我们这儿是小本经营 没那么多监控
“We're a small business. We don't have that many cameras.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们门外还有监控吗？
“Do you have cameras outside?”
我们这儿是 小本经营 没那么多 监控
“We're a small business. We don't have that many cameras.”
对面小卖部老板电话 - 有没有？ - 有
“Do you have the phone number - for the shop owner across the street? - Yes.”
“Don't expect high-tech security from a tiny shop like mine; I can't help you.”
Describing one's enterprise as 'small-scale business' is a common cultural strategy to lower expectations, plead limited capacity, and avoid liability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
small-scale business / operating on a shoestring budget
Commonly used by small shopkeepers or vendors to explain modest conditions or deflect high expectations.
don't have that many
A spoken expression used to downplay resources or set realistic limits.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm only running a small business here.”
“This part of the city is too old. There's not even a single security camera.”