咱也能看上春晚了 省得每年还得自己演
“We can watch the Spring Festival Gala, saving us from doing it ourselves.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
既活泼又开朗
“will be lively and cheerful.”
咱 也能 看上春晚 了 省得 每年 还得 自己 演
“We can watch the Spring Festival Gala, saving us from doing it ourselves.”
“A TV is nothing. Just you wait. I'll get one for you, okay?”
“Finally, we don't have to scramble to entertain ourselves on New Year's Eve like before.”
Watching the CCTV Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve is an iconic cultural tradition; having a TV to watch it symbolizes household prosperity and holiday normalcy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so as to avoid; saving the trouble of
A very common colloquial connective used to explain an action taken to eliminate future nuisance.
to manage to watch; to gain the ability/opportunity to see
The complement '上' indicates successfully attaining access or achieving an action.
Indicates a newly realized state or change of situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Forget whether the audience is sick of it. We're tired of acting it, right?”
“That's only true if you stop singing opera.”
“I've done nothing wrong in wanting to be an actress.”
“Did you think you could play your part”
“and save money myself. Isn't that good?”
“I'm performing in this year's celebration, right?”