再来一遍 “琵琶行 白居易”
“Recite it again. "Song of a Pipa Player, by Bai Juyi.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He's in high school, but his grades aren't great. So I keep an eye on his studies.”
再来一遍 “琵琶行 白居易”
“Recite it again. "Song of a Pipa Player, by Bai Juyi.”
”元和十年”
“In the tenth year of Yuanhe's reign…"”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Memorizing and reciting ancient classical poetry verbatim is a foundational educational tradition and exam requirement in the Chinese secondary school curriculum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do it once more; one more time
A standard instructional phrase used in coaching, teaching, or rehearsing.
The Song of the Pipa (famous Tang dynasty narrative poem)
A canonical literary text by Bai Juyi that every Chinese secondary school student must memorize.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can do it over and over again,”
“If that's not enough, I'll say it a hundred more times. All right?”
“I'm going to say this one last time.”
“♪ The two of us, working late at night, sneak up to the base of the wall ♪ The same bad thing could happen once or twice,”
“Another sip, one more.”
“I dare you to say that again! And so what if I do?”