirmation and agreement while softening the demand into an apparent consensus.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mine has a bathroom. It's more convenient. I don't get up at night.”
“Around a thousand men, I'd say.”
“How many men's restrooms are in this building?”
“How many people died in there?”
“More than 3 million.”
“No, we don't need bathrooms. Standard rooms are fine.”