却是家父最想离开的地方
“my father most wished to leave.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可这
“Yet this was the place”
却 是 家父 最想离开的地方
“my father most wished to leave.”
为什么
“Why?”
“You think this place is wonderful, but it brought my father nothing but misery.”
Using words like 家父 demonstrates classic politeness by lowering one's own familial status when addressing peers or superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my father (humble formal term)
A polite, traditional self-deprecating term used to refer to one's own father in front of others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Looks like your dad really wants you to go home.”
“I couldn't stay in my hometown anymore.”
“and haven't really been back since.”
“Dad, anyway, I'm not leaving this time.”
“planned to move the whole family back to our hometown.”
“It's been three years. You must have missed your hometown.”