我不知道怎么会这样 约翰
“Well, I don't know how that could be, John,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 我？ - 是从你的手机打过来的
“- Me? - The call came from your mobile.”
我不知道 怎么会这样 约翰
“Well, I don't know how that could be, John,”
因为我整天几乎都不做什么事
“because the only thing I do pretty much all day is”
“I swear I didn't make that call, please believe me!”
Addressing the listener directly by name while pleading total ignorance serves to appeal to mutual trust and defuse immediate suspicion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't know how things turned out this way
A very common spoken formula used to express bewilderment, helplessness, or self-defense when things go wrong.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know why we have to end like this today.”
“I don't know how things turned out like this!”
“I don't know why,”
“How could I be so careless?”
“I didn't see this coming.”
“I don't know why, every time I think about him, I feel happy”
“I don't know what happened to me. I just went crazy.”
“I didn't know you still thought like that.”